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Alexander Fyfe (1827 – 1 May 1903) was a Scottish-born settler of Victoria, Australia, who became a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.〔 ==Early life== Fyfe was born in Scotland, the son of Jane Nicholson Bailliff. Fyfe emigrated to Australia, arriving in Melbourne in January 1848 aboard the ''Stag''〔 and settled in Geelong.〔 〕 In Geelong, he was involved in the establishment of the: * first building society * the first bathing house * the Geelong Chamber of Commerce * the fire brigade * a newspaper * the Mechanic's Institute * the first regatta (he owned four full-rigged vessels and chartered eleven more) He was president of the: * Mechanic's Institute * the first cricket club in Victoria * Geelong Agricultural Society and a director/trustee of: * the Geelong Botanic Gardens * the Flinders State School * the Geelong-Melbourne railway and captain of the first volunteer regiment.〔 Alexander Fyfe was one of the first gold diggers at Ballarat. He was secretary of the Anti-Gold License Committee and contributed to legal expenses of the trial of Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka Rebellion〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Fyfe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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