Ormond, Francis (1829-1889)

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benefactor; grazier (unspecified); magistrate; Member of Upper House; Presbyterian lay leader
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ORMOND, FRANCIS (1829-1889), grazier and philanthropist, was born on 23 November 1829 in Aberdeen, Scotland, only son of the three children of Francis Ormond (d.1875), mariner, and his wife Isabella, née Esson. The family moved to Liverpool where Francis had an elementary education at Tyzack's Academy. His father made several voyages to Australia and in command of the John Bull with free immigrants arrived at Melbourne in January 1840. On returning to England he bought the barque Tuscan and sailed for Port Phillip with his family. In the winter of 1843 he leased twenty acres (8 ha) at the site of Shelford on the River Leigh from the Clyde Co. for seven years, agreeing to improve the land and build a substantial inn. Known as Ormonds or the Settler's Arms, it was the first inn on the route from Geelong to Hamilton and prospered accordingly. As a stable-boy and bookkeeper young Francis helped with the inn, gained much experience with livestock and learned to manage the sheep runs that his father acquired. In 1851 the 'Skipper' sold the inn and near Skipton bought some 30,000 acres (12,148 ha) of Borriyalloak station, which Francis managed until he took over the property in 1854. Renewed pastures after the 1851 bushfires, expanding goldfields markets and his skill in breeding stock and managing stations provided the basis for the wealth that he later poured into philanthropic ventures. Among other properties he acquired sections of Bangal station across the river from Borriyalloak and bought in 1881 a large section of James Balfour's 45,000-acre (18,211 ha) Round Hill station, calling his part Kirndeen, and later other properties in New South Wales. He seems to have had no investments apart from land and livestock.

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  1. Kirndeen, the property of the late Francis Ormond Esq., to be sold by Messrs. Powers, Rutherford & Co. on 1st November 1889 ; Taylor, Buckland & Gates solicitors, Melbourne
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