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Heinrich Reinhold Winter

17/9/2020

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Heinrich Reinhold, son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Ernestine (née Lorke) Winter was born in 1870 at Geelong. He married Maria Ernestine Grutzner. They had the following children:
Marie Ernestine — born in 1893 at Epping, married Patrick James Toner in 1921 at Wagga Wagga, died on 15 August 1964 at Tumut NSW, buried at Batlow Cemetery
Clara Agnes — born in 1895 at Mount Duneed, married Charles William Rowe in 1930, married John William Robinson in 1938, died on 3 December 1976 aged 80 years at Duneed buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery
Maud Elisabeth — born in 1896 at Geelong, died on 21 January 1897 at Geelong, buried in the children's section of the Grovedale Cemetery
Herbert Reinhold — born in 1898 at Germantown, married Esther Rosa Hill in 1930, died on 29 July 1983 at Geelong
Wilhelm Heinrich — born in 1899 at Mount Duneed, married Alvina Ethel Baum on 26 October 1952 at Highton Methodist Church, died on 19 January 1952 aged 53 years at Geelong, buried at the Grovedale Cemetery
Dora Alma — born in 1900 at Geelong, married Eric Cecil Harrison in 1929, married Albert Ernest Dickins in 1949, died on 16 August 1978 aged 77 years at Grovedale, buried in the Methodist section of the Highton Cemetery with Eric Harrison
Albert Edward — born in 1902 at Geelong
Emilie May Amelia — born in 1904 at Geelong, married Alexander Eldred Laker in 1932, buried at Queenscliff Cemetery
Florence Louisa — born in 1908 at Geelong, married Arthur Francis Paisley in 1934, died on 3 March 1964 at Geelong

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Harry Winter lived on the north east corner of Torquay and Boundary Roads. He purchased his farm from the estate of John Syrett in 1923.

He was a South Barwon Shire councillor, serving for thirty years from 1902  until 11, from  1913 until 1916 and from 1923 until1941. He never missed a meeting during that time. He also served 30 years on the Recreation Reserve Committee and for 20 years was president of the school committee.

He died on 24 October 1949 aged 79 years at his home in Torquay Road, Belmont and was buried at the Grovedale Cemetery. Marie died on 20 June 1951 and was also buried at the Grovedale Cemetery.


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Grovedale Progress Association

18/6/2020

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The first meeting of the Grovedale Progress Association, convened by Mr C Kleiss, was held at 56 Karnn Street (now called Highfield Drive), Grovedale on 12 March 1965 at 8pm. It was decided that future meetings would be held quarterly in the public hall. 

The first office bearers were:
President — Mr C Kleiss
Vice president — Mr Fletcher
​Secretary — Mr Wise
Treasurer — Mr Bayley
Committee — Mr Woods, Mrs Pickup, Mrs Ball, Mrs Ryan, Mr G Taylor and Mr J Croft

Topics discussed at early meetings were:
Mail delivery (130 houses required within ¾ mile of the post office) — this was achieved in the first year
​Newspaper delivery — this was achieved in the first year
​School crossing
Forming of roads including the old section of Heyers Road between Torquay and Bieske Roads
Tree planting
Footpaths
Drainage
Telephone booth
Speed Limits
Burning off vacant allotments
​Development of recreational centres
​Bus service including a school bus
Street lighting
​Replacement of old unreadable signs
​Change street names that are similar — suggestions for Karnn Street were Highfield Drive, Oak Avenue, Caringal Road and Timber Top Avenue.
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A fee of 10/- per household was be charged to cover membership. Miss L Sheridan from TM Burke attended some meetings to answer resident's queries.

A ball was run to celebrate New Year's Eve 1965 as a joint venture with the hall committee, charging 6/- admission. This project lost money.

​Mail delivery started in 1966. Deliveries were made in a car by Mrs Bent. Miss Sheridan approached Mr Horniblow, the editor of the Belmont and Highton News to include the name of Grovedale in the name of the paper.

​It was noted that requests to the council usually received the reply, "The riding members are investigating". It was decided to send a copy of their next request to Mr Horniblow to include in the Belmont and Highton News. ​A request was sent to the council complaining about children walking to school on the roads because no footpaths are provided. Access through Smith Street was quite impassable for small children as the street was more like a bullock track. This was a time when mothers usually did not take children to school.

​The progress association did not support the building of a swimming pool in Belmont or Highton by the council while more urgent work was required.

​In 1969 discussions about the Freeway began. Councillors Roberts and Dean visited to discuss this and other subjects. They were asked why residents were being refused permits to install septic tanks and how long it would take to have the sewerage connected to Grovedale. Being told probably 2 years the association decided to inquire about sewerage trust plans for the area. Residents also wanted to know how to dispose of grease trap refuse. At the next meeting they were told of a service operated by Mr Jennings of Barwon Heads. The councillors were asked if the council would assist in getting the Belmont buses to go to Heyers Road.

​The council was asked to allocate street numbers for all residents in Grovedale. During this year it was decided to hold monthly meetings.​

​There was rapid growth at Grovedale around 1970. The membership of the progress association grew from 38 to 53. The new kindergarten and baby health centre was built west of the shops in Heyers Road.
​The progress association took a strong interest in the proposed freeway which had two planned options — the Waurn Ponds Creek area or south of the railway line. The progress association were keen to have the first choice as it would cut journey times for Grovedale motorists. The plans were being drawn up for the duplication of Torquay Road to the railway line.

​When Fred Rossack gave a talk on the history of Grovedale 200 people attended. A collection brought in $120 to be used to establish a tree studded walk through the recreation reserve. This was to be in memory of the pioneers of the district and to be called "Pioneer Avenue".

