Historical Locations

 

AUSTRALIA

Places of Interest

Dee Cottage

  • 230 Docklands Highway, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011
  • aka 230 Whitehall St, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 
  • or 230 State Route 35, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011
  • Home of several Cumings including James Jr., and his brother George. it sits adjacent the road in front of the former Cuming, Smith & Co. works in Yarraville.
  • Believed to have been built in 1880 by bricklayer, David Goudie, later the publican of the Commercial Hotel opposite.
  • Home to several employeees of Cuming Smith, including foreman lead burner Jack Carter from 1929-1963; Senior maintenance engineer Bruce Norton subsequently occupied it until mid 1972, after which date it ceased to be used as a residence.

Dee Cottage IMG 5269 Small

Dee Cottage Yarraville Apple Maps 

 

Casa-di-gioia

Merriwee Cres Toorak

 

Cuming St, Yarraville, Vic 3013

Cuming St Yarraville

 

James Cuming Memorial

  • Statue to James Thomas Cuming
  • Yarraville Gardens - 139-147 Hyde St, YARRAVILLE  VIC  3013

James Cuming Memorial Yarraville

 

"Sickleholme", Altona Homestead, 

Sickleholme Altona Homestead IMG 5286 sml

Sickleholme Altona Homestead IMG 5286 2 sml

 

Cuming Theatre, University of Melbourne

  • 35 Masson Rd, PARKVILLE  VIC  3010
  • Chemistry Lecture Theatre and Lab

Cuming Theatre

 

Cuming House

  • Wadhurst Campus, Melbourne Grammar School

Cuming House Polo Wadhurst

 

Cuming Tower

  • Grimwade House, Melbourne Grammar School

Cuming Tower Grimwade House vSmall

 

Cuming House

  • Outdoor Education Campus, Yarra Junction, Caulfield Grammar School

Cuming House Caulfield Grammar sml

 

Lindsay Cuming Auditorium

  • Cripps Centre, Caulfield Grammar School
  • 217 Glen Eira Rd, ST KILDA EAST  VIC  3183

Located within the Cripps Centre of Caulfield Grammar

Cripps Centre Caulfield Grammar

 

9 Canterbury Rd, CAMBERWELL  VIC  3124

  • Residence of Harry Wilson Cuming, wife Olive Magee and family
  • Part of the Parlington Estate Residential Precinct. A significant heritage precinct in the city of Boroondara; created in 1912 as a subdivision of the ‘Parlington’ (aka Verulam) Victorian-Mansion estate.
  • Hermes Number: 202106;  Heritage Overlay Number: HO702

9 Canterbury Rd 1 9 Canterbury Rd 2

 

‘Coorinyah’, 150 Mont Albert Rd, Camberwell, Vic

  • Residence of Mariannus Adrian (Mac) Cuming, wife Wilma Guthrie and family
  • Part of Victorian Heritage and Camberwell Conservation.

Coorinyah 150 Mont Albert Road

 

735 Glen Huntly Rd, Caulfield

  • 735 Glen Huntly Rd, CAULFIELD VIC 3162
  • Childhood Home of Lindsay Cuming

5 735 Glenhuntly Road Caulfield circa 1940 sml

 

Fairacre, Berkshire, UK 

  • 'Fairacre' Ravensdale Rd, Ascot, SL5 9HL, England, UK
  • UK Home of Lindsay and Val

82 Fairacre Ascot UK 1971 sml

 

9 Wolseley Grove, Brighton

  • 9 Wolsley Grove, BRIGHTON VIC 3186

9 Wolseley 11. 2020 Central Courtyard Facing SE

9 Wolseley 3. 2020 Living Room Facing NW

 

The Yarraville Club (Previously the "Yarraville Citizens' Club and james cuming institute")

  • 135 Stephen St, YARRAVILLE VIC 3013

 

Previously: James Cuming Memorial Building, University of Melbourne (removed early 1970s)

  • Chemistry building of Melbourne UniversityJames Cuming Memorial Building

 

Previously: "Myrus" (removed 1972)

  • Hyde St, YARRAVILLE VIC 3013
  • Home of James (Sr.) and Elizabeth Cuming.

