The Geelong Heritage Centre is Victoria’s largest regional archive and resource centre.

The Heritage Centre’s archive collection covers the history of Geelong and the Bellarine, the Golden Plains, the Surf Coast, the Borough of Queenscliffe and beyond.

The collection includes public and private records, newspapers, maps, plans, photographs, and extensive catalogues and indexes – more specifically:

• Genealogy – postal directories, rate books, church and cemetery registers, births, deaths and marriages, immigration lists and biographical registers
• Local history – public and private records produced by government, businesses, groups and individuals
• Reference works – Geelong and District historical publications and general Victorian historical works
• Newspapers – Geelong Advertiser 1840 to date, other Geelong newspapers, incomplete runs of ephemeral publications from 1850-1923, Colac Herald 1895-1945
• Maps and Plans – subdivisional, dwelling and rural sales notices and parish plans from 1850-1990s covering area of Geelong and west to the South Australian border
• Images – countless thousands of photographs, drawings and paintings depicting the life and times of Geelong from the 1830s to present day. For online images, see http://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/glhc/heritage-centre/images

Contact: Phone the reading room on 4201 0630 during opening hours or send us a message.