Clan Gathering

Clan Gathering 2020

17th October 2020

Noorilim Estate, Nagambie, Victoria, Australia

Aim of the Clan Gathering

We’re not planning a highland game’s event, nor a Scottish Tattoo.

It’s hoped the day provides an opportunity to share family heirlooms & memorabilia, visit the nostalgic Noorilim mansion & gain some insight into links to the Winter’s, Winter-Irving & Irving’s of Bonshaw & connect with family.

Attendees are encouraged to bring family memorabilia to be exhibited & shared with others.

Many of us know we are related to the Winter-Irving’s or the Irving’s of Bonshaw in Scotland. We hope the gathering provides an opportunity to learn more about your ancestry & the history of the Winter-Irving’s

Activities for the day

Welcome to Country & introduction
Tours & History of Noorilim Estate
View Rodney Menzies fine art & Sculpture collection
Buffet Lunch
The Irving’s of Bonshaw history
Noorilim -The butlers perspective
Ancestry information & sharing opportunities
Meet Rupert Irving -
The Heir to the Clan Chief Irving of Bonshaw
Entry fee to cover lunch, amenities & tours

Bookings are essential for tours, catering & name tags.

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Clan Gathering brochure

Directions to Noorilim from Melbourne:
Take the Hume Fwy (M31) north for approximately 1.2 hrs. Take the exit to Shepparton along the Goulburn Valley Fwy (M39).
Continue for roughly 20 minutes then take the Murchison/Rushworth exit (C357). Noorilim is about 1km North on the left.
Look for the white post & rail fence at the entrance to driveway between the grape vines. Take the driveway for 2km to the carpark.

Noorilim areal close up.jpg — Noorilim Estate

205 Wahring-Murchison East Road
Wahring, VIC, 3608 Australia

Accommodation:
If your interested in touring the area & spending a few days enjoying the surrounding sites & other properties owned by the Winter family, here are a few links to accommodation sites that may be of interest. There’s accommodation in Nagambie & in surrounding towns.

Travel Victoria: www.travelvictoria.com.au/nagambie/
Airbnb: www.airbnb.com.au

Your Hosts

Andrew William Stanhope Winter-Irving & Andrew Bruce Mead

Andrew William Stanhope Winter-Irving is the son of Robert Irving Winter-Irving (1919-2007), the grandson of Stanhope Irving Winter-Irving (1890-1967) & great grandson of William Irving Winter-Irving (1840-1901).

Andrew and his ancestors have continued to farm in the heart of the Winter & Winter-Irving landholdings, Nagambie. He has a deep knowledge of the family & their properties in the area. A clan gathering at Noorilim was the logical place.

Andrew Bruce Mead the son of John Bruce Mead, the grandson of Helen Margaret Mead (nee Winter-Irving 1900 -1973), the great grandson of John Irving Winter-Irving (1872-1942) & great great grandson of William Irving Winter-Irving (1840-1901)

The origins of the Gathering

With the recent passing of loved ones the two Andrew’s realised they were custodians of Heirlooms & Memorabilia belonging to the Winter, Irving & Winter-Irving clans. Through Ancestry research into the families history they soon realised they both had important pieces of the family history, that was fast losing its importance and links to the very prominent past.

As a Winter-Irving by name, Andrew was regularly contacted by distant relatives inquiring about the families history. Andrew Mead, through his uncle Maurice Mead, has numerous pictures & documents that needed preserving. Through a chance introduction by Rupert Irving (Heir to the Clan Chief of Irving of Bonshaw) in Scotland, the Andrew’s got together to discuss the family history. Andrew Winter-Irving had, for some time, been considering a Clan Gathering. The rest is history.

We hope this web site will allow us all to share important memories, documents, photos, portraits & memorabilia.
If you have anything you would like to share please contact us.