Mount Duneed is a

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. It is divided between the

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and

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local government areas. Mount Duneed itself is an extinct

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and the remains of the

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can be seen in the Mount Duneed Recreation Reserve. Much of the locality north of Lower Duneed Road is part of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area, which was opened up for urban development from 2010. With the gazetting of the suburb Armstrong Creek in February 2012, Mount Duneed's southern boundary between Surf Coast Highway and Horseshoe Bend Road follows the boundary of the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Area. The area north of Boundary Road, south of the

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and west of the Surf Coast Highway, formerly part of

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, became part of Mount Duneed.

History

European settlement

In 1852, squatter John Armstrong leased a station in the Mount Duneed area. The station covered 16 square miles and Armstrong's homestead was on the east side of Surf Coast Highway. Between 1847 and 1850 Assistant Surveyor William Pickering began work mapping the Duneed Parish and lots of c. 640 acres became available for purchase. The large size of the blocks resulted in few sales and Armstrong continued to graze livestock over the area. In 1854, the land comprising Armstrong's River Station was again surveyed and subdivided for sale. Armstrong retained 320 acres on the east side of Surf Coast Highway and renamed his run River Station. Summerhill - a prefabricated iron cottage erected in 1854 is listed on the

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. The Post Office opened on 15 February 1860, but was known as Connewarre for some months then Puelba until 1864. It was renamed Mount Duneed on 1 April 1864. It closed in 1959.

Duneed Aboriginal Land Reserve

From 1861 to 1907, the Duneed Aboriginal Land Reserve, located on Ghazeepore Road just south of Andersons Creek, functioned as an

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21st century

The

Geelong Airport Geelong Airport was a small airfield specifically for light aircraft located in Mount Duneed, Victoria, Mount Duneed, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It was primarily used for scenic flights and private aircraft, and was located in th ...

was located in the now-excised portion of Mount Duneed, but it closed in 2011 after the area was opened up for urban residential development. As of the 2021 census, Mount Duneed has a population of 6,182.

Notable people

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, Auditor-General, was born in Mount Duneed on 19 July 1881 and lived there until 1882. His father was the local school teacher. * Rupert Vance "Mick" Moon,

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recipient lived at "Calder Park", Mount Duneed from 1954 - 1978 and is buried at the Mount Duneed Cemetery. * AFL football player,

Taylor Adams Taylor Adams (born 20 September 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2012 to 2013 and the Colli ...

References

Suburbs of Geelong {{BarwonSouthWest-geo-stub