​John Walker Roberts married Elizabeth Gardener Mead. They had the following children:
 Elizabeth Fanny  — born in 1953 in Geelong, died the same year
Walter Henry (Harry) — born in 1853 at Ashby, died on 15 June 1927 at 47 Cromwell Street in Croydon in NSW
Frank Edward  — born in 1855 at Ashby, died the same year aged 2 months
Amos Mead — born in 1856
Frederick William Albert — born in 1859 at Geelong, died on 26 August 1917
Isaac Oscar Garibaldi — born in 1861 in Geelong
Arthur Albert  — born in 1863 at Geelong, died in 1921
Henry — born in 1866 at Geelong, died the same year aged 1 month

In 1864 John was a member of the Anglican School Committee. He was a grocer, a Wesleyan and a trustee of the Geelong Vineyard Company.
He was a South Barwon councillor serving from 1862 until 1866.

On 3 April 1870 the family left for London on the Orwell. They later settled in Sydney. 

John died on 18 October 1911 at his residence, "Seven Trees", in Denison Road, Lewisham and was buried the following day in the Methodist Cemetery at Rookwood.

 ​​Benjamin Axford, son of Thomas and Jane (née Axford) Allin was born on 22 January 1827. He married Elizabeth Ann née Walter on 25 March 1850 at Bradworthy in Devon. He left Devon with his wife arriving in the colony on 28 October 1850 
aboard the Gypsy Queen. Elizabeth died of Typhus on 28 May 1853 at "Hill Park" in the Barrabool Hills.

On 9 July 1857 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (née Cottle) Jewell. They had the following children:​
Thomas — born on 11 April 1858 at Mount Moriac, married Elizabeth Ann Turnbull on 23 May 1887 at the home of her parents, died on 10 October 1946 at Geelong
William Richard — born on 28 April 1860 at Mount Moriac, married Al​inda Jane Walter on 3 December 1890 at the bride's home, died in October 1941 aged 81 years at Drysdale
Mary Jane — born on 18 July 1862 at Barrabool, died in 1942 aged 79 years at Geelong
Benjamin Axford — born on 12 May 1865 at Ceres, married Regina Tryphena Grills on 15 September 1909 aged 84 years at 7 High Street, Ballarat
John Henry — born in 1867 at Mount Moriac, died in January 1938 aged 71 years at Mount Moriac
Louisa — born in 1870 at Mount Moriac, died in September 1940 aged 70 years at Geelong
Elizabeth Emma — born in 1871 at Melbourne, died in 1872 at Barrabool
Albert Edward — born in 1874 at Ceres, died in September 1956 at Geelong
Sophia Ann — born in 1876 at Ceres, married Robert John Rogers in 1902, died on 20 April 1964 aged 88 years at Geelong
Alfred Charles — born in 1878 at Ceres, died in December 1946 aged 68 years at Geelong

On 21 October 1885 when the "Strathlachlan" estate, in the Barrabool Hills, was for sale Benjamin Allin, who had been a tenant for many years bought a total of 368 acres.

​He was named a justice of the peace in February 1891.

He was a farmer at Mount Moriac. His property "Waterland Farm" was in Mill (now Hendy Main) Road. He was a Barrabool Shire councillor from 1873 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1897 and was president in 1878, 1890 and 1891.

This map has portion 2, 16 and 17 marked. When Benjamin Allin died he owned land in parts of these blocks:
​160 acres — part of portion 17 with residence and various outbuildings
111 acres 34 perches — part of portions 2 and 16 fenced only
​255 acres 1 rood and 14 perches — part of portions 2 and 16 with weatherboard house and various outbuildings
​193 acres 1 rood and 10 perches — part of portion 17 fenced only

John, son of William and Elizabeth (née Simpson) Herd was born on 1 November 1798 in Belfast, Ireland. He married Janet née Park about 1820. They had the following children all born at Belfast, Northern Ireland:
William — born about 1820, died on 31 March 1908
Mary — born about 1821, married Francis Bennett, died 24 May 1885 at Kewell aged 63
Eliza — born about 1823, died 12 April 1901 at Geelong West
Jane — born about 1826, died 4 February 1895 at Ararat
John — born about 1827, died before the family emigrated
Agnes — born about 1828, died 8 April 1899 at Stawell
Sarah — born about 1830, married John McGill on 9 January 1849 at Christ Church Geelong, died February 1877 at Belmont Victoria

​John and Janet came to Australia with their family as assisted immigrants on the Manderin​ in 1838 arriving in Sydney. They travelled to Port Phillip on the Hope soon after.

