DRUMMOND GRAVESITE ON HAWTHORNDEN

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A faded coloured photo of a small gravesite on the property of "Hawthornden" which was originally owned by James Drummond Snr the botanist.
The site is in an open paddock with an open wooden rail fence surrounding the 3 gravestones, 2 large, 1 small.
The stone on the left is the largest, with a carved top. The smallest is in the centre, with a possible broken top. The stone is mid-sized, with a low plinth.
Two trees are within the site, two without. Fenced paddocks are beyond.
The middle grave is that of Johnston Drummond (1820-1844), son of James Snr and Sarah Drummond.
The grave on the right is that of James (1784 ?- 1863) and Sarah (1782-1864) Drummond.

Historical information

In the introduction of her 1969 book "The Drummonds of Hawthornden", Rica Erickson notes: "At 'Hawthorden Farm' in the Toodyay Valley of Western Australia, are four old graves. The headstones of soft sandstone ar deeply eroded and one is now nameless, the original lettering having disappeared long ago.
The first of the stones was erected over the body of Johnston, the youngest son of the Drummond family, who died at the age of twenty-five years in 1845, speared by a native. The second grave is that of his old father, James Drummond, the botanist, whoe died in 1863 at seventy-eight years of age. The third grave is that of Sarah, his wife, who died a year later, at about eighty-two years of age. The fourth and nameless grave could be that of their honoured second son James, who died in 1873, at the peak of his career and was buried beside his parents."

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1273

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

12.6000 cm

Height or length

8.9000 cm

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