Tram-era houses and what went in behind them
The oldest streets here follow the tram routes of 1915 and 1924. What was built behind them came decades later. Working out which you are in tells us most of what we need before we start.
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Your Local Electrician in East Geelong 3219
East Geelong sits immediately east of the city centre, wrapped around Eastern Park and the Botanic Gardens and running down to Corio Bay at Limeburners Point. It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, with no distance loading on it.
We cover the whole of 3219, and Geelong, Newcomb, South Geelong and the rest of Geelong with it.
No call out fee, a fixed price agreed before anything starts, and a lifetime workmanship warranty. REC 346464.
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Electrical Work in East Geelong
From a Federation house near the park to a unit in a court behind it. Here is what we do most in East Geelong.
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Electrician East Geelong FAQ
Do you actually cover East Geelong?
Yes. It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, with no distance loading on it. There is no call out fee and no distance loading.
Which parts of East Geelong do you cover?
All of it, the whole 3219 postcode, and the neighbouring towns with it. From the tram-era streets through to the newer courts, and nowhere in it far enough out to charge you extra for.
How quickly can you get to East Geelong?
It is a short run across for us from Ocean Grove, with no distance loading on it. We do not promise a set response time, but you get a straight answer on the phone and a time on the day rather than an all day window.
Is there anything particular about the housing here?
Mostly when it was built. Urban development here really started with the electric trams in 1915 and the high school in 1916, and the 1924 tram extension pushed shops and houses out along Ormond, Myers and McKillop Roads. So the core of the suburb is Federation and interwar, with post-war building and later infill behind it. The council describes a lot of enclosed courts and avenues, which is exactly what filling in behind older streets looks like. Two eras, often in the same street.
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Geelong, Newcomb, South Geelong, Thomson, Whittington, Breakwater, Moolap, St Albans Park, Newtown and Geelong West. See the full service area.
About East Geelong
East Geelong has a primary school dating from 1857 and a cemetery from 1839, but the suburb proper is a twentieth century creation. It grew when the electric trams arrived in 1915 and the high school opened in 1916, and the tram extension of 1924 brought shops and housing along Ormond Road, Myers Street and McKillop Street.
Its defining feature is green rather than built. Eastern Park and the Geelong Botanic Gardens cover 81 hectares and are on the Victorian Heritage Register. The land was reserved as a botanical reserve in 1851, making it the second earliest in Victoria after Melbourne's, and the gardens hold over thirty significant trees.
The other heritage here is industrial and much older. The lime kiln complex at Limeburners Point is the ruined remains of five brick kilns built into the escarpment in the 1860s and 70s, with powder magazine footings from 1854. Lime was being burned here from as early as 1838 and this was the major supply to the Victorian building trade until the Lilydale deposits took over in the 1880s.
At the 2021 census about 85 per cent of dwellings were freestanding houses with most of the rest units and townhouses, and no apartments recorded. The population has been remarkably flat, moving barely thirty people between 2006 and 2016 before rising again to 2021.
The practical version for an East Geelong owner: the age of your street matters more than the age of the suburb. A tram-era house and a 1970s court house are different jobs.
If you back onto the park, outdoor lighting is worth planning properly rather than adding to. It is easier to do once.
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