Hamilton College - and family stuff

 This is Hamilton College.

The money shot! The original building - Hamilton and Western Districts College, founded in 1871.  Our grandfather was there in 1885.

And new logo.  In 1962, it amalgamated with Alexandra College, founded in 1872. It was then known as Hamilton College until formally being named Hamilton and Alexandra College.

It has a sister college in China.

The satellite dish is post 1871.

Tomorrow we go to Penshurst to look for a grave of our grandfather's uncle.  A very helpful person from the local cemetery trust told me where to go, and that the headstone was sbroken.  We have strict instructions to wear old shoes and not to get bogged.

Folks here are very friendly and ready for a chat.  And if you have a Scottish surname, you will feel right at home!  On the way, there were Scottish names everywhere - Streatham, Dunkeld, the Trossachs, even the Grampians.  The downside is that the Presbyterian section of the Hamilton Cemetery is very big!..yes, I found a couple of graves to look for there.