About Corayo: a Thematic History of Greater Geelong

David Rowe, Pam Jennings, Wendy Jacobs

City of Greater Geelong, Jul 20, 2021 - History

About Corayo: A Thematic History of Greater Geelong explores how and why the municipality looks like it does today by connecting the past through existing and lost physical evidence to aspects of cultural history. It is not a chronological account of the history of the municipality. It is based around nine themes including Shaping the Environment of Greater Geelong, Peopling Greater Geelong, Transport & Communications, Transforming & Managing Land and Natural Resources, Building Greater Geelong's Industry & Workforce, Building the Shire, Governing in Greater Geelong, Building Community Life and finally Shaping Cultural and Creative Life.It includes Aboriginal and post-contact history.

About the author

Dr David Rowe, B.A. (Arch.), B. Arch. (Hons. 1), PhD (Arch.), M.ICOMOS. Over the past 25 years, David has prepared a large range of local government heritage studies, conservation management plans and other heritage assessments on thousands of places across Victoria and he has authored a number of heritage publications.

Bibliographic information

• Title: About Corayo: a Thematic History of Greater Geelong
• Authors: David Rowe, Pam Jennings, Wendy Jacobs
• Publisher: City of Greater Geelong, 2021
• ISBN: 0648357635, 9780648357636
• Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand