Geelong
Digital
Outdoor
Museum

Western Beach

Welcome to Western Beach, Geelong—the first ever Geelong Digital Outdoor Museum (GDOM) experience. This project is the first of its kind to provide an interactive and location-specific heritage experience for the visitors and inhabitants of Geelong.

Instructions

Use your mouse (on a desktop computer) or touchscreen (on a tablet or smartphone) to start your virtual walk-through.

Click or tap on the landscape to move about. You can click/tap on the coloured circles to see images and read stories in the catalogue. Click/tap on catalogue images to enlarge them.

An audio button is provided for ambient sounds. To enjoy the sounds on your tablet or smartphone, ensure silent mode is turned off.

References

Reports

1. Maritime Infrastructure Heritage Project, Stage Two: Geelong, Report to Heritage Victoria, Brad Duncan, June 2004 (with updates to May 2006)
2. City of Greater Geelong, Western Beach Boatyard, Historical Heritage Assessment, GHD Pty Ltd (GHD), July 2018
3. Historical Background Report, Crown Reserve, Western Beach, Geelong, Victoria, Brad Duncan, September 2004
   For: Department of Sustainability and Environment - Historic Places and the City of Greater Geelong

Digital databases (other texts)

1. Trove database
2. State Library of Victoria
3. National Library of Australia

Archives (photos and maps)

1. Geelong Heritage Centre Archives
2. Geelong Heritage Centre Collections
   Stereo images Photographed by G.L. Massingham
3. Higgs family collection
4. Animations created by the MInD Lab team

Colophon

This site was 3D scanned on 3 November 2020 using Matterport Capture and a Leica BLK360 LiDAR camera. The overall capture comprises of 72 scans.

Credits

Dr. Domenico Mazza
(concept & research, design lead, development, scanning)

Dr. Sofija Kaljevic
(concept & research, design, historical research, curatorial)

Prof. Tuba Kocaturk
(project lead)

Anahita Sal Moslehian
(assistance)

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