Editing Geelong (section)

==Culture==
===Events and festivals===
The [[Royal Geelong Show]] is held each year at the [[Geelong Showgrounds]]. Other events include [[Pako Festa]] (held annually in February),<ref>{{cite web|title=Pako Festa|url=http://www.intown.com.au/events/pako-festa.htm|work=Intown|publisher=Intown Entertainment|access-date=22 April 2013|year=1998–2013}}</ref> [[Gala Day|Gala Day Parade]] (annual event that celebrated its 96th year in 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Gala Day Geelong&nbsp;... a huge success!|url=http://www.gforce.org.au/news/article,documentid,4065.aspx|work=Gforce Employment Solutions|access-date=22 April 2013|date=19 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425105247/http://www.gforce.org.au/news/article,documentId,4065.aspx|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Family Fun Day (held annually as part of the Gala Day celebrations),<ref>{{cite web|title=Gala Day Geelong 2012|url=http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/gala-day-geelong/|work=Weekend Notes|publisher=On Topic Media PTY LTD|access-date=22 April 2013|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518083317/http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/gala-day-geelong/|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Geelong Heritage Festival that is run by the local branch of the National Trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Geelong World Heritage Day|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/04/11/61981_news.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=The [[Geelong Advertiser]]|date=11 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Geelong World Heritage Day|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/04/11/61981_news.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=The [[Geelong Advertiser]]|date=12 April 2009}}</ref> The Gala Day Parade was axed in 2023.

Geelong hosts Victoria's only international photographic salon 'VIGEX' every two years. VIGEX is an acronym for "VIctoria Geelong EXhibition" and the inaugural event was held in 1980. The Australian Photographic Society, the world governing body of exhibition photography the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique|International Federation of Photographic Art]] and the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies are patrons of the biennial photographic salon.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Vigex?|url=http://www.vigex.org.au/about-us.htm|work=Vigex, Inc|access-date=22 April 2013|year=1980–2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410072446/http://vigex.org.au/about-us.htm|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Geelong's History is preserved through both the Geelong Historical Society, and the associated [[Geelong Heritage Centre]] currently housed in the new regional library<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Dome {{!}} Geelong Regional Libraries |url=https://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/glhc/about-dome |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.grlc.vic.gov.au}}</ref> building opened in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceable.net/library-heritage-centre-geelong-landmark/#|title=Library and Heritage Centre to Be a Geelong Landmark|date=14 January 2014|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094806/https://sourceable.net/library-heritage-centre-geelong-landmark/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Now defunct, Geelong hosted a digital conference Pivot Summit which was headlined by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Co-founder [[Steve Wozniak]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-09-08|title=Jobs genius to add some star power|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-to-headline-geelong-technology-event/news-story/4fc16943c9f8c8200a0719c4bae70a94|access-date=2020-09-17|newspaper=Geelong Advertiser|language=en}}</ref>

===Arts and entertainment===
[[File:Geelong Gallery from Johnstone Park.jpg|thumb|The [[Geelong Art Gallery]]]]
Recognising a long history in design excellence, Geelong was designated as a [[Design Cities (UNESCO)|UNESCO Creative City of Design]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Designated UNESCO Creative City |url=https://www.geelongcityofdesign.com.au/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Geelong City of Design |language=en-AU}}</ref>

Geelong is home to a number of [[pubs]], [[nightclubs]], and live-music venues. The city is also the birthplace or starting point for a number of notable Australian bands and musicians, such as [[Barry Crocker]], [[Gyan Evans]], [[Magic Dirt]], [[Jeff Lang]], [[Denis Walter]], [[Chrissy Amphlett]], and [[Helen Garner]].<ref>*{{cite web|url=http://www.barrycrocker.net/about.htm|title=About Barry|work=Barry Crocker official website|access-date=2007-12-30|archive-date=3 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303024055/http://www.barrycrocker.net/about.htm|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.gyan.com.au/bio.htm|title=Gyan Evans bio|work=Gyan Evans official website|access-date=2007-12-30|archive-date=20 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020153645/http://gyan.com.au/bio.htm|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p194880|pure_url=yes}}|title=Magic Dirt overview|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2007-12-30}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.jefflang.com.au/pressage.htm|title=Press: Middle-ground Man|work=Jeff Lang official website|access-date=2007-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102318/http://www.jefflang.com.au/pressage.htm|archive-date=29 August 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.mytalk.com.au/Stations_OLD/Talk/3AW/Pages/ProfileDenisWalter.aspx|title=Denis Walter profile|work=My Talk|access-date=2007-12-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820113144/http://www.mytalk.com.au/Stations_OLD/Talk/3AW/Pages/ProfileDenisWalter.aspx|archive-date=20 August 2008}}
*{{cite news|title=Chrissy Amphlett dead at 53|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/chrissy-amphlett-dead-at-53-20130422-2ia30.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=The Age|date=22 April 2013}}
*{{cite web|title=Helen Garner|work=[[Penguin Books]]|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/helen-garner|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173759/https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/helen-garner|archive-date=3 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Geelong also hosts music festivals such as the [[Meredith Music Festival]], [[Offshore Festival]], Poppykettle Festival, and National Celtic Festival.

