Steiglitz

Railway Hotel

Purchased by Cheetham Salt Company?

Various series in the Heritage Centre collection feature members of the royal family. Geelong has hosted a number of visits by royal family members including:

1850 - Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein (in cognito) (Source: The Investigator 2008, Vol. 43, No. 1, p.30)

1867 - HRH Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh (Source: The Investigator 2008, Vol. 43, No. 1, p.30)

14 May 1901 - Duke and Duchess of York (Source: Trove)

1 June 1920 - Edward, Prince of Wales (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book) (Source: The Investigator 2001, Vol. 36, No. 3, p.108)

7 May 1927 - Albert and Elizabeth, Duke & Duchess of Cornwall (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book) (Source: The Investigator 2001, Vol. 36, No. 3, p.108)

3 November 1934 - Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book)

22 November 1945 - Henry and Alice (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book)

6 March 1954 - Queen Elizabeth (Source: Trove)

21 September 1959 - Princess Alexandra of Kent (Source: GA)

16 June 1966 - Charles, Prince of Wales (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book)

29 October 1974 - Charles, Prince of Wales (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book)

28 April 1988 - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (Source: GRS1218/1 Geelong City Council Visitors Book)

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The station has a rich history dating back to 1838 when James D Baillie settled there.

In 1843, Philip Russell and his cousin Robert Simson arrived in Port Phillip. They became business partners and for £950 bought 3,500 sheep from the insolvent Baillie estate, including the 30,000 acre Carngham Station.

Philip Russell and Simson designed their Carngham cottage for two couples. Both married in 1851 and Russell took his bride Annie Lewis to Scotland, while Simson took charge at Carngham.

In 1853 the partners separated and Philip Russell took Carngham over.

In January 2013, the homestead was burnt down in the Carngham and Chepstowe fires. It wasn’t the first time this had happened. In 1918 a log rolling from a fireplace razed the building, leaving just a few stone walls and chimneys remaining of the 45 room dwelling.

Replacing two denominational schools, No. 50 Barrabool Hills and No. 151 Ceres, SS1602 Ceres, originally named Barrabool, opened on 1 July 1875. The name changed to Ceres about 1890.

Chas Cole and Co. was a major player in the development of Geelong industry.

Charles Cole’s father, Edward, was a Wine and Spirit merchant in Geelong from at least 1848 and continued through to the 1880s.

Charles (born 1859) started in the family firm but had commenced his own business in the same line by 1884. He started making cordials and added aerated waters to his business around 1890.

The company has been prominent in the liquor industry since its inception.

Cheetham Salt Co purchased works and business of Australian Salt Co c.1920s

Armytage House was built by George Armytage between 1858 -1860.

The grounds and outbuildings were bought by the Church of England in 1905 to become the Geelong Church of England Girls Grammar School, The Hermitage.

The emphasis was always on boarders, particularly girls from Western District families.

The school moved to more spacious grounds and modern buildings at Highton in 1973.

In 1976 The Hermitage amalgamated with Geelong Grammar School and Clyde School.