Editing Geelong (section)

=== City and suburbs ===

[[File:Grovedale-highton.jpg|thumb|right|Suburban expansion in [[Grovedale]]]]
Geelong has over 60 suburbs, including the following:

[[Anakie, Victoria|Anakie]], 
[[Armstrong Creek, Victoria|Armstrong Creek]], 
[[Avalon, Victoria|Avalon]], 
[[Balliang]], 
[[Barwon Heads]], 
[[Batesford]], 
[[Bell Park]], 
[[Bell Post Hill]], 
[[Bellarine]], 
[[Belmont, Victoria|Belmont]], 
[[Breakwater, Victoria|Breakwater]], 
[[Breamlea]], 
[[Ceres, Victoria|Ceres]], 
[[Charlemont, Victoria|Charlemont]], 
[[City of Greater Geelong]], 
[[Clifton Springs, Victoria|Clifton Springs]], 
[[Connewarre]], 
[[Corio, Victoria|Corio]], 
[[Curlewis, Victoria|Curlewis]], 
[[Drumcondra, Victoria|Drumcondra]], 
[[Drysdale, Victoria|Drysdale]], 
[[East Geelong]], 
[[Fyansford]], 
Geelong, 
[[Geelong West]], 
[[Grovedale]], 
[[Hamlyn Heights]], 
[[Herne Hill]], 
[[Highton]], 
[[Indented Head]], 
[[Lara, Victoria|Lara]], 
[[Leopold, Victoria|Leopold]], 
[[Little River, Victoria|Little River]], 
[[Lovely Banks]], 
[[Manifold Heights]], 
[[Mannerim]], 
[[Marcus Hill, Victoria|Marcus Hill]], 
[[Marshall, Victoria|Marshall]], 
[[Moolap]], 
[[Moorabool]], 
[[Mount Duneed]], 
[[Newcomb, Victoria|Newcomb]], 
[[Newtown, Victoria|Newtown]], 
[[Norlane]], 
[[North Geelong]], 
[[North Shore, Victoria|North Shore]], 
[[Ocean Grove, Victoria|Ocean Grove]], 
[[Point Lonsdale]], 
[[Point Wilson, Victoria|Point Wilson]], 
[[Portarlington, Victoria|Portarlington]], 
[[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]], 
[[Rippleside]], 
[[South Geelong]], 
[[St Albans Park]], 
[[St Leonards, Victoria|St Leonards]],
[[Staughton Vale]], 
[[Swan Bay]], 
[[Thomson, Victoria|Thomson]], 
[[Wallington, Victoria|Wallington]], 
[[Wandana Heights]], 
[[Waurn Ponds]], 
and [[Whittington, Victoria|Whittington]].

Development in Geelong started on the shores of Corio Bay in what is now the inner city. Development later spread to the south towards the Barwon River, and the hill of [[Newtown, Victoria|Newtown]] and [[Geelong West]]. Major development south of the river in [[Belmont, Victoria|Belmont]] did not start until the 1920s, stimulated by the construction of a new bridge over the river in 1926, and the extension of the [[Trams in Geelong|Geelong tramway]] system in 1927.<ref name="gex150" /> Industrial areas were traditionally located on the Corio Bay for port access,<ref name="gex-plan-industry">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.psdocs.dpcd.vic.gov.au/public/Greater 
 |title=Greater Geelong Planning Scheme (Section 21.22 INDUSTRY) 
 |work=Victoria Department of Planning and Community Development website 
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 |access-date=2007-12-25 
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 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090629001439/http%3A//www%2Epsdocs%2Edpcd%2Evic%2Egov%2Eau/public/Greater%2520Geelong/21_mss22_ggee%2Edoc 
 |archive-date= 29 June 2009 
 |url-status=bot: unknown 
 |df=dmy 
}} (via )</ref> or the Barwon River for waste disposal.

In the interwar and post-World War II years, [[heavy industry]] continued to establish itself in the flatter northern suburbs,<ref name="gex-plan-industry" /> where today industries such as the [[Geelong Oil Refinery]] and [[Ford Australia|Ford]] engine plant reside.<ref name="rgnog" /> Residential development also spread to Corio and Norlane in the north, with new [[Housing Commission of Victoria]] estates built to cater for employees of the new industries. From the 1960s, residential growth spread to the [[Highton]] hills in the south and North Geelong following prosperous industries like the gasworks, followed by [[Grovedale]] in the 1970s. A number of [[light industrial]] areas were also established in [[Breakwater, Victoria|Breakwater]], [[Moolap]] and [[South Geelong]].<ref name="gex-plan-industry" />

Changing cargo-handling methods at the [[Port of Geelong]] left woolstores in inner Geelong unused, [[Urban Renewal|redevelopment]] beginning in the 1980s with the expansion of [[Westfield Geelong]] towards Corio Bay, and culminating in the [[Waterfront Geelong]] development.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.intown.com.au/historic/city-by-the-bay.htm | title=City by the Bay concept 1981
|work=Intown Geelong website
|access-date=2007-12-25}}</ref> [[Gentrification]] of former working-class inner suburbs such as Geelong West, North Geelong, and South Geelong has also occurred.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/library/pdf/5175/80.pdf 
 |title=GEELONG ECONOMIC INDICATORS BULLETIN - 2001/2002 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |access-date=2007-12-25 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901213511/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/library/pdf/5175/80.pdf 
 |archive-date=1 September 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> Today, the major residential growth corridors are north towards Lara, east towards [[Leopold, Victoria|Leopold]], and south towards [[Mount Duneed]] as the [[Armstrong Creek Growth Area]].<ref name="armstongcreek">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Media_Releases/April_2005/Strategic_plan_to_manage_urban_growth_south_of_Geelong/ 
 |title=Strategic plan to manage urban growth south of Geelong 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |date=12 April 2005 
 |access-date=2007-12-25 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909101112/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Media_Releases/April_2005/Strategic_plan_to_manage_urban_growth_south_of_Geelong/ 
 |archive-date=9 September 2007 
 |url-status=live 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref>