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.

 

 

Casa-di-gioia

• Merriwee Avenue (Merriwee Cres), TOORAK  VIC  3142
• Home of Mrs Alice (Dick) Cuming-Parry and her daughter Joy

 

Cuming St, Yarraville, Vic 3013

 

Cuming St, Mile End, SA 5031

 

James Cuming Memorial

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

 

"Sickleholme", Altona Homestead, 

• 128 Queen St, ALTONA, VIC  3018
•  Cuming, Smith & Co. Seaside workers' resort. 1920-1937 
• Now the home of the Altona-Laverton Historical Society

 

Cuming Theatre, University of Melbourne

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

 

Cuming House

• Wadhurst Campus, Melbourne Grammar School

 

Cuming Tower

• Grimwade House, Melbourne Grammar School

 

Cuming House

• Outdoor Education Campus, Yarra Junction, Caulfield Grammar School

 

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

 

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

 

 

‘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.

 

797 Orrong Rd, Toorak

• 797 Orrong Rd, Toorak VIC 3142
• Home of David McPherson AO, and wife Angela (nee Cuming)
• Nb. Current photo is of a modern renovation of the property

 

 

735 Glen Huntly Rd, Caulfield

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

 

Fairacre, Berkshire, UK 

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

 

9 Wolseley Grove, Brighton

• 9 Wolsley Grove, BRIGHTON VIC 3186

 

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

• 135 Stephen St, YARRAVILLE VIC 3013

Modern Renovation:

 

Original building:

 

 

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

• Chemistry building of Melbourne University

 

Previously: "Myrus" (removed 1972)

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

 

452 Victoria St, North Melbourne

• 452 Victoria St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051

Architectural Drawing

 

 

Bon Accord

65 Barkly St.

• 65 Barkly St, Carlton VIC 3053
• Built by James Cuming Sr.

 

Footscray Town Hall

61 Napier St.

• 61 Napier St, Footscray VIC 3011

 

 

"Burn Brae" 68 Meyer St, Torrensville

• 68 Meyer St, Torrensville SA 5031
• Home of Robert Burns Cuming

 

Cuming Smith

65 William St.

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

CSBP Geraldton

• 280 North West Coastal Highway, WEBBERTON  WA  6530

 

CSBP Kwinana

• Lot 20 Kwinana Beach Rd, KWINANA BEACH  WA  6167

 

Cuming Smith & Co. Perth HQ

• 123 St Georges Terrace, PERTH  WA  6000
• CSBP Headquarters

 

• 133 St Georges Terrace, PERTH  WA  6000
• CSML Headquarters

 

Cuming, Smith & Co. Bassendean

• Railway Parade, WEST GUILDFORD, PERTH  WA
• Approximate modern address: 136 Railway Parade, Bassendean WA 6054
• https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/104302

Approximate boundary of site:

 

Cuming, Smith & Co. Yarraville

• 221 Whitehall St, YARRAVILLE, VIC 3013

 

 

Imperial Chemical Industries of australia and new zealand, Headquarters

• 1 Nicholson St, East Melbourne VIC 3002
• The first "Sky Scraper" in Melbourne, and the first skyscraper in Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACF & Shirley's, Runcorn

• 54 Bonemill Rd, Runcorn QLD 4113
• Converted into a Sawmill in 1947
• Used in 1944-45 by the US Army’s Quartermaster Corps as a warehouse and storage, and as a lumber yard

Approximate boundary of site:

 

ACF & Shirley's, Pinkenba

• 69 Tingira St, Pinkenba QLD 4008

Approximate boundary of site:

 

ACF & Shirley's, Headquarters

• Presently 415 George St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
• Formerly 92-102 Little Roma St, Brisbane City, QLD 4000
• Now the QEII Courts of Law Complex, prior to their development was an artists collective known as The Observatory. Short lived from 1985-1986 in "the old Shirley’s Fertiliser building", it housed The Demolition Show.
• The present day QEII Courts of Law Complex is Queensland's largest court building, the symbolic and administrative centre of the judicial branch in Queensland. It houses the Supreme Court of Queensland, the District Courts of Queensland, and the Supreme Court Library.

 Approximate boundary of site:

 

Australian Fertilisers Ltd. / ICIANZ, Port Kembla, (Main Site)

• Gate 1, Foreshore Rd, Port Kembla, NSW 2505 (nb. Google maps or similar may need you to remove 'Gate')

Approximate boundary of site:

 

 

Australian Fertilisers Ltd. / ICIANZ, Port Kembla, (Secondary Site)

• Tom Thumb Rd, Port Kembla, NSW 2505 (no street number; Lots 2001 & 2003 of DP 1030233)

 Approximate boundary of site:

 

Australian Fertilisers Ltd., Sydney Headquarters

• Formerly 5 Macquarie Pl, Sydney NSW 2000 (5A via google maps)
• Presently 7-15 Macquarie Pl, Sydney NSW 2000

 Approximate location:

 

Adelaide Chemical Works

• Approximate modern address: 14-16 Ashwin Parade, Torrensville SA 5031
• Historically: 41-43 Ashwin Parade, it effectively covered all of what is now 8-60 Ashwin Parade north to the banks of the River Torrens
• Adelaide Chemical Works, later Adelaide and Walleroo Fertilisers

 Approximate maximum boundary of site (Nb. May need refinement):

May have included only the Eastern half of the site (To be confirmed)

 

40-42 Bell St, Fitzroy

• 40 Bell St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
• The Bell St School where Robert Burns Cuming was taught during his early years in Melbourne

 

 

Graves

James Cuming Jr.

• Grave of James Cuming Jr. (1861-1920), wife Alice, and son James.

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’)

 

Deer Abbey, Near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

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

 

Inverallochy Castle, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire

• The ruins are a protected, scheduled monument. The estate the castle sits on was acquired by Jordan Comyn for building Deer Abbey. It is believed to have been built by Sir William Comyn, Lord Lyon (1512-1519). 

 

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.

 

 

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. 

(Artist's reconstruction)

 

House of Blair-Altyre, Morayshire

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

 

Cruggleton Castle, Garlieston, Galloway

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

(1563 depiction by spies of Queen Elizabeth I)

 (2019 image via Flickr)

 

comyn Clan Castles

• Balvenie Castle, Moray, Scotland - thecastleguide.co.uk/castle/balvenie-castle
• Bedrule Castle, Roxburgh, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrule_Castle
• Blair Castle, Perth, Scotland - thecastleguide.co.uk/castle/blair-castle-atholl
• Cadzow Castle, Lanark, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadzow_Castle
• Castle Grant, Inverness, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Grant
• Castle Roy, Inverness, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Roy
• Dalswinton Castle (aka Comyn's Castle), Dumfries, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalswinton_Castle
• Delgatie Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Delgatie_Castle
• Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Castle
• Dunphail Castle, Moray, Scotland - https://castle-finders.co.uk/Scotland/dunphail-castle.html
• Inverallochy Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland - thecastleguide.co.uk/castle/inverallochy-castle
• Inverlochy Castle (Old Inverlochy Castle), Lochaber, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverlochy_Castle
• Kinedar Castle (King Edward Castle), Aberdeen, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_King_Edward
• Kirkintilloch Castle, Strathclyde, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkintilloch_Castle
• Lochindorb Castle, Inverness, Scotland - https://castle-finders.co.uk/Scotland/lochindorb-castle.html
• Machan Castle (aka Auld Machan, aka Broomhill House), Lanark, Scotland - https://www.stravaiging.com/history/castle/auld-machan-castle/
• Mains Castle, Strathclyde, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_Castle
• Northallerton Castle, Northumberland, England - wikipedia.org/wiki/Northallerton_Castle
• Pittulie Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittulie_Castle
• Rait Castle, Nairn, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Rait_Castle
• Ruthven Barracks, Inverness, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthven_Barracks
• Slains Castle (Old Slains Castle), Aberdeen, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Slains_Castle
• Swords Castle, Dublin, Ireland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_Castle
• Urquhart Castle, Inverness, Scotland - wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle

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.

Comyn 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