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June 8, 2023
1914 –1939 – World War 1 and forging ahead
In 1914, as war raged in Europe and many of the area's young men volunteered to join the fray, the businesses of Geelong and...
June 8, 2023
1939 – 1989 – Another war looms. Geelong booms
Before World War II, important industrial developments had already taken place in Geelong. International Harvester committed to setting up a factory at North Shore...
June 8, 2023
1990 – 2023 – From ‘collapse’ to revival
At the beginning of the 1990's, that frightening sound Australia heard was the collapse of the Pyramid Building Society – a financial calamity that...
June 8, 2023
Looking ahead to the future
Predicting the future might well be a fool's errand. Trying to shape it and make it better for us all, however, is central to human...
June 8, 2023
Career and employment service makes the right connections
Through using reimagined career services, DeakinTALENT has been connecting its students with employers for close to a decade, empowering them to enter their next...
June 8, 2023
Helping families create great camping memories
John Spence was retrenched from his position at a multi-national company and was looking for a new challenge. He bought a small three-person caravan repair...
June 8, 2023
Your local office tech solution
Founders Lea and Cam McBurnie opened in Geelong in 1991 as a computer retail store at 15 Mercer Street. The company's local investment in people, manufacturing,...
June 8, 2023
Geelong’s bank that cares
Bendigo Bank is committed to being the better big bank, strengthening the Geelong Community through a number of multi-million-dollar investments over the years. '); jQuery('.featured-video').html(''); document.getElementById('vid').play(); }); jQuery('.spu-bg').click(function(){ //console.log('hello'); jQuery('.spu-box').addClass('addbg_class'); jQuery('.spu-bg').addClass('showpp_popup'); }); jQuery('.spu-close').click(function(){ console.log('hello'); jQuery('.spu-box').removeClass('addbg_class'); jQuery('.spu-bg').removeClass('showpp_popup'); /* jQuery('.spu-box').css('display', 'none'); jQuery('.spu-bg').css('display', 'none'); */ }); });