What's in a name?

could be a liitle, a lot or nothing...

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Hmmm!

What's in a name? Blog

who exactly were Fyansford's movers-n-shakers?

And, what was .....?

Remembering Those who served...

Fyansford's special people

Ned Devine

Ned Devine monument

Ned Devine

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Geelong's sheriff Foster Fyans

All in a day of the life of a Geelong sheriff in 1853

Making tracks - reaching Buninyong

From Barwon Blog by Jo Mitchell

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Article by P.L. Brown published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, 1966

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Foster Fyans

1790 - 1870

Bio

The man after whom Fyans Ford was named

National Archives of Australia

General Sir John Monash – Fact sheet 121

A great Australian life: Sir John M

Artlicle in The Age ~ July 8, 2015
By Katherine Smith

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Article by Geoffrey Serle published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10,1986

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John Monash

1865 - 1931

Bio

Co-engineer and builder of the Fyansford Monier Arch Bridge

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The McCanns

Peter McCann registered

Australian Portland Cement Co. Ltd in 1889

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Bio

Ned Devine

famous coach driver and showman

William Buckley, Unknown artist

La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria

Meeting with William Buckley, the Wild White Man

Raymond Lindsay, 1930 - 1939

William Buckley The Wild White Man

By Frederick Grosse, Engraver, 1828-1894

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William Buckley

1780 - 1856

Bio

Of Buckley Falls fame...

Captain Melville

1790 - 1870

Bio

Francis Melville (1822-1857)

Bushranger

Honouring our veterans

What's in a name? Blog

What's in a name? (Blog 1)

Fyansford (Blog 2)

The McCanns (Blog 3)

John Atkins (Blog 4)

Gugger Place (Blog 5)

Button Hill (Blog 6)

What's in a name? Blog #6

Button Hill

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‘Twould be fair to say…

school and I were a mix 'not made in heaven', rather purgatory - a place of suffering inhabited by those of us expiating our sins before entry to heaven.