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Presence of place … at Geelong’s wool museum

By NOEL MURPHY ROADWORK signs, fluoro jackets and safety helmets make for an unusual entry to a showcase of early Geelong but, then, the idea...

Is Don, is good, for exhibition celebrating Bradman

By NOEL MURPHY THE time-honoured thwack of red leather on willow has resounded across Geelong sporting arenas forever. Grand names of cricket have similarly resounded across...

Super-size prehistoric predator crocs in Geelong

By NOEL MURPHY WHOA! What a croc! Meet Sarcosuchus imperator, the prehistoric king of crocodiles. At 11 metres long, 9000kg and with jaws like an industrial-sized lacerating...

In Brief

$4.6b call Geelong is part of a push for a $4.6 billion funding injection into regional roads and public transport. Regional Cities Victoria, of which Geelong...

Exotic, extinct and endangered species in stitches

By NOEL MURPHY FAUX fur takes a new turn in a wildlife hide exhibition being prepared at Geelong’s National Wool Museum. Artist Ruth Marshall has replicated...

Silence golden in new wool museum film festival

By NOEL MURPHY SILENT movies, in their day, were stunning new technology; arresting moving pictures, films that had audiences jumping from their seats as locomotives...

Old Ned, gold, ghosts, The Don and Chinese footballers mark museum’s new direction

By NOEL MURPHY THE SEARCH for Geelong’s missing link -- a defining aspect to its history -- is turning up some diverse and curious stories...

Ghost of a chance for spooky meeting

By NOEL MURPHY GHOSTS and ghouls, gore and the gruesome - welcome to the seedy side of Geelong few realise lurks behind its sandstone facades...

Our forgotten mines, Chinese footballers rediscovered

By NOEL MURPHY GOLD fever in the 19th Century led to the sinking of mines in leafy Newtown right beside present-day Geelong College. But the Mercer...

Kids surf program recognised

Steve Jewson and Jan Juc Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) have been recognised for their long-term commitment to providing surfing experiences for children with...