John was a pioneer of the district in 1848 when he took up a pastoral run of 21,000 acres at Airey's Inlet and established the Loutitt Bay Cattle Station. 

​Early in 1850 he established a market garden in Thornhill Road, Highton.

​He became a councillor of the South Barwon Shire, serving from 1859 until 1863. He was appointed as a magistrate ex officio. He was one of the first trustees for the 10½ acre Barrabool Hills (Highton) Cemetery when it was established in 1855. He was also a trustee for Queens Park. In 1864 he became a member of the Anglican School Committee. His son-in-law Francis Bennett was also on the committee. 

​John died on 1 February 1885 at Kewell North and was buried in un unmarked grave at Warracknabeal Cemetery. Janet died on 4 September 1876 at Highton.

Andrew Keith was the son of Andrew Keith and Euphemia née McCallum, both aged 34, who sailed from Scotland in 1853 in the Sir William Molesworth​. According to shipping records (which do not agree with cemetery records) they brought with them three children:
   Andrew — aged 7
​   Margaret — aged 4
   Daniel — aged 1

The family farmed land at Freshwater Creek for many years before Andrew senior handed over the farm work to his eldest son, Andrew, and retired to live in Belmont, Geelong.

​On 23 September 1873 Andrew​ married Elizabeth Paterson, daughter of William and Elizabeth Paterson. Their children were:
​Andrew James (James) — born on 22 September 1874 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1951 aged 76 years
William Bruce — born in 1874 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1876
Charles — born in 1877 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1940 at Berwick aged 64
Robert Livingstone — born in 1878 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1953 at Geelong West aged 75
Malcolm — born in 1879 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1943 at Wangaratta
​Elizabeth Euphemia — born in 1881 at Freshwater Creek
John Alexander (Alexander) — born in 1883 at Freshwater Creek
Lily
Margaret Agnes (Maggie) — born in 1884 at Freshwater Creek, died in 1922 aged 37 years 
​Jessie Campbell Abercromby— born in 1891 at Geelong, died in April 1925 aged 32 years
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Andrew died on 24 January 1923 in Belmont aged 80 and was buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Elizabeth who died on 14 March 1902 at the age of 43 is buried with him. They share a plot with Andrew's parents and two children, William who died as an infant and Maggie who died in June 1922 aged 37. Daughter Jessie who died in April 1925 is buried in a separate location in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. 

​Andrew's sister Margaret Campbell Keith married Thomas Kirkland Dow, a well known agricultural journalist and son of David Hill Dow of Forest Station.
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Pictured at right is Private Charles Keith (5038) before taken before serving in the 21st Battalion. He was a farmer from Longwarry prior to enlistment. He returned to Australia on 9 April 1919.

​Thomas Vaughan was born about 1829. He married Catherine (also known as Kate) Perdue in 1855. She was born about 1834. They had the following children:
Thomas Henry — born 1856 at Ballarat
​Lucy Ann ​— born 1858 at Ballarat, married James Williamson Nicol on 23 August 1883, died in 1935 at Malvern East aged 76 years
Alfred Perdue — born 1860 at Ballarat, married Rebecca Alison (Alice) Shierlaw on 9 May 1889, died 1923 at Box Hill aged 62
Edith Alberta — born 1862, died 1932 at Armadale Victoria
Diana Gertrude — born 1864, died 1907 at St Kilda
Ida May — born 1865, died 1953 at Elwood aged 88 years
Joseph Charles — born 1866 at Geelong, died 1939 at Cheltenham

When Thomas agreed to seek election as a South Barwon councillor to fill the vacancy caused by the recent retirement of Sharp Brearley, he was described in the Geelong Advertiser as "a man of wealth and standing in the borough, has plenty of leisure, and is in every respect competent to fill the office of councillor in a manner calculated to advance the interests of the borough". He served from 1869 until 1875.

Thomas died on 14 May 1897 at his residence, Sunnyside at Marshalltown, at the age of 68. He had been a resident of Marshalltown for 30 years and a colonist of 47 years. He was buried in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Catherine who died on 27 February 1877 at the age of 43. Their daughter, Diana Gertrude, who died at St Kilda in December 1907 at the age of 44 was interred with them.


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​​William Higgins arrived on the Larpent on 28 June 1849 with his parents and brothers and sisters, at the age of 15.

​His father the Rev William Higgins was a Congregational Minister. Rev Higgins, formerly of Trinity Chapel in London was the chaplain on the Larpent. He participated at 3 christenings and 1 marriage during the trip. There were 5 births and 10 deaths, mainly children, during the trip. 200 of the passengers had been selected by Rev John Dunmore Lang and consigned to Dr Alexander Thompson, who was a supporter of the Sydney Presbyterian minister John Dunmore Lang, whose wish was to encourage the migration of hard-working, God-fearing Protestants to the colony. He sponsored two ships, the Travancore and the Larpent, to bring the settlers to Australia in 1849 with Thomson ready to receive and settle them. Thomson owned section 10 of the parish of Barrabool known as the Kardinia section — a square mile of undulating land.
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William jnr was a solicitor whose company was eventually known as W & W Higgins. He brought up his family of eleven children at Shoubra in Highton which at that time was surrounded by 38 acres opposite the Church of England in South Valley Road.  He became superintendent of the little Congregational Sunday School on the east side of Valley Road.

He was a South Barwon Shire councillor from 1871 until 1892. He was mayor of the Borough from 1871 until 1874. He was president of the Shire of South Barwon 1874-76, 1880-81, ​1883-85 and 1888-1889. As Mayor he laid the foundation stone at the Wesleyan church on 2 October 1873. A bottle was placed under the stone containing copies of the Geelong Advertiser, Wesleyan Chronicle and documents connected with church affairs.

​He was a director of the Kardinia Estate Co in the 1890s. It was not successful because of the depression. He was a member of the gentlemen's committee of the refuge for women at Kildare.

He died on 3 May 1892 at the age of 58 years from apoplexy and was buried in the Independent section of the Geelong Western Cemetery. He had recently returned from a tour to Europe. His wife, Sarah Ann (née Davey), died on 6 Oct 1911 at the age of 76 years and was buried with him.

Alfred John, son of James Beard and Sarah (née Luke) Talbot, was born in 1827 at Walthamstow, Essex, England. His father, a congregational minister of Brunswick Chapel, Mile End, London,  had written a book in 1844 named "The Miseries of Prostitution".

Alfred arrived in the colony on the Moselle in December 1952 with his brother George and his wife Louisa Harriet née Burrell, whom he had married on 31 July 1852 at Walthamstow. After arriving in Geelong he advertised in various newspapers in an attempt to find his elder brother, James, whom he thought was in Bendigo, Victoria. He advertised his services as an accountant, land, house and estate agent  mentioning that he was from London. He was working from his home in Chilwell. 

By 1861 he was advertising an extensive range of services, delivered from his office on the Corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets, Geelong. He was now living at Belmont.

He was an auditor of the Geelong Gas Company in 1859, secretary of the Geelong Land and Building Society and an auditor for the Shire of South Barwon. He became a South Barwon councillor in January 1861. On Saturday 15 June 1861 at 8 am a meeting of ratepayers of the South Barwon Municipality was held to elect a councillor to replace Councillor Talbot who was disqualified from his position because of non-attendance. The only candidate was TW Antill, who became Talbot's replacement. The annual elections were scheduled to take place two weeks later. Councillor Antill would retire and stand for re-election.

In March 1961 Alfred disposed of his business to Henry Simmonds, who had for some years been his clerk. He was examined at the Geelong Insolvent Court on Wednesday 3 July 1861. He stated that he was a commission agent, charging commission for money received. The money received was spent running his business. He did not believe he had spent the money wrongfully. In September 1861 he was charged with forgery and embezzlement​. 

​Alfred and Louisa had the following children:
Rosina Sarah Augusta — born 1853 in Geelong
Louisa Selina — born 4 February 1855 in Chilwell
Caroline Maude —born 1857 in Geelong, died 14 April 1860, buried at Highton Cemetery
Alfred James Charles —born 1859 in Geelong
Percy George — born 1861 in Ashby

After 1861 he and his family seem to have disappeared from Geelong. I cannot find a will, burial or death record.