​On 25 March 1970 a meeting was held to form a Grovedale tennis club. Topics discussed at meetings in the early 1970s were:
Sewerage
​Freeway location
Land for recreation (to the north or south of Grovedale)
​Bus service
Street numbering
​Street signs not being erected prior to house construction
Odour from the feed lot (especially when the wind was from the south-east)
​The airport
Direction signs
Tennis club
Gravelling of Smith Street and Green Lane
​Crossover ramp at kindergarten
​Nuisance dogs
​Reconstruction of the Bailey Street bridge
Hotel entrance
​Screening of properties
​Phone boxes
​Mail boxes at the post office (12 applicants required)​

​Although the rate of development in the early 1970s was increasing the membership of the progress association continued to drop during this period until only 18 financial members remained in the 1973-74 year. The November meeting was cancelled due to insufficient attendees to form a quorum. A membership drive was instigated the following February and although a couple of new members joined the remainder of the year was still disappointing.

​The greatest achievement for the 1973-4 year was the acquisition of a block of land in Bieske Road from GWST (now Barwon Water) to use for recreational purposes. It was hoped that this land could be used as an adventure playground. The progress association moved a motion in February 1975 to name this playground the "John Croft Recreation Reserve" after their former president and South Barwon councillor.
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A road running south westerly from the Grovedale Hotel to Felix Street was to be closed as it would cause traffic problems if it were to remain. The council proposed selling the land to adjoining landholders. The progress association objected to selling the land and wanted it kept for future recreational purposes.

A New Grovedale Primary School Action Group was set up to push for a new school west of Burdoo Drive. This school opened on 4 February 1975. It had 10 classrooms, a library and an arts and crafts room. It looked probable that portable classrooms would need to be installed in the near future. The action group sent a letter of condemnation to the Victorian Education Department in protest. A new kindergarten began operation in the Lutheran hall in March 1975. On 27 November 1975 a meeting was held at Memorial Hall for the purpose of forming an action group for a secondary school in Grovedale.​

​On 12 June 1975 a meeting was held at Memorial Hall to discuss the report prepared for the Cities Commission by Messrs Loder and Bayly. The areas of objection to the report were:
  • ​The enlargement and upgrading of the Grovedale Airport
  • The proposed site for light industry at Mount Duneed
  • The establishment of a City Forest near Mount Duneed
​It was in 1975 that development of the east side of Torquay Road was being discussed. As the proposed freeway was planned for this area it was important to plan ahead. GW&ST reported that a new pipeline costing $1,500,000 was needed before the land could be re-zoned.

Late in 1975 the council decided to shift the fire station from Bieske Road to a block (60 feet x 150 feet) in Reserve Road west of Hoses Lane. ​The building would be brick as required by the City of South Barwon. The progress association was approved as the Hall Advisory Committee. The first meeting of this committee was held on 5 December 1975 to decide on the renovations needed for the hall.

​In 1976 extensive changes had been made to the feedlot in Barwarre Road because of the introduction of new regulations and "because of these changes the unsavoury odours from the feed lot should not occur again".

​The "Grovedale Grapevine", a newsletter containing community contacts and reports was distributed. Items mentioned were new youth groups held on Friday nights at the Baptist and Lutheran churches, a meeting to establish an Apex group and a soap box derby in Burdoo Drive.

​The South Barwon Council recommended to replace the defunct bridge in Bailey Street with a footbridge.

​A celebration was planned to mark the 50th anniversary of the supply of electric power to Grovedale in 1977. A working bee to be held to work on the restoration of the waggons donated for use in the John Croft Reserve and the Recreation Reserve was planned for January. A Christmas celebration was planned for Santa to tour Grovedale by fire engine terminating at Burdoo Reserve where balloons and sweets would be distributed to the children and would follow with carol singing.

​The Regional Director of Education would be contacted to enquire about a third primary school in Grovedale.

Sub committees were set up for:
​Hall — to make recommendations for the purchase of equipment and to arrange repairs and maintenance.
Grapevine — to produce the newsletter.
Fun — to make recommendations for and to arrange school and communitty activities.
Christmas treat — to make recommendations and to organise community Christmas celebrations.

​Permission was given to the CWA to place their honour board in the hall. The Pied Piper Playgroup which met in the Methodist hall requested help to get a council subsidy to offset the increase in rent being charged.
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​An advertisement was placed in the Geelong Advertiser to announce a special meeting to be held on 7 September 1983 at 10:30 am at the Grovedale Neighbourhood Centre to finalise dissolution of the association. As there were no objections to this process, the association was formally dissolved. A cheque for the remaining $47.28 held by the association was sent to the Grovedale Senior Citizens Association.

Compiled from minutes of the association
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Samuel Andriske

11/6/2020

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Johann Samuel, son of Johann Samuel and Maria Elisabeth (née Metzel) Andriske was born in 1825 at Schmollen in Prussia. In 1849, he left Hamburg, Germany to sail to Australia on the Emmy, landing at Hobsons Bay on 19 December. He brought with him his son, Johann Gottlieb who was 11 months of age. Gottlieb married Ellen Emily Mason. He died in December 1936 at Ballarat. Samuel's parents arrived on the Wilhelmsburg in 1853 and may have lived with him.

In 1850 Samuel married Anna Rosina Bieske. They had the following children:
Louise — born in 1853 at Grovedale, married Ernest Schulze in 1874 and John Barlow in 1885, died on 15 March 1938 at Burrumbuttock, NSW
​Johann Wilhelm — born in 1855 at Geelong, died in December 1949 at Grovedale
Heinrich — born in 1857, died in December 1877
Anna Rosina — born in 1860 at Grovedale, married Oliver Cowan in 1909 at Albury, died in 1938 at Jindera NSW
Johanne Dorothea Eleonora — born in 1861 at Geelong, died in August 1911 aged 40 years at Geelong, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Johann Friedrich August — born in 1864 at Connewarre, married Mary Louise Jacobi, died on 31 December 1944 at Windsor NSW
Carl Robert — born on 5 January 1866 at Grovedale, married Emma Maria Bennett, died on 18 March 1903 at Coonamble NSW
Emma Elisabeth — born in 1868 at Geelong, married Peter Sager, died on 28 June 1952 at Geelong
​Johanne Caroline — born in 1870 at Geelong, married John Joseph Keams, died in December 1943

Samuel established a vineyard and market garden on 22 acres at Germantown (Grovedale) in Torquay Road, north of where Felix Street is today. The main variety of grapes grown were burgundy and tokay. In 1878 Samuel's vines were destroyed by the government because of a phylloxera infection in some plants. 13118 vines covering 5½ acres were destroyed. 1½ acres were badly diseased, 2 acres were diseased in patches and 2 acres were free from disease. Compensation for the vines free from disease was estimated at £60.
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​He was a trustee at Trinity Lutheran Church, resigning in 1874. ​In October 1892 a notification appeared in the Government Gazette stating that Messrs Johann Edward Andressen, Gottfried Schmidt and Samuel Andriske have been appointed by the Governor-in-Council to be trustees of the land set apart as a site for Evangelical Lutheran Church purposes at Germantown.

