b'29Edmund Wright House (Image courtesy of State Library of South Australia, B-7494)Albion cottage, long derelict on the farm, also engagedDavids death in 2023 saw an end to the stewardship of Davids interest and he immersed himself in itsAlbion farm and the motor vehicle collection dispersal restoration with the same attention to detail and carefulhed begun before his passing was completed. A plan management that his father had lavished on his motorhas been approved to split the main house from the vehicles. Period detail was maintained right down toAlbion cottage and the history of the place remains old brick floors and kerosene lighting. Furnishings andlargely unwritten.joinery were early colonial cedar accented by a restrainedDavids legacy will be his contribution to Australian sense of style. The kitchen had an old wood oven andautomotive history and in particular his generosity in the dining room swam in the light of a Miller hangingdonating the early Benz and Oldsmobile to the Birdwood lamp. Off to one side stood a cedar longcase clock madeMuseum. Other collectors and enthusiasts have by Wm. Jones snr, a Kapunda (SA) clockmaker c 1865.acquired from the collection wonderful Vinall vintage Bronze Palmer candle lights cast their evening warmcars, such as the 1910 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost once glow over aged cedar rarities and illuminated colonialowned by the Barr-Smith family and a 1904 De Dion images on the walls. Silverware glistened and goodBouton, to name but a few. Davids personal qualities Bosley pottery poked fun at the restrained civility. Theof kindness, generosity and friendship endeared him open fireplace worked manfully against the colder nights.to all who met him.Somehow David had re-created a colonial idyll in theHis collection was considered, researched and curated to midst of encroaching suburbia. highlight quality and style.Davids attention turned to vintage clock and watchPeter Jenkinson, November 2023.collecting and by the mid 1990s hed amassed a significant number of high quality timepieces sourced from specialist dealers in Australia and England. He was a regular client of the late Ken Hose, the well-known Victorian antique horologist and restorer extraordinaire.In 2000, in partnership with Phillip Levi he operated David Sumner Gallery, in Adelaide, providing local and interstate artists with a venue to show their works.'