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Geelong (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ / jih-LONG) [4] [5] (Wathawurrung: Djilang/Djalang) [6] is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne.
Frank Aloysius Costa AO (3 February 1938 – 2 May 2021 [2]) was an Australian businessman.Costa had been a prominent figure in the Geelong region for more than four decades after inheriting Costa Group, the family's produce business, in the late 1950s.
Clark holds a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education, a Doctorate of Education, and has written over one hundred books [1] concerning young people and making and keeping friends, sibling rivalry, school environments, and social issues, [2] using variations of her name Margaret Clark, M.D.Clark, Margaret D Clark and the pseudonym Lee Striker.
He captained Geelong, including the 1925 premiership season. Cliff Rankin also served as playing coach of Geelong from 1925 until his retirement in 1927. [12] He represented Victoria 14 times and was captain of the state team in 1926. [13] Cliff Rankin was Geelong's leading club goal kicker from 1920 to 1923.
Harmer was born in Yarram, the daughter of a teacher, and grew up in small country towns in Victoria, including Warncoort, Selby, California Gully and Freshwater Creek, as well as the city of Geelong, where she studied journalism at the Gordon Institute of TAFE and Deakin University, and became a reporter at the Geelong Advertiser.
Bervin Ellis Purnell MBE JP (10 March 1891 – 5 May 1972) was mayor and councillor of the City of Geelong, Australia. Purnell was the second of seven children of Charles William Purnell (1854–1931) and Ellen McNair (c. 1862–1939). Purnell attended Flinders State School in Geelong, where he enjoyed running
Norman Leslie Bruhn was born on 2 June 1894 at Geelong, the fifth of ten children of Oscar Johann Bruhn and Mary Anne (née McFarlane). [2]The father of the family, Oscar Bruhn, worked as a baker, employed since 1884 at John Little's Bakery in Moorabool-street, South Geelong.
Beverley Francis [4] was born on 15 February 1955 in Geelong, Victoria, the youngest of five children. As a child she dreamed of playing football. [5] In 1976, she graduated from the University of Melbourne, where she obtained a degree in physical education and a teaching diploma. She then worked as a high school physical education and ...