Mount Duneed, Victoria
| Mount Duneed Geelong, Victoria |
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| Population | 985 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3217 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | South Barwon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Duneed is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is divided between the City of Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Shire local government areas.
Much of the locality north of Lower Duneed Road is part of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area, which was opened up for urban development from 2010. With the gazetting of the suburb Armstrong Creek in February 2012, Mount Duneed's southern boundary between Surf Coast Highway and Horseshoe Bend Road follows the boundary of the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Area. The area north of Boundary Road, south of the Warrnambool railway line and west of the Surf Coast Highway, formerly part of Grovedale, became part of Mount Duneed.[2][3][4]
History
The Post Office opened on 15 February 1860, but was known as Connewarre for some months then Puelba until 1864. It was renamed Mount Duneed on 1 April 1864. It closed in 1959.[5]
The Geelong Airport was located in Mount Duneed, but it closed in 2011 after the area was opened up for urban residential development.[6]
The locality has one site listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, Prefabricated Iron Cottage.[7]
Notable people
Auditor-General Ralph Abercrombie was born in Mount Duneed on 19 July 1881 and lived there until 1882. His father was the local school teacher.[8]
Victoria Cross recipient Rupert Vance "Mick" Moon lived at Calder Park, Mount Duneed from 1954 - 1978 and is buried at the Mount Duneed Cemetery.[9][10]
Donald Bantock who was the judge of the first coursing meeting in Australia at Narracoorte, South Australia lived at Calder Park in the 1880s.[11][12]
References
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- ↑ "Prefabricated Iron Cottage (H1131)". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ↑ Mount Duneed Primary School Centenary 1878-1978
- ↑ Victorian Heritage Database - Rupert Vance Moon Memorial Garden report
- ↑ Mount Duneed Primary School Centenary 1878 - 1978
- ↑ The Elector (Sydney) 14 July 1900
- ↑ Geelong Advertiser 27 June 1881
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