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This is a timeline of major events in the history of the city of Geelong, Australia.〔 〕 ==19th century== * 1802 - Lady Nelson enters Corio Bay * 1803 - Escaped convict William Buckley living in area. * 1835 - John Batman establishes base camp at Indented Head * 1838 - Geelong township surveyed, Geelong population is 545. * 1839 - First sale of Geelong town allotments * 1839 - First postal mail between Geelong and Melbourne * 1840 - First issue of the ''Geelong Advertiser'' newspaper is published * 1845 - Geelong Keys discovered at Corio Bay * 1849 - The Geelong town council is incorporated. * 1850 - Geelong is the fifth largest town in Victoria. * 1851 - Gold is found in the Mount Bunninyong district * 1851 - Geelong population is 8,000 * 1853 - Geelong population is 22,000 * 1857 - Victoria's first country railway from Geelong to Melbourne is built * 1859 - Thomas Austin releases 24 rabbits into the wild on his property 'Barwon Park' at Winchelsea just outside of Geelong on Christmas Day, introducing the rabbit to Australia. * 1862 - Geelong to Ballarat railway opens * 1888 - First telephone exchange in Geelong opens 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Geelong history」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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