Torphichen graveyard is situated within the churchyard. Located west of Edinburgh it was the seat of Knight Hospitallers. Many ancestors of the Russell family who settled around Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are buried in this cemetery.Postcard size coloured photograph of multiple exposures showing graves at Torphichen, ScotlandVerso: Gran at graveyard - Torphichenrussell, torphichen, scotland, ballarat

Colour photograph of the centre Sanctuary Stone at Torphichen, Scotland. torphichen, scotland, sanctuary stone

Alice Webb Russell embroidered this tapestry when she was 13 years of age in 1854 at Torphichen, Scotland. This is near Linlithgow Palace which is depicted in the tapestry. The initials of her family are at the side of the image. Torphichen is the site of the Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers and is on the Scottish National Heritage.Photograph of a hand stitched tapesty.alice webb russell, torphicen, scotland, tapestry, embroidery

Robert Hamilton, and his wife Alice Webb Hamilton (nee Russell) and their son Robert Hamilton travelled on this vessel to Victoria, Australia. Alice Webb Russell was born at Torphichen, Scotland, while Robert Hamilton was born at Schotts Works, Scotland.champion of the seas, hamilton, russell, immigration