On 27 January 1867 Harold Humphrey of Connewarre had a fatal accident. He fell from his wagon and was run over by the wheel. He left his widow, Hester, destitute. A tea meeting was held on 15 February at Mount Duneed Church School to raise funds to support the family. In March the Gazette named the following men to be trustees of land set aside for Wesleyan Church purposes at Mount Duneed: John Parkes Hope James Daltan William Trewen Robert Preston Thomas Fiveash In August Sons of Temperance held a public meeting at Mount Duneed. A requisition was signed for the formation of a division at Mount Duneed. Among them were Messrs Hope, Landale, Abercrombie and Angus. In October a farmer named Thomas Caldwell, who lived at Mount Duneed, met his death through a tree which he was cutting, falling upon him, and striking him upon the head. He left a widow and two children. Bonfires were planned at Mounts Moriac and Duneed to celebrate the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh's to Victoria. A boy in the employ of Mr Trewin, farmer, of Mount Duneed, was drowned in a waterhole in that locality. Arthur Streeton was born on 8 April at Clifford Burials at Mount Duneed Jane Hill — 22 February Louisa Palmer — 15 March Ellen Fuller — 25 March Ellen Brown — 26 March, aged 2 years Mary Eady — 20 April Mary Humphrey — 3 May John Land — 14 May, aged 37 years Joseph Southall — 7 July Stephen Cain — 29 July, aged 56 years Charles Roulier — 9 December 1867 Burials at Germantown Mary Kubial — 6 March, aged 6 years Amalie Schulz — 10 April, aged 2 years Martha Betts — 23 April Gottlieb Alwegge — 13 June, aged 36 years Johann Hannasky — 21 June Anna Petzke — 20 October, aged 23 years | Burials at Freshwater Creek Maria Louise Kubiel — died 6 March aged 6 years Johann Gottfried Robert Liebhard — 16 July aged 21 Adolph Gustav Schmidt — 27 January aged 83, husband of Margaret |
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