​Samuel died on 13 November 1898 at his residence at Germantown and was buried at the Germantown Cemetery two days later. He died intestate. Letters of Administration were not applied for until November 1904 as all of the children residing in Victoria were too poor and those living in NSW were too far away. His farm Germantown was for sale in 1905.​
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from The Age 3 August 1878
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from Geelong Advertiser 27 February 1905
​A reunion was held in Mildura on 23 and 24 October 1999 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Samuel in Australia. Descendants of the family are still growing grapes and making wine in the Mildura district.
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Edward James Woodley Littlejohn

4/6/2020

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Edward James Woodley, son of Isaac and Ettie Elizabeth Jane (née Woodley) Littlejohns was born in 1863 in South Geelong.

​He was a South Barwon Shire councillor, serving from 1921 until 1927.

In 1897 he married Ettie Eliza, daughter of Charles and Eliza (née Carr) Brame. They had one child:
Gladys Emma — born in 1898, married Alex James Chandler in 1928, died in 1982 in New South Wales

Ettie died aged 26 on 16 December 1899 at Geelong and was buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.

Edward married Mary Emma, daughter of Titus and Jane (née Mountjoy) Walter on 5 May 1904 at Deans Marsh. They had two children:
​Ettie Elizabeth Jane — born on 28 March 1905 in Geelong, married Clive Leslie Grayling on 4 September 1924 at the Methodist church at Grovedale, died on 12 February 1986, buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery
Edward James Walter — born on 15 September 1908 in Geelong, married Jean Kirkpatrick Hose in 1937, died on 24 February 1986 aged 77 years,  buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery

Edward senior died on 9 June 1941 aged 77 years at Grovedale. He was buried in the old Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Emma who died on 27 April 1966 at Belmont. 
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John Burvill

1/4/2020

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The Burville family were of French descent. They have been traced back to France to about 1600 when the family name was "de Burville".  As Hugenots, they fled to England for religious and political reasons where they settled in Kent. In the 1850s members of the family migrated to Australia. Burvilles Road, Mount Duneed is named after the Burville family who lived along the road, and remained there until the land was sold as a crematorium and cemetery.

John Burvill, son of John Burvill and Eliza née Wale, bought the land on the corner of Torquay Road and Whites Road in 1854. Fourteen acres of this land was sold to Robert Broughton in 1876. He was a  teacher and superintendent of the Grovedale Methodist Sunday School for thirty-six years.
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​John married Mary Ann Radford in 1862. It was in this generation that the name changed to Burville. They had the following children:
Louisa — born in 1863 at Duneed, married Oscar John Comstock in 1901, died in 1954 aged 91 years at Camberwell
Laura — born in 1864 at Duneed, died in 1948 aged 84 years at Royal Park, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Annie Maria — born in 1865 at Mount Duneed, died on 13 June 1937 aged 70 years, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Eliza — born and died in 1866, buried in an unknown location at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Arthur — born on 18 August 1867, married Elizabeth Ann Challis in 1896, died on 15 October 1927 aged 60 years at Ballarat, buried at Ballan Cemetery
Charles William — born in 1869 at Mount Duneed, died in 1870 aged 10 months at Mount Duneed, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Frederick — born in 1870 at Mount Duneed, died in 1871 aged 6 months at Mount Duneed, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Rosina — born in 1871 at Duneed, died in 1871 aged 4 months, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery on 15 November 1871
Walter — born on 26 June 1872 at Mount Duneed, married Ann Sarah Barlow in 1904, died on 19 October 1946 aged 75 years at Geelong, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Alice — born in 1873 at Mount Duneed, married August Hartwich in February 1895, died on 10 September 1958 aged 84 years, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
John — born in 1875 at Mount Duneed, died in 1876 aged 16 months, buried in an unknown location at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Mary Isabel — born in 1877, married Richard Stockdale in 1910, died on 24 Jun 1952 aged 72 years at Wonthaggi
​Alfred John — born in 1879 at Mount Duneed, died in 1927

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John Burvill bought land on the south west corner of Torquay and Whites Roads.
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John died on 23 August 1902 at his residence at Mount Duneed at the age of 70 years and was buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery with Laura, Mary and Annie and his mother Eliza who had married Robert Andrews.
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Joshua and John Hobbs

26/3/2020

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Joshua and John Hobbs were early settlers in the Strathbogie region. They arrived in Australia in July 1852 with their parents, Edwin and Susan (née Horton) Hobbs, and siblings. They were the first of their extended family to arrive in Australia. Joshua was 9 and John was 5. Their father, Edwin, was a brother of John Lowe Hobbs, who arrived with his family the following year in August. The two men married sisters, Joshua marrying Fanny and John marrying Isabella, daughters of James and Eliza (née James) Smart. Another sister, Jane, married Harold, son of Harold and Hester (sometimes called Esther) Humphrey of Connewarre. They also went to Strathbogie where Jane died in 1928 aged 73. Harold died at Strathbogie in 1931 aged 78. They were buried together at Euroa Cemetery.