James Cuming in front of Myrus Yarraville vSmall

 

Cuming Smith

65 William St.

  • 65 William St. MELBOURNE CBD VIC 3000
  • Cuming, Smith & Co. CBD secretary and registered office

Cuming Smith Co building 65 William street

Formerly 65 William St 

 

Brittania Creek

  • 1907-1929
  • 210 Brittania Creek Road, WESBURN  VIC  3799
  • Cuming Smith & Co. Wood distillation Works

    • BRITTANNIA CREEK TRAMWAY WOOD DISTILLATION FACTORY - History
      Heritage Inventory History of Site: Cuming, Smith & Co. established the only commercial wood distillation plant in Australia in 1956. It had a sophisticated chemical plant on site and manufactured products such as wood tar, pyroigneous acid, acetic acid, methyl alcohol, formalin, acetone and charcoal. It operated from 1907 until 1924, and was especially successful during WW1. The factory attracted international attention. From 1924 until 1936 the Yelland brothers developed the associated sawmill sites.

      More detail in HV Report 194, Vol 12, Part B by Supple et al.

  • Tramway
  • Victorian Heritage Inventory (HI) Number: H8022-0038

Cuming Smith Co Britannia Creek Wood Distillation Plant

 

CSBP Geraldton

  • 280 North West Coastal Highway, WEBBERTON  WA  6530

CSBP Geraldton

CSBP Geraldton Google

 

CSBP Kwinana

  • Lot 20 Kwinana Beach Rd, KWINANA BEACH  WA  6167

CSBP Ltd Kwinana Beach Rd Oct 21 14 0186 scaled 1a

CSBP Kwinana Google

 

Cuming Smith & Co. Perth HQ

Cuming Smith St Georges Terrace

 

 

Cuming, Smith & Co. Bassendean

 

Cuming, Smith & Co. Yarraville

  • 221 Whitehall St, YARRAVILLE, VIC 3013

Cuming Smith Co Yarraville Google

 

SCOTLAND

Places of Interest

Balvenie Castle, Dufftown, Speyside

  • Ruins of 14th century moated stronghold of Comyns situated on River Fiddich. (‘Fiddich’ is Gaelic for ‘Deer’)

balvenie aerial

Balvenie castle small 1

Balvenie castle small 2

 

Deer Abbey, Near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

  • Founded in 1219 by William Comyn, Earl of Buchan for Cistercian Monks from Kinloss

Deer Abbey 1

Deer Abbey 2

deer abbey sign

 

Inverlochy Castle, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire

  • Within the grounds of the famous hotel is a 13th century castle built for the Comyns

 

Old Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Aberdeenshire

  • Built by John 'The Black' Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Lochaber; Chief of Clan Comyn, claimant to the Scottish throne.
  • Unaltered since the reign of King Alexander III (1241-1286), King of Alba (Scotland). A testament and bastion of clan Comyn's endurance.

Old inverlochy Castle artist impression 1

Old inverlochy Castle artist impression 2

Old inverlochy castle

 

 

Lochindorb, Morayshire

  • An island fortress notorious for its association in the early 14th century with the Wolf of Badenoch, son of Robert II. It was, however, originally built by the Comyns. 

Lochindorb Castle artist reconstruction

(Artist's reconstruction)

Lochindorb Castle

 

House of Blair-Altyre, Morayshire

  • Seat of the Chief of Clan Cumming. 
  • Campus of the Glasgow School of Art

Blair House Altyre Estate 1

Blair House Altyre Estate painting

 

Cruggleton Castle, Garlieston, Galloway

  • Massive 13th century fortalice held by the Comyns, but little of it now remains

Cruggleton Castle 1563 Sketch by Elizabeth I spies

(1563 depiction by spies of Queen Elizabeth I)

Cruggleton Castle ruin web

 (2019 image via Flickr)

 

cumming Clan Castles

As one of the leading castle-building families of Scottish history, the clan are associated with many castles in Scotland, and a couple in England and Ireland.

Cumming Clan Towns

  • Cardow, Moray, Scotland
  • Cummingstown, Moray, Scotland
  • Cumminstown, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Kingussie, Inverness, Scotland
  • Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Turriff, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Saint-Pol-sur-Ternois, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Beauval, Somme, France
  • Comines, Nord, France
  • Capelle-Fermont, Pas-de-Calais, France