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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2000-11-27</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2000-12-11</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000041077</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001034439</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BOWLES BARBARA L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>KENWOOD GROUP INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, NE., SUITE 3610</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60603</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Georgia-Pacific Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>386</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents 386 shares of Georgia-Pacific Group common stock received in exchange for shares of Fort James Corporation (&quot;Fort James&quot;) common stock held by the Reporting Person, including 13 shares of Georgia-Pacific Group common stock received in exchange for shares of Fort James common stock held by the Reporting Person in a dividend reinvestment account, in connection with the merger of Fort James with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Corporation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Keith L. Belknap, Attorney-in-Fact For: BARBARA L. BOWLES</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-03-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
