Belmont

Belmont is a residential suburb 3 km south-east of central Geelong. It is bounded on the north and east side by the Barwon River and the riverside Belmont Common, on the south by Waurn Ponds Creek and on the west by Highton.

The site of Belmont was settled by Dr Alexander Thomson in 1836. Thomson, a pioneer preacher and pastoralist named his holding Kardinia, and his Kardinia homestead (1850) in Riverview Terrace near the river is on the Register of the National Estate. Thomson was Mayor of Geelong five times between 1850 and 1858.