Suburb Profiles

Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads

The township of Barwon Heads was first surveyed in 1870 but remained sparsely populated for…

Bellarine
Bellarine

Like much of the wider geelong region the indigenous people of the wathaurong tribe lived…

Clifton Springs
Clifton Springs

Clifton springs was once a very popular tourist destination with people flocking to the bayside…

Connewarre
Connewarre

Connewarre remains a pastoral and agricultural district, with homes and small farms between the main…

Curlewis
Curlewis

In 1850, when the Catholics established a school there, the area was known as Point…

Drysdale
Drysdale

The town of Drysdale was named after Miss Anne Drysdale who with her friend Miss…

Indented Head
Indented Head

Indented Head was named by the explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802 when he observed the…

Leopold
Leopold

The town was called Kensington before it was renamed Leopold in 1892, after Queen Victoria’s…

Ocean Grove
Ocean Grove

One of the first reports of settlement in Ocean Grove was in 1854 when William…