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​.

​​Francis Henry Stacey was born in Geelong in 1863 to unknown parents. On 23 February 1887 he married Catherine Mary Danger at the High Church, Geelong. He lived at Rock Hill Farm at Mount Duneed. He leased the 60 acre farm on the north east corner of Torquay and Lower Duneed Roads from Mrs Jane Lamond. They had the following children while living at Mount Duneed:
​Frances Ellen — born 1888 
Ida Victoria — born 1890, died 13 October 1916, buried in the Presbyterian section of Mount Duneed Cemetery
Herbert William Francis (Bert) — born 1891, married Gertrude Eliza Middleton in 1927, died 20 January 1977 at Buckley, buried at the Geelong Western Cemetery
Francis Samuel Edward — born 1893, married Mary Eadey, died 14 October 1951 at Barwon Heads (pictured at right), buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Jesse Lily Margaret — born 1895, married
​John Henry Herbert Lemaitre, died 1959 at Geelong
Malcolm Robert — born 1897, married Myrtle Thelma Gogoll, died 1952 
Frederick Henry — born 1899, died 12 November 1917 at Geelong, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Alice Elizabeth — born 1904, died 1906 at Mount Duneed, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Donald Clarence — born 26 February 1907, married Florrie Letitia Cameron, died 1970 at East Geelong, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Clifford Ross — born 1909, married Elizabeth Helen Cameron, died 1975 at South Geelong, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Samuel James — born 1913 at Geelong, died the same year, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Maxwell — born 1914 at Geelong, died 1981

Francis died on 9 September 1934 at Geelong. Catherine died on 30 May 1943 at a son's residence in South Geelong.​ They were buried together in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery 

Family photos contributed by Bryon Clissold

Private Francis Samuel Stacey 3989 served in France and returned to Australia in 1918. He drowned while fishing from rocks at Barwon Heads on 14 October 1951. He was one of six soldiers from Mount Duneed who sailed on the same day, 8 February 1916, on the HMAT Warilda.
Allan Ellis
Charles Harold Gogoll
​James Reginald Palmer (Reg) (brother of Arthur Stanley Palmer died 1917)
Leslie George Ellis
Herbert William Francis Stacey (brother)
​All are remembered on the Mount Duneed State School honour board.
​Also on the same ship were:
Clarence Edward James Batson
Victor Christopher Hanlon (Vic)​

Robert Ewing Blyth was the sixth child of Ewing and Agnes Blyth, born on 8 September 1872. In 1896 he married Elizabeth Ann Martin Cameron, daughter of John and Elizabeth Munro (née Gunn) Cameron. ​Their children were:
Elsie Ann Martin — born 1899 at Mount Duneed, married James Edward Clery in 1921, died 4 June 1987 aged 87, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Elizabeth Victoria — born 1901 at Connewarre, married Henry George McErvale on 16 March 1932 at Geelong, died 1975 aged 73 at Camperdown
Daisy — born 1904 at Geelong, married Allan Thomas Lawrence in 1936, died 1985 aged 80
Charlotte Amelia — born 3 July 1907 at Connewarre, died 3 December 1973 aged 66, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Isobel May — born 23 May 1910 at Mount Duneed
Robert John — born 23 November 1912 at Connewarre, married ​Hilda May Harrison in 1938, died 21 February 1992, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery 
​Raymond Douglas Haig — born 1919, died 21 February 1922 aged 2 years, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
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​The children attended the bluestone school three miles away, travelling across paddocks with high grass in summer and mud in winter, the girls in starched white aprons and collars and black stockings.

In 1909 he purchased 126 acres, previously owned by William Underwood, on the south east corner of Barwon Heads and Black Rock Roads, Connewarre. He called the property Elsinore. He cleared the farm of sheoaks and planted fruit trees. He built dams and bought dairy cows and pigs.

He took an active interest in community life. For about 50 years he was secretary of the Connewarre Presbyterian Church and was on the hall and school committees. He became a South Barwon Shire councillor, serving for 25 years and served three terms as president — 1915-16, 1924-25 and 1935-36. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the Southern Bailiwick by the State Executive on 11 June 1918. He was a director of the Geelong and Cressy Trading Company for 32 years.