Records of the Germantown (Grovedale) Wesleyan Sunday school mention the brothers being presented with bibles and hymn books in 1878 to help them carry on their Sunday school work in the district they were going to. The Strathbogie area was being opened up for selection at the time they moved there and this would have assisted them to each set up a farm. John was first mentioned when he attended the Sabbath school meeting as a visitor in 1868. He became a teacher in 1871, secretary in 1872 and superintendent in 1873 to 1878. Edwin Hobbs was recorded as donating fruit and the wagon to take the children to picnics. Later generations of Hobbs also served the church and Sunday school.​
Joshua married Fanny Smart in 1876. They had the following children:
Susan Eliza — born 1878 at Mount Duneed, died on 12 July 1887 at Mr H Hinton's residence at Euroa aged 9 years of inflammation of the lungs
Arthur James — born 1880 at Strathbogie, died in 1947 at Euroa
Harriet Elizabeth — born 1882, married Albert Anker, died 18 September, 1915 at Binney Street East, Euroa aged 33
Ethel Jane — born 1883 at Strathbogie, died 1887 at Strathbogie aged 3 years
Eda Bell — born 1885 at Strathbogie
Fanny Robena — born 1888 at Strathbogie
Elsie May — born 1890 at Strathbogie
Beatrice Alice — born 1891 at Strathbogie
Phillip Henry Horton — born 1894 at Strathbogie, married Eliza Jane Mackrell, died 1975 at Euroa, buried at Euroa Cemetery​
Thomas Edwin — born 1896 at Strathbogie, died 1974 at Parkville aged 78

Joshua died on 1 August 1915 aged 72 at Strathbogie and was buried at Euroa Cemetery. Fanny died in 1939 at Strathbogie and was buried with him.


John married Isabella Smart in 1871. Their children were:
Edwin James — born 1872 at Mount Duneed, died 1888 at Euroa aged 16
Mary Jane — born 1873, died 1926 at East Melbourne aged 52
Isabella May — born 1878 at Mount Duneed, married Herbert John Thoms, died 1968 at McKinnon aged 90 years
Eliza Ann — born 1880 at Strathbogie
Sarah Elizabeth — born 1881 at Strathbogie
Lily Maud — born 1883 at Strathbogie
John Herbert — born 1886 at Mount Duneed, died 1973 at Euroa aged 87 years

John returned to Connewarre, probably about 1885 where he died aged 38 on 29 November 1886. He was buried in an unknown location at the Highton Cemetery. Isabella died at Brighton in 1934.



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John Syrett

24/1/2020

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John Syrett married Susanna Mcadoe (or McAdoo) in 1857. They had the following children:
J​ohn — born in 1858, died on 29 November 1937 aged 80, buried in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Worked for Andrew White as a station hand.
Lucy — born in 1860 at Connewarre, died 1934 aged 74 at Carnegie
Maria — born 1862 at Connewarre, married Fyffe
Sarah — born in 1863 at Connewarre, died in 1931 aged 67 at Geelong, buried on 25 June 1931 in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Margaret — born about 1867 at Connewarre, married Thomas, died in 1944 aged 77 at Ballarat, buried on 12 June 1944 in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Susannah — born in 1870 in Connewarre, died in 1955 aged 85 at Geelong, buried on 13 September 1955 in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Elizabeth — born in 1872 at Geelong, married Bray, died in 1923 at Geelong

The family lived on the north east corner of Torquay and Boundary Roads (Grovedale at the time). They were said to have bought the old Yarborough Inn which had been shifted to a block south of the Mount Duneed Cemetery, to use as a manse, in anticipation of a Presbyterian church being built. He then had it shifted to Grovedale.

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John died on 5 July 1898 and left his estate to his wife. An application for probate was not applied for until after Susanna died on 19 October in 1918 as 
she told her son that she had the will and the title deeds of the property and she was entitled to live there until she died. She told him to take the papers to the solicitor after she died. He did this and found out that he should have done this sooner.

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The property was sold to Heinrich Reinhold Winter on 19 April 1923 for £750 with interest of £16/7/10 totalled £766/7/10. The seven children received £97/9/6 each.
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David Dee

27/12/2019

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The Dee family of Germantown & Thompsons Ck (now Grovedale & Freshwater Ck)
contributed by Leanne Fagg
phone 52291571

​David Dee was born around 1820 in Waterford, Ireland.  In 1841 he arrived in Melbourne aboard the "Diamond", then 2 years later married fellow passenger Ellen Shea at St Marys Catholic Church Geelong.
 
Over the following 6 years they had 3 children (Michael, Mary and Hannah) while living at Irishtown (between Pakington and Belfast Sts, Newtown).
 
By 1851 they were living in Germantown (now Grovedale) as farmers, in a 2 room home on 4 acres near the current Peter Street.  Further children (Thomas, Martin and Bridget) were born in Germantown.
 
In 1856 David was granted Crown land Lot 14 and 15 (101 acres each) in Puebla Parish (on what is now Blackgate Rd) and built a 4 room home there.
 
However, a year later David was knocked off his horse by a tree branch, causing his death at age 33. Before the accident he had enjoyed 2 nobblers of wine at the German Town Inn (since demolished) then rode off towards home in the dark.
 
The Inquest into his death determined "he was not a habitual drunkard ... he was advised by a witness not to drink that evening as he had a very bad road to travel over.  He was in the habit of riding fast."
 
David was buried in the Catholic section of Geelong's Eastern Cemetery on 3 November 1857.
 
David's death left his wife Ellen with 6 children between the ages of 2 yrs and 13 yrs to support.
Ellen continued to farm their Puebla land (together with 7 acres of land in Germantown) with the help of her eldest son Michael.
 
In 1870 Ellen's misfortune continued when her daughter Mary died at home, aged only 22 yrs. 
 
The Geelong Advertiser reported "The funeral procession was a very long one, and reached from the top to the bottom of Moorabool St".  Mary was buried with her father David.


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In 1856 David Dee was granted Crown land Allotment 14 and 15 on the corner of Blackgate and Ghazeepore Roads

Ellen's children Michael, Hannah, Thomas and Martin took advantage of new land made available near Pyramid Hill from 1874 and took up Crown leases there, but three years later Michael died from cancer, aged 33.
 
Ellen was still farming her Puebla land with only her youngest daughter Bridget to help, so she put her Germantown land up for sale.
 
Her remaining three children at Pyramid Hill married shortly after: Thomas to Margaret Buckley, Hannah to John Ervin, and Martin to Bridget Stritch.  Margaret and John were also Irish Catholics who had travelled north from farms near Geelong.
 