The city's prominent cultural venues are the [[Geelong Performing Arts Centre]] (commonly known as "GPAC"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpac.org.au/venue/default.aspx|title=The Venues|work=Geelong Performing Arts Centre website|access-date=2007-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830183937/http://www.gpac.org.au/venue/default.aspx|archive-date=30 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> the 1500-seat Costa Hall auditorium and the [[Geelong Art Gallery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting_Geelong/Arts_and_Culture/Arts_Venues/|title=Arts Venues |work=City of Greater Geelong website |access-date=2007-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902154410/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting_Geelong/Arts_and_Culture/Arts_Venues/|archive-date=2 September 2007|url-status=live|df=dmy }}</ref>

Based in Geelong, [[Back to Back Theatre]] is a globally renown, contemporary Australian theatre companies engaging with disability on stage. With work produced by the company, Back to Back Theatre explores questions about politics, ethics and philosophy in humanity and tours nationally and globally. In 2022, Back to Back Theatre was awarded the $300,000 [[International Ibsen Award]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-20 |title=Japan to Vienna, New York to London: the famous Australian theatre ensemble you've probably never heard of |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-21/australian-back-to-back-theatre-group-wins-ibsen-award/100924732 |access-date=2022-10-16}}</ref>

Local community-led, not for profit Creative Geelong Inc<ref>{{Cite web |title=Creative Geelong |url=http://www.creativegeelong.com.au/index.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=www.creativegeelong.com.au |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309033811/http://www.creativegeelong.com.au/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was established in 2015 to support local creatives and highlight the opportunities for creative industries practitioners in the region. In 2017, Creative Geelong partnered with [[Deakin University]] to crowdfund and produce three documentaries about Geelong's transformation from a heavy manufacturing hub to a creative destination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hubcaps to Creative Hubs |url=http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/built-environment/hubcaps-to-creative-hubs/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Culture Victoria |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Cristina Garduño |last2=Gray |first2=Fiona |last3=Novacevski |first3=Matt |title=How crowdfunding can connect people to their heritage and community |url=http://theconversation.com/how-crowdfunding-can-connect-people-to-their-heritage-and-community-69615 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Conversation |date=27 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Hubcaps to Creative Hubs series showcase three locations in Geelong including the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj7ZaH8FJGI Federal Woollen Mills], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BEdEeM9aPs RS&S Woollen Mills] and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8-nMg0LJA Fyansford Paper Mills] and tells the story of their industrial past and new purpose as creative hot spots.

===Media===
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The ''[[Geelong Advertiser]]'', the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second-oldest in Australia,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/about.html
|title=About The Geelong Advertiser
|work=[[Geelong Advertiser]] website
|access-date=2007-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html 
 |title=Oldest newspapers still in circulation 
 |work=World Association of Newspapers website 
 |access-date=2007-12-24 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040107070325/http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html 
 |archive-date=7 January 2004 
}}</ref> was established in 1840. The free ''[[Geelong Independent]]'' and ''[[Geelong News]]'' are the city's other major newspapers.

Geelong is part of the Melbourne television licence area, and receives all of the [[free-to-air]] stations from Melbourne, including [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]], [[Seven Network|Seven]], [[Nine Network|Nine]], [[Network 10|Ten]], and the community channel [[C31 Melbourne|C31]]. In some elevated areas of Geelong it is also possible to pick up UHF [[Ballarat]] channels but a high-gain antenna must be used. The Geelong region also receives [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television]] services through operators [[Foxtel]] and [[Neighbourhood Cable]].

The local radio stations are [[K Rock 95.5|K-Rock]] (rock and pop music), 3GL (classic hits), [[Rhema FM]] (Christian community station), [[KIX Country|Hot Country Radio]] (country music station), [[94.7 The Pulse|The Pulse]] (community station), [[3GPH]] (radio reading service), and [[Bay 93.9|Bay FM]] (adult contemporary music). The transmitters for K-Rock, The Pulse, Rhema FM, and Bay FM are located at a shared transmitter site on Mount Bellarine, near [[Drysdale, Victoria|Drysdale]]. Most Melbourne-based radio stations can also be received clearly in the Geelong region. DAB+ radio services direct from Melbourne can also be received in most areas of Geelong.

