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Geelong ( /dʒəˈlɒŋ/) is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, 75 kilometres (47 mi) south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia. The urban area runs from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with the bay to the east and hills to the west, an area with an estimated population of 160,991 people. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality which covers the urban and surrounding areas and is home to over 191,000 people. An inhabitant of Geelong has been known as a Geelongite, or a Pivotonian, in the past.
Geelong was named in 1837 by Governor Richard Burke, with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region, Jillong, thought to mean 'land' or 'cliffs'. The area was first surveyed in 1838, three weeks after Melbourne, and the Post Office was open by June 1840 (the second to open in the Port Phillip District). The first woolstore was erected in this period and it became the port for the wool industry of the Western District. During the gold rush Geelong experienced a brief boom as the main port to the rich goldfields of the Ballarat district. The city then diversified into manufacturing and during the 1860s it became one of the largest manufacturing centres in Australia with its wool mills, ropeworks, and paper mills.
those times feel so distant grey
are these someone else’s memories?
We were brothers
tied to each other’s days
we were known and loved by the sun
feared by our enemies
when did you cross over to this sleeping wake vacant
stare cuts right through words and leaves the thought
stopped dead
inside far is it lost
such a might
why exhaust?
but you aren’t the same
you forgot your strength
when you were before you’d
break through that door and destroy the day
but now you don’t go through that door
and now I hate that you do what you’re told to do that’s
not you yeah well now you’ve got to go back to seek what
you knew and I can’t stand to see you cower anymore
swear, never tire from this road
dont you ever hold
change should be your home