Robert died on 12 April 1949, aged 77 years, and is buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. He is buried with Elizabeth who died in 1931 aged 55 years. ​

​Thomas Christian and Anna Elisabeth (née Teitz) Baum arrived in Melbourne on 5 October, 1854 on the Malvina Vidal. They leased 85 acres from Sir James Henty in Whites Road. Their first son John Gottfried Erdmann Baum was born in 1856 at Mount Duneed. Christian and son Gottfried ran a bluestone quarry until 1876. Gottfried married Anna Christina, the daughter of Karl Heinrich and Johanna Caroline (née Aumann) Finger, who was born on 5 September 1857 at Hawthorn, Victoria.  After the quarry closed the family moved to Gippsland where Christian selected land at Stratford where he established a fruit growing and dairy farm. Christian died at the Sale railway station on 25 May 1893. Anna died on 11 July 1888 as a result of diabetes from which she had suffered for 2½ years.
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Gottfried and Anna's children were:
​Anna Christine Elizabeth Baum — born in 1880 at Doncaster, married Oscar Reinheld Rau on 28 May 1901 at the Lutheran Church at Germantown, died in 1972 aged 91 at East Geelong
Henrietta Bertha Baum — born in 1882 at Stratford, married Frank Paech, died in 1945 aged 62 at Geelong
Johann Gottfried Baum — born in 1884 at Stratford, married May Louisa Harrison in June 1909, died on 13 January 1951 aged 66 at Geelong
Minna Dora Baum — born on 7 September 1886 at Stratford, married Gottfried Heinrich Thiele on 12 October 1910 at Grovedale, died on 18 October 1948 aged 72 at Blackburn
Johann Joseph Benjamin Baum — born in 1888 at Stratford, married Dorothea Elizabeth Hartwich in 1914, died in 1947
Rubine Sophia Baum — born in 1890, married William Joshua Vanstone in 1916
Johann Alonzo Valentine Baum — born 1893 at Stratford, married Elsie Ethel Plier in 1918, died in 1971 at Waurn Ponds, buried on 17 February 1971 at Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Elvina Flora Ethel Baum — born in 1895 at Waurn Ponds, married Clarence Lugg in 1921, died in 1967 in Belmont, buried on 21 June 1967 at Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Johan Gottfred Erdmann — born in 1897 at Geelong, married Eva Hartwich in 1922, died on 21 December 1968 at Highton, buried at Highton Cemetery
Thomas Christian Rupert Baum — born 1899(1899-1992)
Flora Beatrice Baum — born in 1899 at Geelong, married Herman Alfred Schotz in 1924
Anna Allette Rosina Baum — born in1903, died on 12 June 1903 aged 5 weeks at Claremont in Waurn Ponds, Buried at Germantown Cemetery

​Christian died of heart disease at the Sale railway station on 25 May 1893 at the age of 72 years. He left an estate of £2653. The following year Gottfried and Anna came to live at Claremont in Waurn Ponds. Their descendants celebrated the 130th birthday of the farmhouse at Ghazeepore Road, Waurn Ponds with two open days — 3 and 4 October 1987. Four generations of the Baum family occupied Claremont until recent subdivision of the land. A park on the subdivided land, originally named The Vineyard Reserve was named Baum Park in April, 2019.

Gottfried died suddenly on 24 November 1914 while fishing on Corio Bay with a friend and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. A finding of "fatty degeneration of the heart muscle" was found to be the cause of death. He left an estate valued at £9667/10/1. The couple were now living in Myers Street, Geelong although they still owned the Claremont farm of 336 acres. Anna died on 29 March 1927 and was buried with him.
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Thomas Mallett was a native of Birmingham, Warwickshire England. He arrived on the Travancore​ on 1 November 1849 with his wife Mary Ann (née Ordige). In 1856 he selected a 47½ allotment at Marshall on the corner of Barwon Heads and Reserve Roads and 30 acres in Sparrovale Road in 1860. The railway line to the old Geelong Racecourse at Sparrovale was later to cross this land. Thomas was an officer of the Corio division of the Sons of Temperance which was held in the Sons of Temperance Hall in Ryrie Street, Geelong.

