East Geelong, Victoria

East Geelong, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = East Geelong
city = Geelong
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Greater Geelong
postcode = 3219
pop = 3834 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC22036 | name = East Geelong (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 3.1
propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/Public/SuburbReport.aspx?searchTerm=3219 $210,000] (2006)
stategov = Geelong
fedgov = Corio
near-nw = Corio Bay
near-n = Corio Bay
near-ne = Corio Bay
near-w = Geelong
near-e = Newcomb
near-sw = South Geelong
near-s = Breakwater
near-se = Whittington
dist1 =
location1=

East Geelong is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. An area of East Geelong, known as Thomson is named after pioneer and the first mayor of Geelong Dr. Alexander Thomson.

The Post Office opened on 6 June 1921. An earlier Post Office dating from 1871 was later renamed Moolap West. A Thomson Post Office opened in 1950 and closed in 1992.Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

The Geelong Botanical Gardens are located in East Geelong. [http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting_Geelong/Towns/East_Geelong/ East Geelong] , City of Greater Geelong, Accessed November 28, 2007]

Both East Geelong and Thomson have Australian Rules football teams competing in the Geelong & District Football League.

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