Governer+Gipps


 * ==__**Governer Gipps**__ signed the papers for the Grant council. Allowing the formation of a council for local government. Its first public meeting was held on Thursday October 19th. The council operated until 1849 when Geelong was incorporated as a town. The council did a lot for the town of Geelong but was cancelled when the great town became a city.== ||  ||