Emerging town of Geelong in 1838.

Line drawing of Montpellier or Highton House owned by John Highett.  Built of freestone with balconies all round, this home stood on the summit of Montpellier Hill above Highton.  The house was begun in 1843, this drawing is by Bill Smith c.1986.

View of Geelong from Eastern Beach, Geelong Gaol and hospital can be seen in the background, photographed by E. de Balk, 1866.

Mrs. Anne Wright (Anne Parish), wife of Frederick Wright, with children Hannah Eliza and Esther (in pram), out the front of their home at 13 Roslyn Road, Belmont, c.1867.

Prospectors at the gold mine in Queens Park, 1870.

View of Bleak House, Winchelsea, the residence of Charles Beal, photographed by John Norton, 1875.

Significant Newtown Property, Claremont, 143 Noble Street, possibly C. J. Dennys out the front, photographed by Melbourne Photo Co., c.1876.

Boys and teachers outside Ireson’s Private School, Skene Street.  Photographed by Melbourne Photographic Company, c.1875.

View of Princes' Bridge over the Barwon River with Foster Fyans' house in the background, c.1875.

Dr. Mackin's two storey residence on La Trobe Terrace, undated.

Elevated view looking northwest from Bank of Australasia building on corner of Malop and Gheringhap Street.  Shows corner of Johnstone Park, old Dam Road, Railway Station and southern end of Mercer Street with P. McMahon's Sydney Hotel and Bedford's Terminus Hotel, photographed by Fred Kruger, c.1880.

View of Shelford township, showing latest improvements such as a barbed wire fence, October 1888.

View of the Barwon River Valley at Herne Hill, Geelong, taken from the top of the Hermit's Hill, photographed by J. W. Stockwell, Melbourne, c.1890.

Two women, a man and a child in the garden in front of a modest cottage, unidentified location.  Photographed by Thomas Kent, c.1890.

Members of the Hitchcock family outside 'Roslyn', the second family home, at 272 La Trobe Terrace in Newtown.  George is standing on the gate step, Annie is next to him on the footpath and Howard is leaning on the fence with his new wife Louie, c.1890.

Possibly members of the Holden family outside their home at Drumcondra, undated.

North Geelong homestead Osborne House, possibly Campbell family pictured out the front, c.1890.

View of Shelford township, looking west from banks of Leigh River, showing Manse on hill top, H. M. Wilson & Co. General Store, police station opposite and numerous homes, undated.

Two men stand out the front of the Trade Union offices, Gheringhap Street, one door south of Ryrie Street, c.1890.

Expansive depiction of Geelong and Corio Bay as viewed from Terminus Hotel, Mercer Street.  View takes in northern cliffs and You Yangs across Corio Bay to Geelong and around to Geelong West.  Drawn by J. Stuart Jackson, Architect, 1891.

A lady stands on Anglesea Bridge over the Anglesea River with boat houses and homes in the background, 1897.

Elevated view of Pakington Street, taken from the tower of the fire station on Yuille Street, looking east and featuring George Hotel, horse and cart of Joseph Martini Senior and a woman with a pram, 1897.

Crowds are gathered on both sides of the Barwon River to watch the Barwon Rowing Regatta.  Some are watching from the comfort of their horse drawn carts.  Looking northeast, buildings can be seen up the hill beyond Barwon Terrace, c.1900.

A modest home nestled in the cliffs on the Clifton Springs foreshore, the pier can be seen in the background, undated.

Residence of Synnot and D. B. Reid, Fernside in Highton, undated.

Prince Albert Bridge over the Barwon River, looking past Foster Fyans' house, c.1900.

View of Montpellier House or Montpellier Hotel.  An unidentified man and woman are sitting on a horse cart in the gardens.  Undated.

Possibly Westbourne Villa, near Barwon Grange, Fernleigh Street, Newtown, undated.

James Stainsby plays the violin for his Uncle Harold and Aunt Sue at Ivanhoe, Pakington Street, photographed by J. H. Stainsby, c.1902.

Attendees on the steps of Rannoch House upon the occasion of a Garden Fete to raise funds for the Young Women's Christian Association.  Lady Talbot and the Mayoress Mrs. T. E. Bostock are the guests of honour and Mrs. Bostock is holding the bouquet of roses and ferns presented to her by little Miss Beryl Clark, 4 April 1906.

Elevated view looking north from St. Paul's Church, showing La Trobe Terrace, Mercer Street, railway crossing, to North Geelong and the You Yangs, photographed by Lockwood, 1908.

A woman stands on Anglesea Bridge, boatsheds can be seen along the Anglesea River and houses and farmland on a hill in the background, c.1910

View of the gardens and tennis courts at Brighton, the home of Howard Hitchcock and his wife Louie, undated.

View of the gardens at Como, the home of Howard Hitchcock and his wife Louie, undated.

View of the gardens at Como, the home of Howard Hitchcock and his wife Louie, undated.

View of the gardens at Como, the home of Howard Hitchcock and his wife Louie, undated.

Elevated view of Eastern Beach looking northeast, showing Transvaal Square, Harding Park, Austin Park and Bellerine Street, c.1910.

Elderslie Homestead, Belmont, undated.

Light refreshments available at all hours at the Futcher residence, La Trobe Terrace, c.1910.  A man and three children are out the front.

Fyansford, looking along bridge towards Fyansford Hotel and township, undated.

View looking northeast along Fyansford Bridge over the Moorabool River with Fyansford Hotel and other buildings in the background, c.1910.

View of Fyansford Bridge over the Moorabool River, looking towards Fyansford Hotel from the west bank, photographed by Symons & Roberts, undated.

