30 December 1993
The connection between the Stone and Franscini families goes back decades. Les Stone was the Headmaster of the one teacher school at Cornishtown near Chiltern. He had struck up a friendship with then owner of All Saints winery, the Sutherland Smith family, who invited Les to teach the vineyard workers English in exchange of some wine. A number of the Italians stayed in contact including the Franscicine family who moved to Melbourne.