In 1893 Ellen died aged 71 and was buried with her husband, daughter Mary and son Michael.  Her daughter Bridget married James Fowler two years later and lived in Geelong. They were also buried in the family plot.
 
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John Edward Andressen

19/12/2019

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John Edward Andressen purchased land on the corner of Torquay Road and Perrett Street, Grovedale on 23 August 1904

John Edward, eldest son of Johann (John)
​Christian and Dorothea Elizabeth (née Buttner) Andressen was born in 1863 at Grovedale.

He was a Shire of South Barwon councillor, serving for 22 years from 1896 until 1918. He served three terms as president of the shire  — 1901-02, 1907-08 and 1916-17. On 23 August 1904 when the last sale of Crown land in Grovedale was held, he purchased  allotments 3 – £230, 4 – £150 and 5 – £145. In 1911 he was appointed a justice of the peace. He was elected a trustee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Germantown in September 1913.When he retired he lived at 82 Swanston Street, Geelong.

​John died on 12 December 1961 at the age of 86 at a private hospital in Geelong. He was privately interred the next day in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with his wife Dorothea Catherine who died on 20 Jul 1961.
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John Frederick William Rechenberg

2/8/2019

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John, son of Friedrich Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonore (née Hermann) Rechenberg, was born on 26 September 1884 at Geelong.

He married Laura Olive Chapman in 1911. They had the following children:
John Stanley Chapman — born in 1912
Alan Keith — born in 1913​
Dulcie Jean — born on 29 November 1914, married Jack Eric Hobbs in 1937, died on 31 July 2012, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Western Cemetery
Theo Claude — born in 1919 at Geelong, married Jean Corkill McAlpine

John was a thirty one year old labourer when he enlisted for active service. He was wounded in March 1917 and returned to Australia a year later. After the war he leased land in Marshall under the Soldier Settlement Scheme adjacent to Sparrovale.

In March 1923 John received a red polled bull from the private herd of Senator Guthrie who had made six bulls available to returned soldiers settlers to encourage the breeding of good stock.

​John was a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1927 until 1933 and from 1936 until 1949. His father, who settled in Grovedale in 1857, was one of the original blacksmiths in the district.

Cr Rechenberg conducted a meeting on Friday 31 May 1946 at St Paul's Sunday School Hall in Grovedale to discuss the possibility of erecting a United Services Memorial Hall at Grovedale. After many discussions it was decided at a meeting held in February 1948, to purchase the North Shore Recreation Hall, and have it erected on land at the Grovedale Recreation Reserve. It was built as a tribute to the men and women of the district who had served their country. They had raised more than £2000 towards the building of the hall. The State Government had granted £1000.

In June 1940 a branch of the Red Cross Society and the Australian Comforts Fund was established in Grovedale. This was the result of a public meeting held at the state school and attended by residents from Grovedale, Marshall and Mount Duneed districts. The meeting was chaired by Cr Rechenberg. The object of the branch was to produce the maximum of war work in the districts.

In March 1923 John received a red polled bull from the private herd of Senator Guthrie who had made six bulls available to returned soldier settlers to encourage the breeding of good stock.
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John died on 13 December 1974 at Belmont aged 90 years and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Laura who had died on 28 July 1954 aged 77 was buried with him.
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After returning from WW1, John leased land under the Soldier Settlement Scheme. This land was described as having only a small amount of really good land. The soil varied from a rich black marly loam in the centre of the property, down to a tight cold clay towards the southern end. The northern portion is a red and grey sandy loam. The great variety of soil enabled a fairly wide range of crops to be cultivated. Water is obtained from the Geelong Water Supply Department. The buildings and fencing are just fair to medium. Being old renewal will be necessary before many years. In 1938 land along the Barwon Heads Road was acquired by the Country Roads Board for the purpose of widening the road.
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1918

23/11/2018

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3rd July — Mrs FH Stacey of Mount Duneed was notified that her son, Frank, had been wounded for the second time.
​11 July — Corporal Edward Victor Middleton, wounded
26 August — FL Gill of Mount Duneed, wounded
27 August — Charles Harold Gogoll, son of Charles Benjamin and Fanny Louise Gogoll, of Mount Duneed, wounded (gas), 4 October killed in action. He is remembered on his parents grave at Mount Duneed.
15 April — Private Jason Doyle of Grovedale returned to Geelong on the afternoon train after three years' absence. His wound was inflicted by gunshot at Ypres; his leg and arm were affected.
29 April — Bombardier John Francis Doyle, second son of JW and LC Doyle, of Grovedale aged 28 years, died of wounds received in France after 3 years and 8 months' active service.
​E McGee and A Gallagher of Grovedale have enlisted
Mrs E Scott of Connewarre has received the news from the Defence department that her son, Lce-Cpl WJ Scott was killed in action in France on 9 August. Some little time ago she received a congratulatory letter from Sir WR Birdwood, DSO as follows: "The Army Corps Commander wishes to express his appreciation of the gallant services rendered by the undermentioned soldier, No 4916

Private WJ Scott"
​Mrs T Ellis of Mount Duneed has received a cable from the Defence Department that her son, Pte Allan Ellis, has been gassed, and is classed as "wounded, second occasion".
​December — Pte HJ Richmond of Grovedale wounded 
9 August at Blackwarry, death of Elizabeth, wife of the late John Parkes Hope, formerly of Mount Duneed.
​24 November 1918, at his residence, Mount Duneed, Benjamin Blyth, husband of the late Ann Blyth, aged 52 years​
18 December 1918, Edwin Challis, son of Harry and Sarah (née Porter) died of wounds sustained the previous day in a farm accident
Red Cross — New Registrations
Numbers 137 and 137, Mount Duneed Red Cross Sub-centre; Mrs AG White, president, straight-out giving and various efforts to be arranged.
Number 139 Freshwater Creek district Patriotic Committee; Cr W McIntyre, chairman; Mr A Milner, secretary; straight out giving
​Susannah Syrett, widow of John Syrett died on 19 October at her residence at Grovedale aged 78 years. She was buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery on 21 October.
​William Thomas, husband of Harriett Elizabeth  Berryman died on 10 October at Geelong aged 42 years. She was buried at Grovedale Cemetery on 11 October.
​Leslie Smith aged 18 of Grovedale suffered a nasty accident on 27 February while stacking hay. The fork slipped and struck his forehead. As a result he had 14 stitches inserted in a gash over his left eye.

