Editing Geelong (section)

===Post-war period===
[[File:EasternBeachGeelong1950 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Eastern Beach, Victoria|Eastern Beach]] in 1950]]

Government housing was constructed in the suburbs of [[East Geelong]], [[Norlane]], [[North Shore, Victoria|North Shore]], and [[Corio, Victoria|Corio]] from the 1950s. The banks of the [[Barwon River (Victoria)|Barwon River]] burst in 1952, inundating nearby [[Belmont, Victoria|Belmont Common]].

Geelong continued to expand with Corio, [[Highton]], and Belmont growing at such a rate that in February 1967, Geelong accounted for 21% of private home development in Greater Melbourne.<ref name="story" /> Private vehicles became the city's major mode of transport. The first [[parking meter]]s in the city were introduced in 1961, new petrol stations were constructed and the city's first supermarket, operated by [[Woolworths Supermarkets|Woolworths]], opened in 1965.<ref name="story" /> Later, support came for [[Cycling in Geelong]] with Australia's first bike plan in 1977.<sup>[[Cycling in Geelong#cite note-3|[3]]][[Cycling in Geelong#cite note-4|[4]]]</sup>

Industrial growth continued with a second cement works operating at [[Waurn Ponds]] by 1964<ref name="rg" /> and the Alcoa [[Point Henry smelter|Point Henry aluminium smelter]] constructed in 1962.<ref name="psu" />

[[Government of Australia|Federal government]] policy changes on [[tariff]] protection led to the closure of many Geelong industrial businesses from the 1970s. Most woollen mills closed in 1974 and hectares of warehouse space in the city centre were left empty after wool-handling practices changed.<ref name="story" /> The [[Target (Australia)|Target]] head office opened in North Geelong, [[Deakin University]] was established at Waurn Ponds in 1974, and the [[Geelong Performing Arts Centre]] opened in 1981.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.gpac.org.au/about/default.aspx
|title=GPAC - About
|access-date=2007-08-13
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830182211/http://www.gpac.org.au/about/default.aspx
|archive-date=30 August 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Later, the [[Australian Animal Health Laboratory]] was opened in 1985,<ref>{{cite web|title=A look inside CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory |url=http://www.csiro.au/en/Organisation-Structure/National-Facilities/Australian-Animal-Health-Laboratory/Inside-AAHL.aspx |work=CSIRO |access-date=1 September 2012 |first=Emma |last=Wilkins |date=30 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910064352/http://www.csiro.au/en/Organisation-Structure/National-Facilities/Australian-Animal-Health-Laboratory/Inside-AAHL.aspx |archive-date=10 September 2012}}</ref> and the [[National Wool Museum (Geelong)|National Wool Museum]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting_Geelong/Attractions/National_Wool_Museum/About_the_Wool_Museum/ 
 |title=National Wool Museum 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |access-date=2007-12-16 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831135553/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/Visiting_Geelong/Attractions/National_Wool_Museum/About_the_Wool_Museum/ 
 |archive-date=31 August 2007 
 |url-status=live 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref>

[[Market Square Shopping Centre (Geelong)|Market Square]], the first enclosed shopping centre in the city, was opened in 1985, with neighbouring Bay City Plaza opened in 1988.<ref>[[:File:Bay City Plaza Plaque Geelong.jpg]]</ref> The [[Pyramid Building Society]], founded in Geelong in 1959,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.gabr.net.au/archives/ABE2069a.htm
|title=Pyramid Building Society Ltd
|work=Guide to Australian Business Records
|access-date=2007-12-22
|archive-date=16 September 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916035903/http://gabr.net.au/archives/ABE2069a.htm
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> collapsed in 1990, leaving debts of AU$1.3&nbsp;billion to over 200,000 depositors,<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5037/is_199007/ai_n18314959
|title=Mysteries of the Pyramid. (Pyramid building society financial collapse)
|work=The Economist (US), July 1990
|access-date=2007-12-22}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> and causing the Geelong economy to stagnate.<ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/25/1059084208923.html
|title=Geelong leads regional price boom
|date=26 July 2003
|work=The Age
|access-date=2007-12-30
| location=Melbourne}}</ref> On 18 May 1993, the City of Greater Geelong was formed by the amalgamation of a number of smaller municipalities with the former City of Geelong.<ref name = "coggcreation"/> The [[Waterfront Geelong]] redevelopment, started in 1994, was designed to enhance use and appreciation of [[Corio Bay]]<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/library/pdf/5053/62.pdf 
 |title=The Waterfront Story 
 |work=City of Greater Geelong website 
 |access-date=2007-12-16 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108123410/http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/library/pdf/5053/62.pdf 
 |archive-date=8 November 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref> and in 1995 the Barwon River overflowed in the worst flood since 1952.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.offi.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/c85916e930b93d50ca256d050020cb1f/75ff60bb70b6749fca256d3300057d56?OpenDocument
 |title=Geelong and Southern Vic: Floods (incl Landslides) 
 |work=Emergency Management Australia website (via Google cache) 
 |access-date=2007-12-30 
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