Location
Newcomb is a residential suburb adjoining East Geelong, 3km south-east of Geelong city.

Description
Newcomb is a popular suburb with affordable family housing close to the city of Geelong and beautiful Eastern Park, which runs down to the bay. Newcomb has several neighbourhood shopping centres, including the larger Newcomb Central and Bellarine Village Shopping Centre on Bellarine Highway. Recreational amenities include the 'Splashdown' leisure centre with a gym, three pools and a waterslide, and Ervin reserve with two ovals and tennis courts. Though compact, Newcomb has a primary school, a secondary college and a Catholic school. It is bordered by the Eastern Cemetery, the Geelong-Portarlington Road and the Bellarine Highway. It is close to Geelong and a short drive from bay and surf beaches.

History
The locality was once known as West Moolap but became Newcomb in 1956, named after pioneer pastoralist Caroline Newcomb. With companion Anne Drysdale, Caroline Newcomb established major pastoral runs around Breakwater and on the Bellarine Peninsula. Their efforts earned them the title 'The Lady Squatters'. Newcomb underwent rapid residential growth during the early 1960s when the Alcoa aluminium smelter was established at nearby Point Henry. Many hundreds of houses were built specifically to cater for smelter workers and their families.