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Studio portrait of Leslie George Ellis 4002 of Mount Duneed. He enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Warilda on 8 February 1916. He later served as a sergeant and was killed in action of 18 August 1918 and is buried at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Ellis.
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from Geelong Advertiser 24 May
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from Ripponshire Advocate 20 July 1918
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Leslie George Ellis is remembered on his parent's grave in the Church of England section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
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Christopher John Tadgell

27/7/2018

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Councillor Christopher John Tadgell
In 1892 when the inspector, Sergeant Dawson,
visited Christopher John Tadgell's slaughter yard at Marshalltown he found it in a foul state. He recommended that Tadgell's license be cancelled, or the he be prosecuted for having the premises in an offensive state. Tadgell wanted a transfer of his license to a more suitable premises as the land was low-lying and impossible to drain. He had obtained land in Germantown (Torquay) Road where he carried on his trade. By the following year he was running a shop in Colac Road, Belmont and periodically renewed his slaughtering license. By 1900 he had his butchering business for sale. The following year he had re-commenced his business. 

In 1899 he was elected as a South Barwon councillor where he served until August 1902 when he was defeated by H R Winter. He then wished to be relieved of his position on the committee of management of the Belmont Recreation Reserve and was replaced by Councillor Andressen. A clearance sale was held at Ryrie Street on 17 July 1906. A mortgagee sale was held to sell the butcher's shop and residence at Belmont. By November he was selling meat in Little Malop Street, Geelong. In 1908 he was elected president of the Geelong Master Butcher's Association.
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​He married Emily Williams in 1891. They had the following children while living in Geelong:
Edith — born 1892, died 1910
Alfred Ernest — born 1893
​Percy Sidney  — born 1894, died 1959
Emily Eliza — born 1896
Florence — born 1898
​Christopher John — born 1899
Gerte May — born 1902
​Gladys Tihan — born 1907
Daisy Vic — born 1905
Arthur Keith born 1910, died 1974
Walter Leonard — born 1912

Christopher  moved to Gippsland in 1910, selling his 396 acre farm, one mile from Officer Railway Station, in 1912. In 1913 his shop in Belmont, occupied by his son, had been destroyed by fire. He died in 1938 aged 68 years at Sunbury and was buried at Fawkner Cemetery. Emily died at Camberwell on 23 January 1844 aged 73 and was buried at with him.

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from Geelong Advertiser 27 March, 1900
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from Geelong Advertiser 30 October 1901
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from Geelong Advertiser 9 January 1902
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from Geelong Advertiser 25 March 1902
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from Geelong Advertiser 13 December 1910
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from Geelong Advertiser 4 January 1905
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from Geelong Advertiser 11 July 1906
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Charles John Dennys

23/3/2018

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​Charles John, son of Nicholas Belfield and Eliza (née Lascelles) Dennys, was born in 1818 in England. He was an early settler of Geelong, arriving in the colony in 1842.

​He married his cousin Martha Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Allen Lascelles, on 8 November 1855 at Trinity Church at Barrabool. They had the following children:
Ethel — born 9 Jun 1857, married Edward Harewood Lascelles on 21 February 1889 at Christ Church, died in 1952 at South Yarra aged 95
unnamed female — born 4 September 1858, died soon after of spinal injuries caused by extreme fright which happened to mother during pregnancy
Laura — born 9 August 1859, married Holford Highlord Wettenhall, died in 1932 at Armadale aged 73 years.
Emmeline — born 19 November 1861, died 1941 at Toorak aged 79

​In 1847 he bought the Barwon Melting Establishment, a tallow-rendering works below the breakwater. In 1850 a leather warehouse was added.  Back then both sides of the river were called Breakwater. Now the area north of Waurn Ponds Creek is known as Belmont and the area south of the creek is called Marshall. Early in 1851 Dennys decided to retire from the business for a while and took a trip to England. After he returned he decided to put the melting establishment up for sale. The sale was on 28 August 1854, but the buildings did not sell. By November he was successful in renting out the business to Samuel Bradley Corrigan. On 19 June 1857 Corrigan decided to buy the works for £1400.

​Dennys then concentrated on wool broking and the selling of wool by auction. He leased the large stores erected by George Armytage on Victoria Terrace (now Western Beach Road) and west of Gheringhap Street. He had a number of partnerships. In 1868 the business purchased an old coal yard on the corner of Moorabool and Brougham Streets where they built an imposing bluestone wool store and offices. This building is now occupied by the National Wool Museum.
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​He was appointed First Secretary of the District Council of Grant on 19 October 1843. He was one of the first councillors of the Shire of South Barwon, serving from 1857 to 1859. 

In 1851 Dennys had bought five farms from W C Haines at Barrabool which he leased out to farmers including Giacomo Auchetto and R Woodward.

​​He lived at Claremont (then called Claremont Hall), in Noble Street, Newtown from 1876 until his death on 4 February, 1898 aged 80 years. He was survived by his children Laura, Emmeline and Ethel. Martha had died at Claremont on 11 April, 1896 at the age of 72. The flags were flying at half-mast on various wool warehouses and several private buildings on Monday 13 April as a mark of respect on the day of her interment at the Eastern Cemetery. The funeral cortege was a lengthy one.​
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The new wool store
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Claremont, Newtown — J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
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The Barwon Melting Establishment was below the breakwater and north of Waurn Ponds Creek
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Charles John Dennys owned a 287 acre allotment in Germantown (Grovedale) south of Waurn Ponds Creek and west of Torquay Road. He had received part of his education in Germany and was said to have encouraged many German migrants to settle in the Geelong district.
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In 1851 Dennys bought five farms from William Clark Haines which he leased
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Past event — June Winter: Grovedale History

