| 1802 | Lady Nelson enters Corio Bay |
| 1803 | Escaped convict William Buckley living in area. |
| 1835 | John Batman esatablishes 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 Mt Bunninyong district |
| 1851 | Geelong population is 8,000 |
| 1853 | Geelong population is 22,000 |
| 1857 | Australia's first country railway from Geelong to Melbourne is built |
| 1859 | Thomas Austin releases 24 rabbits into the wild on his property |
| 1862 | Geelong to Ballarat railway opens |
| 1888 | First telephone exchange in Geelong opens |
| 1910 | Geelong officially becomes a city |
| 1912 | Electric trams begin operation in Geelong |
| 1912 | First automatic telephone exchange in the Southern Hemisphere opens in Geelong |
| 1925 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1925 | Ford Motor Company plant opens at Norlane |
| 1930 | 3GL radio station opens |
| 1931 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1937 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1951 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1952 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1954 | Shell refinery opens at Corio |
| 1956 | Electric trams cease operation in Geelong |
| 1963 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
| 1963 | Alcoa aluminum smelter opens at Point Henry |
| 1983 | Ash Wednesday fires cause major damage at nearby coastal areas |
| 1987 | National Wool Museum opens |
| 1990 | First commercial FM Radio station K-Rock begins FM broadcasting |
| 1990 | Pyramid Building Society collapse |
| 1991 | HM Prison Geelong officially closes |
| 2001 | Geelong population is 184,332 |
| 2002 | May 23, Skilled Stadium hosts a visit from the Dalai Lama |
| 2003 | Former mayor Frank De Stefano is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on fraud charges involving AUD$8.3 million |
| 2006 | Geelong population is 210,000 becoming the 12th largest city in Australia |
| 2007 | Geelong Football Club wins premiership |
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