Fyansford Geelong, Victoria
Fyansford Hotel
Population:	171 (2006)[1]
Postcode:	3221
Property Value:	AUD $319,000 (2006)
LGA:	City of Greater Geelong
Suburbs around Fyansford: Sutherlands Creek Batesford Manifold Heights Stonehaven Fyansford Newtown Ceres Waurn Ponds Highton

Fyansford is a township on the western edge of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, named after Captain Foster Fyans who came to Geelong as a Police magistrate in October, 1837. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. Batesford Victoria is a small township located approximately 10 kilometres west of Geelong and 167 kilometres south-west of the state capital Melbourne. Manifold Heights is a residential suburb of Geelong. The Post Office opened on 25 March 1929 but has always been known as Manifold Newtown is an inner residential western suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Ceres is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. As one of the highest points in Geelong Ceres has a lookout which overlooks the city Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Highton also refers to the highest level of Aristos in the Saga of the Skolian empire by Catherine Asaro. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Foster Fyans (1790 - 1870 soldier penal administrator and public servant was acting commandant of the second Convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It is located at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers. The Barwon River rises in the Otway Ranges of Victoria, Australia, runs through Winchelsea and the city of Geelong, where it is joined The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria Australia that runs past several small towns and areas such as Meredith, Anakie, and Staughton Vale (north-west

Fyansford is one of the earliest places of settlement in the Geelong region. Fyans established his police camp nearby where the Mooabool River could be forded - giving the name 'Fyan's Ford'. A ford is a place in a Watercourse (most commonly a stream or River) that is shallow enough to be crossed by wading on Horseback or in a wheeled ^[2]

Contents 1 Industry 2 Transport 3 Census populations 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External links

Industry

The area was once a centre for Geelong industry. In 1845 the first flour mill was errected by William Henry Collins on the banks of the Barwon. A gristmill or grist mill is a building where Grain is ground into Flour, or the grinding mechanism itself ^[3] The Barwon Paper Mill opened at nearby Buckley's Falls in 1876. ^[2] In 1895 mill became part of the Australian Paper Mills company, the predecessor of Amcor Limited. Amcor Limited ( is an Australian-based multinational Packaging company

Cement production began at Fyansford in 1890 led by Peter McCann, but it was not until 1911 that a modern rotary kiln was installed. In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter McCann is an American Singer and Songwriter from Connecticut, though he currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. The original Australian Portland Cement company plant was located at the foot of the Fyansford hill between Deviation Road and Hyland Street. In 1918 a railway line was extended from the North Geelong railway station to the top of the hill above Fyansford,^[4] and in 1926 the narrow gauge Fyansford Cement Works Railway was opened to serve a new quarry, and the works themselves expanded across Hyland Street, which became the main production site in later years. North Geelong is a railway station on the Warrnambool railway line in North Geelong, Victoria, Australia. ^[4] The cement works were later acquired by Adelaide Brighton Cement, and were closed in 2001. Adelaide Brighton Cement (ABC is an Australian manufacturer of Cement, lime and dry blended products ^[5]

Transport

The Hamilton Highway runs though the town. The Hamilton Highway in western Victoria, Australia (state route B140 runs from the Princes Highway in Geelong west to the town of Hamilton The first river crossing at Fyansford a ford, the first wooden bridge was built downriver from the ford by the Corio and Bannockburn shire councils in 1854, and was tolled until 1877. It was in poor condition by 1898, with load restrictions being put into place. A new bridge was built nearby in 1900 by John Monash and J. General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD ( 27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931) was an Australian T. N. Anderson, the three arch bridge being the largest Monier reinforced concrete bridge in world at the time. Joseph Monier ( November 8, 1823, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France &mdash March 13, 1906, Paris) was a French ^[6] In 1970 a new bridge was built on the site of the old wooden bridge to cater for heavier traffic on the Hamilton Highway, the 1900 bridge retained for pedestrians.

High Street (now Hyland Street) was one of the first sealed roads in the area in 1933, the road being relaid in concrete in 1937. ^[6] Deviation Road was built between 1931-32 with unemployment labour during the Great Depression and opened in 1933. Cut into the hillside, the surface was originally of concrete construction. The road opened 54 years after the first petition by Fyansford residents for such a road. ^[6]

Census populations

• 1861 - 227
• 1901 - 134
• 1933 - 189
• 1961 - 238

Gallery

Fyansford, 1908	Fyansford State School, built during the 1880's	Fyansford Bridge	Upstream from Buckley's Falls on the Barwon River
1900 Monier arch bridge over the Moorabool River	Bridge over the Moorabool	Plaque marking opening of the 1900 bridge	Plaque detailing the history of the township, placed in 1988 for the Australian Bicentenary
Remains of the Fyansford cement works	Remains of the Fyansford cement works	Geelong Bypass crossing of the Moorabool River under construction

References

External links

• Rail Geelong: Fyansford Cement Works and railway line

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