27/1/2018

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​June is a descendant of two of the early families settling in Grovedale — the Hartwichs and the Winters. She is also a descendant of the Burvilles and Radfords that settled in Mount Duneed. She has a great story to tell about the evolution of the community and the effects of World War 1 on a settlement once called Germantown. Through marriage her family tree extends to a wide number of names that are well known to history buffs in the area. Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting and stay for a cuppa afterwards.
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James Palmer

1/1/2018

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James Palmer was born about 1856. He married Eva, daughter of Frederick and Evangaline Withers, and had the following children:
Henry Wallace — born about 1884 at Port Augusta SA, died 1972 at North Geelong
Elsie May — born 1885 at Richmond
Minnie — born 1887, died 1888 at Newtown
​Albert Roy — born 1889 
Arthur Stanley (Stan) — born 1890 at Geelong, husband of Dorothy Irene (Dot) née Twitt, killed in action in France on 25 January 1917 (one daughter Dorothy (Bonnie) Jean born 1915 at Geelong)​
James Reginald (Reg) — born 1893 at Geelong West, died 1977 at Coburg
​Horace Leslie — born 1895 at Geelong, died 1978 at Ferntree Gully
Ivy Myrtle (Myrtle) — born 1898 at Geelong
​Norman Clifford — born 1901 in Geelong

James died on 1 February 1922 at the age of 66 at his residence at Grovedale and was buried in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. Eva died in September 1929 at St Kilda at the age of 72 and was buried with him.












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1867

10/11/2017

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St Wilfrids Church was used as a school until the state school was built in 1878

​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. 
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from the Leader 24 August
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from Geelong Advertiser 30 October

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​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
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from Mount Alexander Mail 13 February
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full report in Ballarat Star 13 August page 2
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from Geelong Advertiser 26 June
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from Mount Alexander Mail 25 April
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from Geelong Advertiser 16 April

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Judge Brewer's residence, at Connewarre, was withdrawn from sale as the price offered did not reach expectations, although brisk competition took place to nearly £1000.
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Judge Brewer's farm was on the corner of Tannery and Sparrovale Roads and had a frontage to Brearleys Lane.

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from Geelong Advertiser 30 August
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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1917

20/10/2017

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The VFL consisted of six teams (Geelong, Richmond, South Melbourne, Carlton, Collingwood and Fitzroy) each playing the other three times. Teams had 18 players and no reserves. Collingwood were premiers and the leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood. Richmond took the "wooden spoon". Players were amateurs with players paying their own expenses. Geelong donated profits to war funds.
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SOUTH BARWON COUNCIL — Cr Blyth said that sooner or later the horse and vehicle would be a thing of the past. In his opinion horses and carts did more harm than motors. When Motor cars come in there will be a 50% reduction in maintenance cost of roads. It was the horse with his heavy shoes that cut up the roads. He was opposed to the motion, but the bi-law was adopted by a two-thirds majority — from Geelong Advertiser 3 February, 1917
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Ashe's Hill State School opened on 24 November 1915. Trees were planted on Arbour Day 1917 — from Geelong Advertiser 27 April 1917
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from Geelong Advertiser 17 May 1917
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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Frederick Stacey — died 15 November 1917
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Noel Stretton White, son of Alfred Gilbert White died on 19 August 1917 — from The Ballarat Star
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​Burials at Grovedale
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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
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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


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The grave of No 16135 Private Norman Allan Challis of the 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance of Connewarre Victoria, who was killed in action on 1 November 1917. This is the original grave which has been incorporated into Beersheba War Cemetery.
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Albert Benari

15/2/2017

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from Geelong Advertiser 21 January 1860
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from Geelong Advertiser 18 August 1886
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from Geelong Advertiser 12 May 1882
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from Geelong Advertiser 31 July 1886
​Albert Benari ran the Germantown Hotel for 27 years until his death on 27 May 1886. He was postmaster of Germantown probably from the time the post office opened in January 1860 until his death. He was mayor of the Borough of South Barwon from 1866 to 1867 and a councillor of the municipality of South Barown from 1861 to 1875.

​In 1858 he married Bridget Hackett.
Albert and Bridget had 7 children:
Albert (born 1859)
Joseph (born 1859)
Louis
Fanny (born 1862)
Charles (born about 1864)
Philip (born 1865)
​Ida (born 1868) 
​In 1869 Albert and Bridget separated. Bridget died in 1896 in Geelong Hospital and was buried in an unknown location in the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.
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The Germantown Hotel was situated on 1 acre of land in Germantown (Torquay) Road. It was a 20 roomed wooden building with slate roof and a wooden store with two rooms at the back. By the time of Benari's death the furniture, which had been in use for 27 years, was described as dilapidated and worn. The hotel had been auctioned in 1882. Bidding did not go beyond £500.

When he died at the age of 66 at his home he left an estate of £1273 to his children. He was buried at the Germantown Lutheran Cemetery.

​The hotel was a centre of community activity with meetings, political speakers and inquests often being held.

​Some of the items sold at the general store were saddlery, furniture, manchester, crockery, hardware, groceries, tobacco, clothing and underware.

​Properties in the estate of the late Albert Benari were sold in 1866. Frederick Baensch bought the hotel. An allotment of 4 acres 3 roods was sold to Robert Smith Tuffs.
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from Geelong Advertiser 22 April 1869
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from Geelong Advertiser 22 December 1869
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The Germantown Hotel was on the north west corner of allotment 25 which was on the corner of Torquay Road and an extension of Pioneer Road, south of where the Grovedale Hotel is today
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1916

31/12/2016

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100 years ago — a few items from newspapers and cemetery records:

King George V was monarch, Billy Hughes was prime minister, Gough Whitlam, 21st prime minister of Australia was born and three year old Sasanof won the Melbourne Cup.
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​The first plebiscite on the issue of military conscription was held; it was defeated. 25 April was officially named and widely observed as Anzac Day.

​The Victorian Football League was feeling the strain of World War 1. Attendances were affected, only four clubs competed (Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond) and teams were missing players. Geelong among many other teams, refused to play on "patriotic grounds". Fitzroy won the wooden spoon and the premiership in the same year, finishing fourth out of four and also winning the grand final.