​A number of families from Marshall and Connewarre moved to the Strathbogie district when the land was opened up for selection. By the late 1880s Thomas and Mary were living at Strathbogie North. Thomas continued to buy and sell real estate in the Geelong district. 
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Thomas and Mary had the following children:
​James Theophilus — born in 1848 in Birmingham, married Susannah Gardiner on 22 April 1873 at Aberdeen Street Baptist Church Geelong, died 16 October 1921 aged 73 years at the home of his son-in-law Phil Herbert Harold (Herb) Ibbott of Thurloo, 9 Stanhope Grove East Camberwell, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
​Lucy Emma — born about 1851, married John Adams in 1879, died 7 September 1926 aged 75 at 12 Foster Street, South Geelong
Mary Ann — born 1856 in Geelong, married George Strong in 1875, died 1932 aged 76 years at Newtown Victoria, buried on 15 April 1932 in the Methodist section of the Geelong Western Cemetery
William Arthur — born 1857 in Geelong, died 1911 aged 54 at Footscray, buried in the Baptist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with his mother
​Robert — born 1858 at Connewarre, died 1933 aged 75 years at Bunyip
George Gittins — born 1861 at Geelong, died at 7 months the same year at Chilwell
Charles Thomas — born 1864 at Chilwell, died 1938 aged 73 at Ringwood
​Ruth — born 1866 at Connewarre, married Edwin Orchard in 1887, died 1938 aged 72, buried 14 November 1938 in the Baptist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Emma — born 1867 at Geelong, married George Congdon in 1890, died 1947 at Indented Head
Louisa — born 1871 at Geelong, married William James Thorne in 1891, died 3 June 1940, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
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​Mary Ann died in 1901 aged 76 and was buried on 20 September in the Baptist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with her son William Arthur. Thomas died on 3 November 1905 aged 82 at his residence Maud Street Geelong and was buried in the Baptist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. ​He left an estate of £1964.17.3. He left real estate to his children in Geelong, Barrabool, Marshall and Strathbogie.

​One of Thomas' sons developed a jersey cattle stud and was a successful Melbourne Show exhibitor.
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​The land which Thomas left to Charles Thomas Mallett (blue) was between Barwon Heads and Sparrovale Roads. Only part of lot 17 was included. The land Thomas selected in 1856 and 1860 (orange). The railway line to the old Geelong Racecourse crossed this land. The first race meeting to use the new line was held on 1 February 1878.

​James, son of Thomas and Mary Ann (née Ordige) Mallett, was born in 1848 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He arrived on 1 November 1849 with his parents on the Travancore. He spent his early years at Geelong. He farmed land at Maindale Park, Strathbogie North. He married Susannah, daughter of John and Isabella (née Abernathy) Gardiner on 22 April 1873 at Aberdeen Street Baptist Church, Geelong. Their children were:
Mary Isabella May (May) — born 1875 at Geelong, married Phil Herbert Harold (Herb) Ibbott on 29 July 1903 at Maindale Park, Strathbogie North, died 4 May 1951 at Cootamundra, buried at Box Hill Cemetery​
Thomas Gardiner (Gard) ​— born 1876 at Horsham, died 1944 at Caulfield aged 67. He was manager of the Strathbogie North Butter Factory. He served in 2nd Battalion in South African War and WW1 NZ Expeditionary Force. He suffered severe gun shot wounds in the left thigh in France in 1918.
​Lucy Flora Elvina — born 1878 at Geelong, married William Irwin Thoms on 25 December 1902 at ​Strathbogie North, died in 1966 at Newtown aged 87, cremated remains interred at Altona Memorial Park
James Theophilus ​— born on 5 October 1879 at Murtoa, married Ada Emily Marshall on 11 April 1873 at Aberdeen Street Baptist Church at Geelong, died on 4 July 1954 at Geelong aged 74, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Emma Jane Adeline (Jean) — Born 17 June 1882, married Albert Charles Shields on 15 July 1908 at Strathbogie, died on 15 August 1960 at Ballarat, buried at Bungaree Cemetery at Pootilla
Muriel Grace (Grace) ​— born in 1884 at Geelong, died in 1964 at Camberwell aged 79
Florence Susannah — born on 8 August 1886 at Marshalltown, married Albert George Morley on 23 February 1910 at Maindale Park, Strathbogie North, died on 5 September 1952 at Camberwell aged 66
​William Arthur (Will)​ — born on 18 November 1889 at Strathbogie North, married Georgina Margaret Ellen Jupp on 10 March 1920 at Waitara Taranski in New Zealand, died on 27 October 1958 at Waitara Taranaki as a result of an accident, buried at Waitare Cemetery
Ruby Myrtle — born on 8 November 1889​, died one month later on 8 December at Strathbogie North as a result of an epidemic throughout the district (first burial at the Strathbogie Cemetery)

