Robert Wilhelm Lemke was born on 26 October 1821 in Prussia. He married Caroline Hilderbrandt in 1855. They had the following children: Paul — born 1860 at Grovedale Caroline — born 1862 at Grovedale, married Julius Theodor Grossmann in 1899, died 1928 at Geelong aged 66 Emma Wilhelmine — born 1863, died 1941 Ida Frederike — born 1865 at Grovedale Gustave Adolph Wilhelm — born 1867 at Geelong, died the same year, buried at Grovedale Cemetery Julius Robert — born 1869, married Emma Louise Petrass, died January 1930 at Ballarat of pneumonia aged 61 Agnes Juliana — born 1869 at Geelong, married Paul Emil Grossmann in 1891, died 1934 at Geelong West aged 64 Augusta Elizabeth Amelia — born 1871, died 13 March 1918 aged 46, buried at Grovedale Cemetery Marie Wilhelmina Elizabeth — born 1873 at Geelong, died 8 May 1877, buried at Grovedale Cemetery Albert — born 1877 at Grovedale, died 8 May 1877 aged 1 month, buried at the Grovedale Cemetery Sophia — born 1878 at Grovedale, died in infancy Robert grew grapes on 41 acres at Belmont. He died on 31 March 1893 aged 71 years and 10 months and was buried at Grovedale Cemetery. Caroline died 19 May 1897 aged 64 years and was buried with him. |
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Our next meeting is at 7:30 pm on 9 May 2019 at Mount Duneed Hall, 40 Mount Duneed Road, Mount Duneed when John Edmonds will talk about the Evans family.
The Mount Duneed Progress Association was initially started up in the late 1940s with the primary intention of building a local hall. A local resident donated 2 acres of beautiful land on the high ground of Mount Duneed and was held by trustees. The project was well supported by the local people, but raising enough money for a hall was hard. Functions were held in various places, including Connewarre. One of the most popular of these were the woolshed balls in at Stretton Park woolshed made available by the White family. The balls were different and very popular but took a lot of work tidying up the shed every time. Potatoes were grown on the block to raise money, and eventually the small hall, that is still there, was built, and was to have been the supper room for a larger hall. It was erected by Eric J Lyons (later EJ Lyons & Sons) as a meeting place for the Mount Duneed Progress Association and for use of the residents in the Barrabool
Shire. By working bees with tractors, the site was levelled for a tennis court. The land and building were handed over to the shire in about 1975 with the thought of building tennis courts and a swimming pool in the future. In 1995 when amalgamation and restructure of the councils took place the City of Greater Geelong became the new owners of the hall. The council was keen to sell the hall in 1997, probably because it was not being used. A number of residents challenged this decision and after a panel hearing it was decided to keep the hall. The first known meeting of the later progress association was on 17 February 1998. It had been in recess for a number of years and the hall needed a lot of renovation. Power needed to be connected, bees removed, cleaning and painting carried out and pest strips laid. The grounds were gradually developed by the association over time. A barbeque area and shelter were established on the land previously levelled for the tennis court, and a playground built by volunteers. Daffodils, jonquils, trees and shrubs were planted. The Mount Duneed History Group and the Mount Duneed Progress Association held their meetings at the Mount Duneed Hall, 40 Mount Duneed Road, Mount Duneed. Interest in the progress association was waning when Covid made meetings impossible and after a year it was wound up.
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