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Pettavel, Clifford and Wellington

25/3/2016

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PictureThese blocks along the Princes Highway were first sold in 1840
The many motorists who drive towards Mount Moriac on the Princes Highway would probably not guess that a settlement near the corner of Cape Otway Road and Devon Roads was a very busy little centre in the nineteenth century. The long climb up the hill from Waurn Ponds made a natural spot for weary travellers and their horses to take a rest. Numerous wagons and vehicles obstructing the road outside the Clifford Hotel drew the attention of the Moriac police who were eager to get rid of "this nuisance".

​Further down Cape Otway Road a Wesleyan church at Wellington was active for about fifty years.

​To the east a number of buildings in Pettavel Road bore the name Pettavel including a railway station, which was a great asset to the district, a school and a church.

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The ruins of the Pettavel Presbyterian Church on the north east corner of Mount Duneed and Pettavel Roads
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J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
The church had been used as a hayshed before an arsonist set it alight on 19th December 1972. The fire could not be extinguished without dismantling the building. This took all day. The police kept watch and late in the day the culprit turned up and was apprehended.
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The Pettavel Murder
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Electric vehicle expo 2016 — Past Event

9/3/2016

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Australia’s premier electric vehicle event, is back in 2016 and will be held at The Atrium, Swinburne University, Burwood Road, Hawthorn on 16 October, from 10 am to 4 pm. See the latest electric cars and bikes, test ride bikes and cars, hear talks from experts, see cars that have been converted to electric and displays of charging infrastructure.

There will be a huge variety of electric vehicles on display, as well as solar cars, electric racing cars, scooters, motor bikes and more. Entry is free!
http://community.ata.org.au/melbourne-electric-vehicle-expo/

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Where was Arthur Streeton Born?

9/3/2016

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Many sources have stated that the birthplace of Arthur Streeton was Mount Duneed. A monument in Ervins Road gives Mount Moriac as his birthplace. We looked at his birth certificate to see what was recorded. The birth was registered on 8 April, 1867 at Mount Moriac and stated that he was born at Duneed. This could have been anywhere in the Parish of Duneed which stretches from Torquay Road, Mount Duneed to Mount Moriac just past Hendy Main Road.

We knew that his father was a school teacher and lived at the schoolhouse, but which school? At this time there was more than one school named Duneed. There was Common School number 167 near the south east corner of Cape Otway and Colac Roads. Its original name was Colac Road, but was changed to Duneed in 1856. The name was changed again in 1871 to Clifford. There was also a school on the north east corner of Pettavel and Mount Duneed Roads. This school number 186 was originally named Duneed. It was changed to Pettavel in 1884. Duneed Free Church School was opened by the Presbyterians in 1858 in Mount Moriac. A national school was established near the junction of Barrabool, Considines and Colac Roads. It was first known as Mount Duneed number 401. In the next year it was referred to as Modewarre School, but in 1869 it became Mount Moriac.

​It is easy to see why later generations were confused. To find the answer his father's school records were checked. This shows that Charles Henry Streeton taught at Duneed School number 187 until 13 June 1869. This area is now known as Mount Moriac.


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Map showing the location of the Streeton monument and the Duneed school (top right) which was later named Clifford
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