===Sport===
[[File:Aerial perspective of Kardinia Park stadium.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of [[Kardinia Park (stadium)|Kardinia Park]]]]
[[File:2022 Premiers Geelong Cats Street Parade (52387575736).jpg|thumb|Street parade in celebration of the [[Geelong Football Club]] winning the [[2022 AFL Grand Final]]]]
Established in 1859, the [[Geelong Football Club]] is the [[List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment|second oldest club]]<ref name="gfc">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.gfc.com.au/TheClub/History/GFCHistory/tabid/4015/Default.aspx
 |title        = Geelong Football Club history
 |work         = Geelong Football Club
 |access-date   = 2007-12-22
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211060547/http://www.gfc.com.au/TheClub/History/GFCHistory/tabid/4015/Default.aspx
 |archive-date = 11 December 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) and one of the world's [[oldest football clubs]]. Its home ground is [[Kardinia Park (stadium)|Kardinia Park]] stadium. With more than 80,000 members<ref>{{cite web |title=Geelong Celebrates 80,000 Members In 2023 |url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1379150/geelong-celebrates-80000-members-in-2023 |website=Geelong Football Club |access-date=27 August 2023 |date=14 July 2023}}</ref> and an all-time average home game attendance at Kardinia Park of over 20,000 a match, it has the highest membership and average attendance for a non-capital city based football club in Australia. It also fields a reserves side in the [[Victorian Football League]],<ref name="gfc"/> and three independent football leagues run in the area: the [[Geelong Football League]], the [[Geelong & District Football League]], and the [[Bellarine Football League]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/05/24/14299_opinion.html
|title=Kick to kick
|work=The [[Geelong Advertiser]]
|date=24 May 2008
|first=DARYL|last=McLURE
|publisher=geelongadvertiser.com.au
|access-date=2008-11-10
}}</ref>

The [[Geelong Arena]] in North Geelong is the home of the [[Geelong Supercats]] basketball team, and was also used during the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] for basketball games.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www1.dvc.vic.gov.au/ocgc/traffic%20and%20transport/guide/the-arena-geelong.html 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319141613/http://www1.dvc.vic.gov.au/ocgc/traffic%20and%20transport/guide/the-arena-geelong.html 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-date=19 March 2006 
 |title=The Arena, Geelong 
 |work=Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination website 
 |access-date=2007-12-22 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> The Geelong Basketball and Netball Centre was formerly the home to another basketball team from the region, the [[Corio Bay Stingrays]].<ref>[http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=1049 Corio Bay Stingrays – Big V] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208070518/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=1049 |date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
The city co-hosted the [[2003 FIBA Oceania Championship]] where [[Australia's national basketball team]] won the gold medal.

[[North Geelong Warriors FC]] are the region's primary soccer club, playing in the [[National Premier Leagues Victoria]] competition. The club played in the [[Victorian Premier League]] from 1992 to 1997 and in the top tier of the NPL in 2015. Other soccer clubs include Northern based [[Geelong Rangers FC]], [[Geelong SC]], [[Corio SC]], [[Lara United FC]] and Southern based [[Surf Coast SC]]. [[Western United]] play a few home games every year in [[GMHBA stadium]], Geelong is included in the marketing for the club in western victoria.

Geelong has a [[Thoroughbred racing in Australia|horse-racing club]], the Geelong Racing Club, which schedules around 22 race meetings a year, including the [[Geelong Cup]] meeting in October.<ref name="RaceClub">{{cite web|last=Country Racing Victoria |title=Alexandra Race Club |url=http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=59&Itemid=80 |access-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803131021/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=59&Itemid=80 |archive-date=3 August 2008}}</ref> The Geelong Cup was first run in 1872,<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.grc.com.au/cuppastwinners.htm 
 |title=Past Winners 
 |work=Geelong Racing Club website 
 |access-date=2007-12-22 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009151425/http://www.grc.com.au/cuppastwinners.htm 
 |archive-date=9 October 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> and is considered one of the most reliable guides to the result of the [[Melbourne Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/horse-racing/geelong-cup-again-a-good-guide/2007/10/22/1192940984902.html
|title=Geelong Cup again a good guide
|work=The Age website
|date=23 October 2007
|access-date=2007-12-22
| location=Melbourne
|first=Andrew
|last=Eddy}}</ref> It also has a [[Picnic horse racing|picnic horse-racing club]], Geelong St Patricks Racing Club, which holds its one race meeting a year in February.<ref name="RaceClub2">{{cite web|last=Country Racing Victoria |title=Geelong St Patricks Racing Club |url=http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=77&Itemid=80 |access-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803233436/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=77&Itemid=80 |archive-date=3 August 2008}}</ref>

Geelong [[Harness racing|Harness Racing]] Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack at Corio,<ref name = "harness">{{cite web
  | last = Australian Harness Racing  | title = Geelong | url = http://www.harness.org.au/geelong/geelong.cfm?fromstate=vic | access-date = 2009-05-11
  }}</ref> and the Geelong [[Greyhound racing|Greyhound Racing]] Club holds regular meetings.<ref name="dogs">{{cite web|last=Greyhound Racing Victoria |title=Geelong |url=http://geelong.grv.org.au/index.html |access-date=2009-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421041102/http://geelong.grv.org.au/index.html |archive-date=21 April 2009}}</ref>

Founded in 1882, the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club has 27 tennis courts and plays host to a number of tennis tournaments including the Davis Cup tie between Australia and China in 2012.

