North Geelong, Victoria

North Geelong, Victoria
North Geelong
GeelongVictoria
Population: 2672 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3215
LGA: City of Greater Geelong
State District: Geelong
Federal Division: Corio
Suburbs around North Geelong:
Bell Park Norlane North Shore
Bell Park North Geelong Corio Bay
Hamlyn Heights Geelong West

North Geelong is a suburb of Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. The suburb will be bypassed by traffic from Melbourne coming from the Princes Freeway by the creation of the Geelong Ring Road, due for completion in 2009.

From 1860 to 1970 a gasworks was operated by the Geelong Gas Company on a site between Victoria Street and the Geelong railway line. The current Post Office opened in 1987. An earlier office dating from 1886 was replaced by Rippleside in 1986. [2]

Osborne House was built on the shores of Corio Bay in 1858 as a private residence, later being used by the Royal Australian Navy, local council officers, and is currently the home of the Geelong Maritime Museum.

The head office of Australian department store, Target, founded in Geelong in 1925 is located in Thompson Road, next door to the former Geelong Golf Club.

In 1998 hotel owner George Ramia erected a 15m-high polystyrene replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza atop his hotel.[3]

The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League and an association football (soccer) named North Geelong Warriors FC that are competing in the Victorian State League Division 1

Golfers play at the course of the Geelong Golf Club on Ballarat Road North.[4]

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Coordinates: 38°06′29″S 144°20′35″E / 38.108°S 144.343°E / -38.108; 144.343


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