Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb of
Geelong
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia
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. At the
2016 census, Bell Post had a population of 4,919.
[
The origin of the suburb's name is thought to be from a lookout or warning bell on a post or forked tree situated on the hill overlooking ]Corio Bay
Corio Bay is one of numerous internal bays in the southwest corner of Australia's Port Phillip, and is the bay on which abuts the City of Geelong. The nearby suburb of Corio takes its name from Corio Bay.
Etymology
When Hamilton Hume and Will ...
and the Moorabool river
The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria, Australia, that runs past several small towns and areas such as Meredith, Victoria, Meredith, Anakie, Victoria, Anakie, and Staughton Vale (north-west of Geelong). The river joins with the Barwon River ...
known as Morongo estate.
Schools in Bell Post Hill
* Kardinia International College
Kardinia International College is an independent K-12 school located in Bell Post Hill, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a triple campus college, residing on the site of the former Morongo Girls' College and has two other campuses, one in ...
(previously Morongo College)
* Covenant College
Covenant College is a private, liberal arts, Christian college in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, located near Chattanooga, Tennessee. As the college of the Presbyterian Church in America, Covenant teaches subjects from a Reformed theological wor ...
(previously Geelong Christian School)
* Rollins Primary School
The city of Geelong, Australia, has a number of schools.
History
The first schools in Geelong were established when the town was settled from the 1850s. Many of these schools remain open today, now joined by a number of new schools opened from ...
Heritage listed sites
Bell Post Hill contains a number of heritage listed sites, including:
* 205 Ballarat Road and 5-61 Anakie Road, Morongo
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe in California, United States. The main tribal groups are Cahuilla and Serrano. Tribal members also include Cupeño, Luiseño, and Chemehuevi Indians. Although many tribes in C ...
* Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 1
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League
The Geelong & District Football League (GDFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, being the oldest surviving competition in the region. It is one of three leagues in the Geelong area, the other ...
.
Geelong Rangers FC
Geelong Rangers Football Club is an Australian association football, soccer club based in Geelong, Victoria, Geelong, Australia. The club currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 2 North-West, the regionalized fifth division of ...
play soccer
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at Myers Reserve and compete in the Victorian State League Division 2
State League 2 is a semi-professional association football league in Victoria, Australia. Sitting at level 5 of the Victorian league system, below the three NPL Victoria divisions, it forms part of the fifth tier of the overall Australian pyrami ...
.
References
External links
Australian Places - Bell Post Hill
Rollins Primary School
Suburbs of Geelong
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