Location
Mount Duneed is about 13km south of Geelong city, on the Surfcoast Highway, between Grovedale and Torquay.

Description
The district of Mount Duneed is still primarily agricultural with hay, canola, beef and cattle grown on small properties. St Wilfrid's Anglican church, the consolidated Mount Duneed primary school (with almost 200 students from neighbouring districts), a small wooden meeting hall and the bus shelter are the only public buildings at Mount Duneed. Closer to Grovedale, the Geelong Airport, a caravan park and restaurant are on the west side of Surfcoast Highway. In recent years, larger farm properties have been subdivided into 10 and 20 acre lots. There are also some three and four acre blocks. The area is attracting a mix of young families and retirees. The highest hill in the region has views over the entire district, south towards the coast and north to Geelong. Mount Duneed is next to the Geelong Airport, less than 10 minutes drive from the Surfcoast and 15 minutes from Geelong.

History
Originally called Mount Disappointment, a disused hotel was moved from nearby Germantown to Mount Duneed to serve as a manse for the first Presbyterian church in the 1860s. Primarily a farming district, the people first gathered on holy days around the church and cemetery. Palmer's Beer Shop, serving Surfcoast travellers, opened on the highway nearby. A school was established in the Anglican church in 1862 and a building was finished in 1863. A small Presbyterian school opened soon after. In 1890, Mount Duneed was described as a postal hamlet and had two stores as well as a school and churches. A 1944 bushfire razed the early town buildings.