Drummonds Collection
- Drummond Family
Elizabeth Stewart (Ada’s mother) is nursing her grand-daughter Denise. Elizabeth died at Stamford Park in 1949. The boys are John Drummond (right) and his cousin, Bob Stewart. Ada and Wish Drummond are at the rear.
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- Wish Drummond with Denise
Taken on the verandah of Stamford House in the early 1940s. Comments (0)
- Drummond Family
Wish Drummond with his children Elizabeth, John and Denise at Stamford Park in the early 1940s. Comments (0)
- Drummond Family at Stamford Park
Elizabeth’s 21st birthday photo. Comments (0)
- Christopher Jenkins and Elizabeth Drummond
Wedding photo taken at Stamford Park on 1st February, 1950. Comments (0)
- Jenkins wedding photo
Christopher and Elizabeth Jenkins on their wedding day on 1 February 1950. This photo was taken on the front verandah at Stamford Park. Comments (0)
- Elizabeth Drummond
Elizabeth Drummond on her wedding day with her bridesmaids.Her sister, Denise, is to her immediate right. Comments (0)
- Elizabeth Drummond
Betty Drummond at Stamford Park on her wedding day in 1950. Comments (0)
- Chris and Elizabeth Jenkins
Chris and Elizabeth cut the cake at their wedding reception at Stamford Park on 1 February, 1950 Comments (0)
- Elizabeth and Ada Drummond
Ada and Elizabeth examine the wedding presents at Stamford Park on her wedding day on 1 February, 1950. Comments (0)
- Elizabeth and Wish Drummond
Elizabeth and her father at Stamford Park on her wedding day. Comments (0)
- John Drummond and Avis Peterson
The wedding of John Drummond and Avis Peterson at St Dominic’s Church, Camberwell. The best man was Brian Carroll, a well-known stock agent in Dandenong. Comments (0)
- Stamford Hotel opening day
Enjoying a free drink on the opening day on 22 October, 1959. Comments (0)
- Wish Drummond with his Essex
Behind Wish are his wife Ada and her mother Elizabeth Stewart. Wish and Ada were married in 1923. Comments (0)
- Ada and Aloysius Drummond
They bought Stamford Park from the Murrays and sold it to Cyril McClelland and Alfred Stevens in 1954. Comments (0)
- Drummond Lake
Chris and Betty Jenkins in the boat with John Drummond on Lake Drummond in the early 1950s. John and his father Wish Drummond and an employee named Jack Collins excavated the bed for the five acre lake in 1948. The lake was drained and filled in the 1980s and is now (2000) the site of the Australian Christian Fellowship Church. Comments (0)
- Drummond House in Corhanwarrabul Court
After Wish Drummond sold Stamford Park to Alfred Stevens and Cyril McClelland in 1954 he built this house to the west of Lake Drummond. It is now the last house in Corhanwarrabul Court.
- Wish Drummond in uniform
Wish borrowed this Australian Army uniform from someone on the military base to have this photo taken in 1942. He was never a member of the army. Comments (0)
- Wish Drummond at the barbecue
Wish loved to entertain family and friends and he enjoyed cooking on the barbecue at Stamford Park. Comments (0)
- American Soldier
An American soldier based at Rowville in 1943. American servicemen were frequent visitors to Stamford Park. Comments (0)
- Edwardo Pizzi at Stamford Park
Edwardo was one of the Italian prisoners at the Rowville POW Camp. He had been captured in the Western Desert in Northern Africa by Australian forces when he was only 18. He was a member of a wealthy Roman family and his father had been a member of Mussolini’s cabinet. Comments (0)
- Ada Drummond
Ada Drummond at Stamford Park in the 1930s. She was a keen horsewoman and her best horse, Spearer, was the winner of two Ballarat Cups and an Adelaide Cup. Comments (0)
- Ada Drummond with Elizabeth and John
Ada with her two children at Stamford Park in the 1930s. Ada and Elizabeth were both good riders and would ride to Malvern and back in a day to visit relatives and friends. Comments (0)
- Wish Drummond’s grandchildren
Tim, Christopher and Sally Jenkins and Brian Drummond (John’s son) at the opening of the Stamford Hotel on 22 October, 1959. Comments (0)
- Hotel Stamford
The Opening Day on 22nd October,1959. Comments (0)
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