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- July 2025 - Cuming Smith & Co - Geoff Maynard
Geoff Maynard presented on the following subject:
Cuming Smith & CompanyGeoff's address covered the formation of Cuming Smith & Company in Melbourne in 1872 and their establishment of a Sawmilling and timber Distillation works in the Yarra Valley at Yarra Junction and Warburton from 1907 onwards.
It covers their various entities including : Brittania Sawmills 1907
Mississippi Sawmilling Company
Enterprise Sawmills
Yarra Junction Distillation Works
Warburton Sawmills & Seasoning Works
It also covered the arrival in Melbourne in 1872 of James Cuming, a veterinary surgeon, from St Johns New Brunswick, and his vision for agriculture.