Johnstone Park lies in the heart of Geelong, close to the Town Hall, Art Gallery, City Library and the Railway station, Geelong. In the Park you can see the War memorial and pavilion for the orchestra.

Once on the territory that today occupies Johnstone Park, the brook Western Galli, carrying its waters into the Bay of Corio Bay. In 1849, the stream was blocked by a dam where there is today the interchange Gheringhap street. Two years later the dam was fenced after it sank at least one person and 7 horses. And V year, the surrounding area was turned into a public Park, named after the former mayor of Geelong Robert De Bruce Johnstone. The Park stretches from Gheringhap street to Latrobe terraces. In December of the same year it hosted the first concert in the troupe of the Corps Artillery of Geelong. In 1873, the Park was built octagonal wooden stage, and a year later installed a used Belcher fountain, donated to the city by another former mayor George Frederick used Belcher. In 1887, the Park had to be reduced due to the construction in the Western part of the Technical College Gordon.

The 20th century brought new changes: in 1915 near the Park was built Art Gallery, and in 1919 – the War memorial erected in memory of those killed in the First World war. The memorial consisted of two rows of columns, the pavilion in the center and a Peace Monument near the Gallery. The pavilion was later included in the list of heritage of the Victorian era. Fountain used Belcher first moved in another place in 1912 due to the construction of tram lines, and in 1956, brought back after the trams stopped running in the city. In 2008 it was restored and today it pleases the eyes of visitors in the northeastern part of Johnstone Park.