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- MLC Toodyay, 31 October 1870–8 February 1873
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Personal Information |
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1814 |
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Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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8 February 1873 |
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Hawthornden, Toodyay, Western Australia |
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Family burial ground, Hawthorden, Toodyay |
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Arrived WA 1 June 1829 with parents on Parmelia |
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Son of botanist, James Drummond and Sarah Mackintosh |
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Married 26 February 1857 at Glenavon Chapel, Toodyay district to Martha Ann Sewell (born circa 1832 and died 29 August 1911), daughter of John and Ann Allen, aunt of George Malakoff Sewell
Children: three sons and five daughters
Brother-in-law of Stephen Stanley Parker |
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Church of England |
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Farmer |
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James Drummond, his father took up Hawthornden, Toodyay, 1839 and property was farmed by his sons
Erected first flour mill, Toodyay district
Took up Oakabella, Champion Bay, 1850
Later took up Yere Yere, Dandaragan |
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Initial member, Victoria Plains Council, 1871–1872
Member, Toodyay Road Boards, 1872–1878, Councillor and President |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 10.
Heritage Council website. inHerit. Accessed 20 October 2016.
The Inquirer and Commercial news, 19 February 1873, p. 3. |
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R. Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
R. Erickson, The Drummonds of Hawthornden, Nedlands, 1969.
Herald, 15 February 1873.
Inquirer, 12 February 1873. |