page_title: Timeline of Geelong history
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Geelong history / 20th century
context_page_description: This is a timeline of major events in the history of the city of Geelong, Australia.
context_section_description: 1910 – Geelong officially becomes a city
  1912 – Electric trams begin operation in Geelong
  1912 – First automatic telephone exchange in the Southern Hemisphere opens in Geelong
  1925 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1925 – Ford Motor Company plant opens at Norlane
  1925 – Retail chain Target opens first store in Geelong
  1926 – Geelong suburb Highton gets struck by tornado
  1930 – 3GL radio station opens
  1931 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1937 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1951 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1952 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1954 – Shell refinery opens at Corio
  1956 – Electric trams cease operation in Geelong
  1963 – Geelong Football Club wins premiership
  1963 – Alcoa aluminum smelter opens at Point Henry
  1983 – Ash Wednesday fires cause major damage at nearby coastal areas
  1987 – National Wool Museum opens
  1990 – First commercial FM Radio station K-Rock begins FM broadcasting
  1990 – Pyramid Building Society collapse
  1991 – HM Prison Geelong officially closes
caption: The former Geelong Law Courts, in Myers Street, Geelong.
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