Geelong is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay and the left bank of Barwon River, about 65 km southwest of Melbourne. Geelong is the second largest Victorian city behind Melbourne with an estimated urban population of 268,277 as of June 2018, and is also Australia's second fastest-growing city. Geelong is also known as the "Gateway City" due to its critical location to surrounding western Victorian regional centres including Ballarat in the northwest, Torquay, Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest, Hamilton, Colac and Winchelsea to the west, providing a transport corridor past the Central Highlands for these regions to the state capital Melbourne in its northeast. The City of Greater Geelong is also a member of the Gateway Cities Alliance in partnership with Councils from Newcastle and Wollongong.
Population: 264,866 (2020) (12th)
Established: 1838
Postcode(s): 3220
Elevation: 21 m (69 ft)
Area: 1,329 km² (513.1 sq mi)
Location: 72 km (45 mi) SW of Melbourne city centre · 75 km (47 mi) E of Colac · 166 km (103 mi) E of Warrnambool
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