William Radford sailed to Australia with his family on the ​Sir George Seymour arriving in May 1949. Shipping records show that he was 40 and his wife Mary Matilda was 39. Their children were:
​   Ellen, aged 13
   Matilda, aged 12
   Robert, aged 10
​   William, aged 9 (married Emily Violett)
   Mary Ann, aged 7 (married John Burvill)
   George, aged 1  
     
They settled in Mount Duneed in Russells Road to the west of the recreation reserve. After William's death the land was kept in the family until Mary died in 1888. William Radford paid rates on 102½ acres with a stone house. It is unclear where the extra land was. The 76 acres was later owned by John Southwood Melhuish.

​William died on 20 February, 1866. He was buried in the Wesleyan section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Mary died in April 1888 and is buried with him.

August F Gradner died of wounds received in France while in action on 30 March, 1917. He was the brother of William (also on active service) and Ella Gradner of Grovedale. 
​Arthur Stanley Palmer, aged 25 years, died somewhere in France on 25 January 1917. He was the third son of James and Eva (née Withers) Palmer of Grovedale. He was the husband of Dot, father of Jean and brother of Henry Wallace, Elsie May, Minnie, Albert Roy, James Reginald, Horace Leslie and Ivy Myrtle.
​Private Edward Charles Ensby ​of Grovedale, son of  Charles and Anna Ensby, was reported as wounded and taken prisoner on 11 April, 1917. He was a prisoner of war for 20 months.
Private Sydney Gordon Challis, a farmer from Connewarre, enlisted on 17 April 1916. He was born at Mount Duneed in 1896 and was declared killed in action on 11 April 1917 by Court of Enquiry. He was the son of Harry and Sarah Jane (nee Porter) Challis.
​Andrew Miller Fuller, son of Robert Fuller and Susannah née McLeary, was killed at Polygon Wood on 26 September 1917. He was aged 33 years. He is remembered at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium and on his parent's grave at Mount Duneed Cemetery.
​Private Francis Henry Challis a former farmer, born on 8 December 1883 at Barwon Heads, was a railway employee married to Elsie May and living at Sandringham prior to enlistment. He was declared killed in action of 12 May by Court of Enquiry in the vicinity of Bullecourt. He had one son. He was the son of Francis Henry and Jessie Elizabeth Challis.​
John Frederick William Rechenberg, born on 26 September 1884 at Geelong, was admitted to 12th General Hospital in Rouen suffering from a severe gunshot wound in the neck on 9 April. He was the son of Friedrich Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonore (née Herman) Rechenberg
Edwin George Bush, born in 1891 at Mount Duneed, died of wounds received in ​action on 4 November 1917. He was the son of Thomas and Madeline (née Humphry) Bush. 

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​Burials at Grovedale
​Dorothea Elizabeth Andressen — died 9 January,  aged 79 years. She was the relict of John Andressen, mother of Cr Andressen, Frank Albert of Melbourne and Charles Daniel of Grovedale. She had been a resident of Grovedale for 52 years. She was buried two days later in a private service.

Burials at Mount Duneed
​Susannah Danger died on 7 March aged 71. She was the wife of Samuel Danger and daughter of Robert and Mary (née Butler) Broughton.
​Baby Bubb — died May
Frederick Beard — died May aged 81
​Alexander Tait — died June aged 75
​Frederick Stacey — died November aged 18 of pneumonia. He was the son of Francis Henry and Catherine Mary (née Danger) Stacey

​If your ancestors came to Geelong in the early days they probably landed to Point Henry, situated 5 kilometres from the centre of Geelong, as shallow water prevented them from coming further. A school, church and hotel were part of a village which sprang up. 

​This is a Seniors Festival Event sponsored by the City of Greater Geelong. Supper will be served at the conclusion of the meeting. Please make a booking if you are attending to assist with  catering and seating.