GEELONG, a seaport of Grant county, Victoria, Australia, situated on a land-locked arm of Port Phillip known as Corio bay, 45 m. by rail S.W. of Melbourne. Pop. (1933) 30,669. Gee long was incorporated in 1849. As a manufacturing centre it is of considerable importance. The first woollen mill in the colony was established here, and the tweeds, cloths and other woollen fabrics of the town are noted throughout Australia. There are extensive tanneries, flour-mills and salt works, while at Fyansford, 3 m. distant, there are important cement works and paper-mills. Corio bay, a safe and commodious harbour, has a depth of 25 ft. at low water and is being deepened to 29 ft. There is extensive quayage, and the largest wool ships are able to load alongside the wharves, which are connected by rail with all parts of the colony. The facilities given for shipping wool direct to England from this port have caused a very extensive wool-broking trade to grow up in the town.