View of Fyansford looking southwest past the township toward the hotel and bridge, c.1910

View from Panorama Heights Lookout, now Brownhill Lookout, Ceres.  Fences, famland and houses in fore and midground, sprawl of the city and suburbs with Corio Bay in the background, c.1910.

View of Mafeking, Ocean Grove. Proprietor from 1900 to 1910 was James Barnet Menzies. This was later known as Embla, with proprietor F. J. Menzies, then Cathkin. Shows Lovers Walk ending at the beach rotunda, c.1910.

Plan, front, back, roof and sections of a proposed residence for Arthur Harding at 274 Pakington Street, Newtown.  Contract dated 6 October 1910, architects Buchan, Laird & Buchan, contractor William Murphy.

Block plan, north and south sides, outbuildings and section of a proposed residence for Arthur Harding at 274 Pakington Street, Newtown.  Contract dated 6 October 1910, architects Buchan, Laird & Buchan, contractor William Murphy.

A. A. Austin House, Soho, corner Soho and Murradoc Roads, Drysdale. originally owned by Samuel E. Lees and erected 1883-1884.  Photographed c.1910.

View along the Barwon River looking west from Princes' Bridge, houses and cultivated yards can be seen on the hill in the background, c.1910.

Elevated view along Yarra Street, looking north northeast from Fire Brigade Station, McKillop Street, undated.

View along Gertrude Street showing level of flood waters, premises of S. Wood and houses, Geelong West, 1911.

Fanlight from Geelong's Exhibition Building purchased and used by Arthur Field on his summer house at Riversdale, Bendigo Street, Geelong West, 1912.

Dysart, Geelong's leading boarding house on Maud Street, Geelong, 1917.

View of the gardens at Como, the home of Howard Hitchcock and his wife Louie, undated.

View across Corio Bay to Eastern Beach looking southeast to wharves and Joy Ark, c.1920.

View of Kooringal Homestead behind a picket fence, Inverleigh, c.1920.

View of Kooringal Homestead past picket fence with rainwater tank attached to house, Inverleigh, c.1920.  House designed by Laird & Buchan, Architects.

View along the beach at Torquay, looking towards bathing boxes and houses on the cliffs, c.1920.

Clifton Springs aerial view showing cliffs, piers, houses and paddocks in the distance, undated.

Ernest Higgs owned a property on Bell Parade, Rippleside, c.1925.

Aerial view of bridge between Barwon Heads and road to Ocean Grove, 1929.

Existing plan, plan showing alterations, elevations and sections including new verandah, dressing room and maids' rooms at Talana, Noble Street, Newtown for A. S. Gray Esq.  Architects Laird & Buchan, builder J. C. Taylor, undated.

Elevated view of South Geelong from Valley Woollen Mill chimney stack, includes good view along Swanston Street looking north northwest with Geelong Gaol and St. Mary's Church in the background, undated.

An early Portarlington home once occupied by Foster Fyans, undated.

Advertisement features a man in white overalls sawing a plank, he appears to be building an extension on his home.
J. C. Taylor & Sons Pty Ltd
Timber Merchants, Ghenringhap Street
The Home Carpenter's Headquarters
Phone 1984
c.1940

There's no place like home!
When it's furnished by Thear & Son
Ryrie Street
Phone 1004
c.1940

Homestead in Portarlington, undated.

A woman walks past Miller's Homes with a pram, La Trobe Terrace, Geelong West, undated.

Tynewald, an early Portarlington home, undated.

After not having spoken to her for 41 years, Mr. Watson converses with his mother, aged 93 years, 12,000 miles away, by Radio-Telephone, photographed by Robert Pockley, 4 September 1947.

Advertisement features a large house with a red tiled roof and circular driveway.
J. E. Pittock & Son
Slate & Tile Merchants
Ryrie Street
Phone 1490
c.1950

Woodstock, residence on La Trobe Terrace, prior to being demolished in 1956, photographed by Walter C. Meyer.

Woodstock, residence on La Trobe Terrace, prior to being demolished in 1956, photographed by Walter C. Meyer.

Weatherboard residence, Drysdale Police Station, 27 November 1956.

The oldest home in Portarlington, once occupied by Captain William Calhoun, who traded on the bay in his schooner the 'Hazard' which narrowly escaped being wrecked here in 1876.

The Geelong West dump, undated.

View along Torquay Road, reconstructed section at Mt. Duneed, August 1963.

View along Torquay Road to rail crossing, possibly photographed shortly after widening of the road, c.1967

View of Torquay Road showing rail crossing, possibly photographed shortly after widening of the road, c.1967.

Elm Cottage, Stevens Street, Portarlington, undated.

Wooloomanata homestead, Lara, undated.

Ironwork on balcony, Wooloomanata Homestead, lara, c.1970.

Front view of Wooloomanata Homestead, Lara, c.1970

Front view of Wooloomanata Homestead, Lara, c.1970.

Balcony ironwork in front of french doors, Wooloomanata Homestead, Lara, c.1970.

Pre-fabricated cast iron building on Geelong's waterfront, Corio Villa, December 1971.

View of Prospect House on The Esplanade, Western Beach, March 1974.

View of Prospect House on The Esplanade, Western Beach, March 1974.  Bernie Leen Demolition in front.

View of Prospect House on The Esplanade, Western Beach, March 1974.

View of Prospect House on The Esplanade, Western Beach, March 1974.  Bernie Leen Demolition in front.

Adjoining cottage during demolition of St. Catherine's Orphanage, Highton, 1975.

View of Highton looking south from top of Scenic Road, showing St. Catherine's Orphanage during demolition, 1975.

Group of Corio Shire Councillors gathered on the lawn outside Osborne House, undated.