​​In 1911 James and Susannah shifted to Bullerook, near Ballarat. James died at the home of his son-in-law, Mr PHH Ibbott, "Thurloo", 29 Stanhope Road, East Camberwell on 16 October, 1921 at the age of 73. He was buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. He left his estate of £3182 to his wife. Susannah died on 3 June 1937 at the home of her son-law Mr AG Morley, 10 Cross Street, Canterbury at the age of 87. She was buried with James at Geelong.

photos contributed by Sue Gommans

​​​When the school opened in 1878 there were over 100 pupils attending the school. Before road widening the school was situated on the corner of Mount Duneed and Torquay Roads (south-west corner). The first school in this location was destroyed by fire in 1944.

​Former head teachers

AT Abercrombie (1878-1882)
T Job (1882-1889)
HP Bechervaise (1889-1891)
W Errey (1891-1896)
VP Nolan (1897-1900)
WG Catron (1900-05)
​OE Farrer (1905-09)
​AV Deeble (1910-11)
​CW Bradhurst (1913-16)
​TJ Macartney (1916-20)
JE Marshall (1920-24)
AL Debney (1924-26)
F Hope (1926-28)
​EME Clinton (1927)
JT D'Helin (1928)
H McGregor (1928-29)
​As there were so few pupils at Mount Duneed and Freshwater Creek schools ​Mr McGregor held 2 days at one school and three at the other alternating each week (1929-34)
GA Law (1934)
GR Mead (1935)
MR Kent (1937)
HM Collins (1939)
The school closed for four years. About this time a local resident remembered frequently borrowing children (transfers and all) from her sister in Melbourne to keep the school opened.
​MT Simms 1943-44)
JE Colleshaw (1944)
O Tryhorn and J Eltham (1944-48)
JW France (1948-54)
H Thornley and GF Bailey (1954)
​D Darby and GS Stuart (1954-57)
AP Anderson (1958-59)
DB McKinnon (1959-63)
GF Rafferty (1963-66)
JH Scarlett (1955-67)
MC Thompson (1967-68)
L Sealey (1968)
​JF Edward (968-69)
​MC Thompson (1l969-72)
PF Gaylard (1972-77)
JL Wilson (1977-78)

​An arbour day held once a year, enabled each pupil to plant a pine tree in the school plantation next to the school. In one year in the 1930s only one pupil planted a tree so the plantation was taken over by Grovedale State School. Mount Duneed again controlled the plantation when the number of pupils increased. The school shifted to Williams road in 1992 when Torquay Road was widened.

Sproul Brien, son of Henry and Deborah (née Brown) Brien was born in Northern Ireland about 1842. He sailed for Australia with his family as assisted immigrants on the Chandernagore arriving in Australia in July 1854. Shipping records give his age as 11 years.

​He married Sarah Ardil, who was also born in Northern Ireland, in 1857 in Victoria. Their children were:
Alfred Brien — born in 1868 at Duneed, died in 1924 at Birregurra, buried at Birregurra Cemetery
William Henry Brien — born 1871 at Duneed, died in 1949 at Colac
Mary Ann — born in 1873, died on 3 October 1876 at the age of 3½ years from scarlet fever
Sproul Brien — born in 1874 in Mount Duneed, married Sarah May Kinsella on 5 August 1908, died in 1941 at Birregurra, buried on 12 January 1941 at Birregurra Cemetery
Ardill James Brien — born in 1877 at Mount Duneed, died in 1954 at Colac aged 77, buried on 10 December 1954 at Birregurra Cemetery 
​John Brien — born about 1880 at Mount Duneed, died in 1956 aged 76 at Colac
Sarah Ann Brien — born in 1882 at Mount Duneed

​He grazed sheep on about 444 acres in Mount Duneed Road, Freshwater Creek for many years. The property was advertised for lease after his death. By December 1913 part of the property (allotments F, G and H) was advertised for sale.