Melbourne receives its highest annual rainfall.​

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The old Connewarre Presbyterian Church, at 1411 Barwon Heads Road, Connewarre is now used by the Geelong Aero Club. It has skillion roofed extentions at the front and back and a doorway near the rear of the body of the church which has been closed off. Originally the door probably looked like the one at St Cuthbert's Church of England at Marshall which was built 5 years earlier and in a similar style.
PictureThe Church before the entry at the front was altered
​​Connewarre Presbyterian Church was erected in 1916 on a block given by Mr D Polley on the corner of Staceys (then Lake) and Barwon Heads Roads, as it was decided that the old building was beyond repair. The architects, Laird & Buchan called for tenders in May and the successful applicant was Mr H Rose. The church was weatherboard on the outside with Californian redwood and beaverwood on the interior built in the Federation Carpenter Gothic style. It had a gable roof with skillion-roofed extentions each end and leadlight windows in the gothic style. The pulpit for the church had come from St Andrew's in Geelong. It would seat 100 people.

​The church was crowded for two services held on 8 October to commemorate the opening of the church. At the morning service Mr RC Blyth, chairman of the Board of Management, gave a short address, then handed a silver key to Mr R Fuller sen., the oldest church member, who opened the church. The celebrations continued the following Tuesday with a tea meeting and concert. There was a large attendance and the sum of £22 was obtained. The total expenses  of building the church amounted to £350 of which over £200 had been paid off.

​In 1977 the church became the Connewarre Uniting Church, and about a year later it closed and was sold to the Geelong Aero Club.

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from Geelong Advertiser 8 April 1916
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Private John Godfrey (Jack) Baensch killed in action 8 August 1916 — photo News of the Week 17 May 1917
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This picture appeared in print on 27 April 1916 with the caption Private F Stacey of Mount Duneed. If you know who he was or what he did that month please let me know.
​Burials at Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Rebecca Harkness — 8 February (78 years)
Elizabeth Archer — 15 May (100 years)
Sarah Graham — 9 September (82 years)
Ida Stacey — 15 October (26 years)
Robert Ellis — 23 December (74 years)

Burials at Germantown Cemetery
Leslie Adolf — 26 April (20 years)
Ada Plier — 9 July (58 years)
​George Rechenberg — 15 July
Eleanora Thomas​ —  6 October (85 years)​​
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Burials at Freshwater Creek Cemetery
Augusta Seiffert — 21 Jun (37 years)
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Private Harold Clifford Lewis is remembered on his parents grave. He was the son of William and Ellen (née Middleton) Lewis — monument by Joseph Smith
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from The Argus 25 April 1916 — Harry Adolf ran his blacksmith shop where Odyssey Tavern is now (611 Torquay Road) Mount Duneed

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from The Argus 12 October 1916
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from Geelong Advertiser 29 April 1916
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from The Argus 10 April 1916
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from Geelong Advertiser 18 February 1916

Killed in Action
​Albert Clery ​died of wounds in France on 19 July 1916. Before the war he had worked for his aunt, Jane Clery at Connewarre. A memorial service was held at St Dunstan's church on 1 October.​

Private Arnold WC Decker ​was killed in action in France on 17 August. He was a member of St Cuthberts Church of England in Marshall. A memorial service was held on Sunday evening 24 September. A parade of members of the Young Men's Club paid a tribute to the memory of their late vice president. A former scholar of the sunday school he was later a teacher.

​​Private Fred J Holmes ​ was killed in France on
26 August but news of his death did not reach his parents until June 1917, after which a memorial service was held in his honour at St Cuthberts Church.

Private Harold Clifford Lewis, ​son of William and Ellen (née Middleton) Lewis, is remembered on his parents headstone in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. He was born at Mount Duneed on 27 September, 1894. He was killed on 15 July in France and is buried at Rue de Bois Cemetery.​

​Bernard Jasper, aged 23 years, was reported killed in action in France of 19 July 1916. He was the youngest son of Hr and Mrs H Jasper of Grovedale. He has previously been reported missing.

​Private John Gedfrey (Jack) Baensch, eldest son of Godfrey and Margaret Letitia (née Mawson) Baensch of Grovedale, was born at Grovedale on 28 March 1891. Although baptised at Trinity Lutheran Church at Germantown the family later joined the Grovedale Methodist Church. Prior to the war he worked at the Australian Tannery. He died of wounds received in France on 8 August 1916. He was 25 years and 5 months.​

​​Died of Illness
Erwin Mallette Spencer, ​son of William and Jane (née Gardiner) Spencer, died of Meningitis on 17 August 1916 while en route to Egypt. He was buried at sea.
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1866

28/12/2016

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150 years ago — a few items from newspapers and cemetery records:
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from The Ballarat Star 18 April 1866
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The Connewarre Flour Mill, built in 1856 by John Armstrong, was in Stewarts Road, the Yarborough Inn was on the corner of Torquay and Stewarts Roads and the block advertised was on the corner of Stewarts and Horseshoe Bend Roads. The mill ceased operating in 1892.

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from the Leader 7 July 1866

Burials at Mount Duneed Cemetery
David Armstrong (11 years)
Edward John Harkness Armstrong (infant)
Eliza Burville
Ann Challis (36 years)
Robert Dow (25 years)
Alexander Hogg (53 years)
William Radford (58 years)
Louis Roulier (1 year)
Hephzibah Smith
​Rosa Windsor


Burials at Germantown Cemetery
​Isabella Herron (1 February)
Emma Baensch (10 February)
Johann Beansch (13 April)
Johann Paech (24 April)
William Gibbs (18 May)
Samuel Bieske (23 July, 56 years)
Johann Deutschmann (10 August, 13 years)
​Ernst Gottlieb Schultz (1 January, 10 months)
​Johann Benjamin Paech (24 April, 11 months)


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from the Geelong Advertiser 24 January 1866
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This land is on the corner of Torquay and Boundary Roads. It is part of the land that later became the airport.

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from Geelong Advertiser 15 March 1866

In May, William Landale owner of the post office was appointed deputy registrar of births and deaths for the district of Mount Duneed.
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