[[File:Robbie McEwen 2007 Bay Cycling Classic 1.jpg|thumb|[[2007 Bay Classic Series]] at Eastern Beach]]
The [[Eastern Beach, Victoria|Eastern Beach]] foreshore and nearby Eastern Gardens regularly host internationally televised [[triathlon]]s, and annual [[sports car]] and [[racing car]] events such as the Geelong Speed Trials.<ref name=speedtrials>{{cite web
|url=http://www.geelongspeedtrials.com
|title=Home Page
|work=Geelong Speed Trials
|access-date=2007-12-16
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805235601/http://geelongspeedtrials.com/
|archive-date=5 August 2018
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Corio Bay is also host to many sailing and yachting events. Geelong also has many golf courses, sporting and recreation ovals, and playing fields, as well as facilities for [[water skiing]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[fishing]], [[hiking]], and [[Greyhound racing|greyhound]] and [[harness racing]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Services_In_Geelong/Sports_and_Recreation/Reserves_Listing/ 
 |title=Reserves Listing 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |access-date=2007-12-22 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142509/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Services_In_Geelong/Sports_and_Recreation/Reserves_Listing/ 
 |archive-date=14 December 2007 
 |url-status=live 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref>
Geelong Athletics holds competitions during both the summer and winter, including high-profile events such as Victorian and sometimes national and international track and field meets.

Geelong is home to Australia's largest indoor [[skate park]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Skaters celebrate the wheel thing|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2013/06/21/367639_news.html|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser]]|date=21 June 2013|author=Courtney Crane}}</ref> and has "more skate parks per capita than any other municipality in Australia."<ref>{{cite web|title=Skate Parks in Geelong |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ct/task/article/item/8cbdd8ebe56a8c6.aspx |work=City of Greater Geelong |access-date=8 September 2013 |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001557/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ct/task/article/item/8cbdd8ebe56a8c6.aspx |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>

Geelong is also the birthplace of [[Bev Francis]], an IFBB professional Australian [[female bodybuilding|female bodybuilder]], [[powerlifting|powerlifter]], and national [[shot put]] champion.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/bev-francis/
 |title = IFBB Hall of Fame Inductees for 2000
 |publisher = [[International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness]]
 |access-date = 28 April 2010
 |archive-date = 25 October 2011
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111025130543/http://www.ifbbpro.com/hall-of-fame-welcome-message/bev-francis/
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia-bodybuilding.com/bevfrancis.htm |title=Bev Francis, Biography Page |publisher=Australia Bodybuilding |year=2009 |access-date=28 April 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810162826/http://www.australia-bodybuilding.com/bevfrancis.htm |archive-date=10 August 2010 }}</ref>

The [[Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race]], named in honour of the [[Tour de France]] winner and 2009 World Champion starts in the city. It then goes through [[Barwon Heads]] on the [[Bellarine Peninsula]], passing by the famous surf beach of [[Bells Beach]] in [[Surf Coast Shire]] and continuing along the [[Great Ocean Road]]. The race then heads via rolling hills back to Geelong for three circuits of the city before a waterfront finish. The race generally suits ''[[puncheur]]s'' who are capable of getting into breakaways and can easily climb short, steep hills.<ref name="2017CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-expands-worldtour-to-37-events/ |title=UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=Cycling News|date=2 August 2016 }}</ref><ref name="2017UCI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/the-uci-reveals-expanded-uci-worldtour-calendar-for-207/ |title=The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017 |access-date=2 October 2016 |work=UCI}}</ref>

The city's [[Kardinia Park (stadium)|Kardinia Park Stadium]] hosted the first match of the 2022 Men's [[ICC Men's T20 World Cup|T20 cricket World Cup]]. Along with other cities in regional Victoria, Geelong was scheduled host the [[2026 Commonwealth Games]] until they were cancelled.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/victoria-commonwealth-games-announcement-daniel-andrews/102613156 Victoria to axe Commonwealth Games plans due to financial constraints] ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' 18 July 2023</ref>

The Geelong Sharks compete in the state's Rugby League competition run by [[NRL Victoria]].


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