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Fyansford, Victoria
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. It is located at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool rivers.
Fyansford is one of the earliest places of settlement in the Geelong region. Fyans established his police camp nearby where the Moorabool could be forded - giving the name ''Fyan's Ford''.〔(City of Greater Geelong: Fyansford )〕
==Industry==
The area was once a centre for Geelong industry. In 1845 the first flour mill was erected by William Henry Collins on the banks of the Barwon.〔(Geelong Timeline 1802 - 1910 )〕 By 1859 the population was sufficient to justify a Post Office which opened on 1 February 1859 (closing in 1978). The Barwon Paper Mill opened at nearby Buckley's Falls in 1876.〔 In 1895 mill became part of the Australian Paper Mills company, the predecessor of Amcor Limited.
Cement production began at Fyansford in 1890 led by Peter McCann, but it was not until 1911 that a modern rotary kiln was installed. 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, and in 1926 the narrow gauge Fyansford Cement Works Railway was opened to serve a new quarry,〔''The Fyansford Quarry Railway'' Buckland, John Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, June, 1951, pp81-82〕 and the works themselves expanded across Hyland Street, which became the main production site, Geelong Cement, in later years.〔 The cement works were later acquired by Adelaide Brighton Cement, and were closed in 2001.〔(Adelaide Brighton Ltd Summary Report: December 2000 )〕
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