Fyansford
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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. At the 2016 census, Fyansford had a population of 196.
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It sits within the topics Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016 ID same as Wikidata and Suburbs of Geelong.
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- Fyansford, Victoria
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- 3218
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- 114
- female population
- 81
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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. At the 2016 census, Fyansford had a population of 196.
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''.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fyansford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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