Provenance

Various Parties

Purpose/Function

Reference, Research, Information

Arrangement

Arranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)

Content

David Syme migrated to Australia in 1852. His family were owners and publishers of The Melbourne Age. Properties in Kew associated with the family included Conisboro, Banool and Blythswood. In a biography given to the Kew Historical Society by the daughter of Geoffrey Syme, Dr Veronica Cordon, it is noted that these properties often were passed around between the family, and were all in close proximity to the Yarra River along Findon Crescent and Studley Park Road. Of all the property that the Syme family would come to own, only the Italianate mansion ‘Swinton’, located at 23 Swinton Avenue, remains. The file includes: Newspaper articles regarding the Syme family and properties, multiple pages of information donated by Veronica Cordon, a history of Woori Yallock which mentions David Syme, and a passenger manifest listing two members of the Symes family and arrival details. See also the separate subject file on Blythswood.