​He died on 5 March 1913 at the age of 71 at Birregurra and was buried at the Birregurra Cemetery. Sarah died in June 1924 at Birregurra and was buried with him.
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​John Stead, son of Richard Shaw and Jane (née Beattie) Hunt was born in 1864 at Geelong. He married Mary Ann Isabelle​ Mawson in 1894. They had the following children:
Olive Helena — born ​1895 at Geelong, married Alfred Frank Bird in 1934, died 1971 aged 72 at Geelong
Richard Frederick (Dick) — born on 28 October 1897 at Waurn Ponds, died on 29 October 1922 aged 25 at Koonwarra Private Hospital in Armadale, buried in the Church of England section of the Mount Moriac Cemetery
Lorna Annie Em — born 1900 at Waurn Ponds, married Arthur Westlake Sleeman in 1934, died in 1985 at Geelong West
John Robert Samuel (Jack) — born in 1902 at Waurn Ponds, died in 1988 aged 85 at Geelong
Hubert Clive (Clive) — born in 1905 at Waurn Ponds, married Thelma Clarkson Dare in 1938, died on 5 February 1974 aged 68 at Geelong, buried in the Church of England section of the Mount Moriac Cemetery 
Murial Jean Isabelle — born in 1908 in Geelong, married John Frederick Sleeman in 1933​, died in 1976 aged 68 at Mooroopna

John was a Barrabool Shire councillor, serving from 1895 until 1903 and from 1895 until 1926. He served two terms as president. When he died in 1936 the council adjourned its meeting to attend his funeral. 

​He died on 20 July 1936 aged 72 at Newtown and was buried in the Church of England section of the Mount Moriac Cemetery. Isabelle died on 2 July 1942 aged 70 and was buried with him.

John Bogan was born in Wexford in Ireland in 1831. He migrated from Ireland, probably about 1856. At first he was superintendent of the mounted police.

In 1859 he married Mary Murnane. They had the following children:
Richard Patrick Bogan — born in 1860 in Geelong, married Catherine Mary Eadey in 1903, died on 4 August 1936 aged 75 at Connewarre, buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Honoria — born about 1863, married John Joseph Stafford in 1903, died on 2 September 1932 aged 69 at her home at Marshall. She was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Michael — born in 1863 in Geelong, died one month later on 25 April, buried at the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Michael — born in 1864 at Connewarre, died on 25 June aged 5 months, buried at the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
John — born in 1865 at Connewarre, died in 1947 aged 81 at Geelong, buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Michael James — born in 1867 at Geelong, married Hannah Margaret, died on 7 September 1917 aged 49

Mary died on 29 April 1868 aged 27 at Connewarre and was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.
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In April 1862 he was granted the license for the Breakwater Hotel in Marshall. Before and after this short period his father-in-law, Michael Murnane held the license. 
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John had bought up a good amount of real estate in Connewarre, Marshall and Mount Duneed on which he grew oats and had milk cows, pigs and poultry. With three his sons, the cows were milked by hand. They had a milk run, delivering this milk around Geelong. This land was rich in marl (calcium carbonate) which he dug up and spread over his land and ploughed in to improve it.

When he died he owned the following land:
67 acres of fenced land in the parish of Connewarre being allotment B of section 7, used partly for cultivation and partly for grazing.
83 acres being allotments N and M on which is erected a 5 roomed weatherboard house. This land was used for cultivation and grazing purposes.
40 acres being allotment P section ? This land was fenced and used for grazing purposes only.
Part of section 7 on which was erected a six roomed weatherboard house which was very old and delipidated which was occupied by the deceased up until the date of his death.
8 acres fenced land being part of allotment 6 section 6
The total value of this real estate was £2080. The land was divided between his sons as set out in his will. Daughter, Honoria, was to receive a regular allowance until she married.

John died on 16 September 1895 at Connewarre and was buried with Mary in the Roman Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.

The family plot  is marked with a monument by Charles Wilcox, together with railing costing £70. Six members of the Bogan family were buried there:
John and Mary Bogan
Richard and Catherine Bogan
​Honoria and John Joseph Stafford