>From 'Aboriginal Place Names' by A Reed the closest to Duneed are; Dungog - a bare or clear hill Dunedoo - a swan Dunoon - a ridge The last also sounds Scottish Carollyn Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stewart" <stetjr130@internode.on.net> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 8:36 PM Subject: [GEELONG] Duneed The following will, hopefully, clarify matters for recent correspondents. Duneed is a Parish in the State of Victoria, County Grant, Land District of Geelong. Its boundaries are: to the North, Waurn Ponds Creek; to the East, Surf Coast Highway; to the South, Thompsons Creek; to the West, Hendy Main Road. Over time, it has been associated with all or part of a number of localities, such as Waurn Ponds, Grovedale, Mount Duneed, Freshwater Creek, Pettavel, Moriac, Mount Moriac. These localities have rather loose boundaries and most spill over into surrounding Parishes. The actual land feature of Mount Moriac is in the Parish of Modewarre, just West of Hendy Main Road. There is a cemetery in the extreme NW corner of the Parish (on Reservoir Rd., near Hendy Main Road) which was originally known as the Duneed cemetery. However in 1864 another cemetery was established near the summit of Mount Duneed and, to avoid confusion, the Duneed cemetery was re-named the Mount Moriac cemetery. Old habits died hard and for some time thereafter, someone nominated as being buried in the "Duneed" cemetery could have been in either ! The Parish name has never changed. Duneed / Dunneet is thought to be an Australian Aboriginal word, but I have been unable to find a meaning for it. As far as I can determine, there is no such name in the UK. John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District http://zades.com.au ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message