Can't find a place? Perhaps its name has changed? The table below may assist with your research.
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Place Names that have changed |
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Previous Name |
Present Name |
| Ashby | Geelong West |
| Barrabool | Highton |
| Bellarine or Bellerine | Several options :-
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| Cheddar (Farms) | Lara |
| Corio | Geelong |
| Cowie's Creek | Geelong North |
| Duck Ponds (Creek) | Lara |
| East Bellarine | Bellarine (Town) |
| Esk River | Werribee |
| German Town | Grovedale, Geelong |
| Indented Head | Bellarine Peninsula |
| Irish Town | Chilwell, Geelong : between Pakington Street and La Trobe Terrace |
| Jan Juc | Bellbrae |
| Kennedy's Creek | Lara |
| Kensington | Leopold |
| Kildare | Geelong West : adjacent to Church Street |
| Kingston-on-Sea | Ocean Grove |
| Leigh | Shelford |
| Limeburners Creek | Lara |
| Little Scotland | Geelong West : bounded by Shannon Avenue, La Trobe Terrace, Aberdeen Street and Spring Street |
| Marnock Vale | Chilwell (adjacent to river), Geelong |
| McLeod's Waterholes | Drysdale |
| Melbourne Road | Pakington Street, Geelong West |
| Mercer's Hill | Newtown, Geelong |
| Mount Colite or Coloite | Barwon Heads |
| New Melbourne Road | Shannon Avenue, Geelong West |
| New Town | Newtown, Geelong |
| Newington | Wallington Road : between Wallington and Ocean Grove |
| North Corio | Geelong |
| Paywit North | Portarlington |
| Pt Flinders | Barwon Heads Bluff |
| Shortland's Bluff | Queenscliff |
| Spring Creek | Torquay |
| St Leonards | Queenscliff |
| Strawberry Hill | Highton : near Shannon Avenue Bridge |
| Swampy Creek | Anglesea |
| Swindon | Lara |
| Tuckfield | Drysdale |
| Wabdallah | Bannockburn |
| Water Holes | Drysdale |
| Western Gully | Gordon Avenue, Geelong / Geelong West |
| Whale Head | Barwon Heads Bluff |
| Woorn Yaloak | Lara |
| Wyndham | Werribee (and now also Shire of Wyndham) |
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