Places That the Eye of Heaven Visits Are, to a Wise Man, Ports and Happy Havens
F All places that the eye of heaven visits Are, to a wise man, ports and happy havens. (William Shakespeare, Richard II) Fairbanks Estate - A 1921 subdivision of section 394, Hundred of Yatala, by the executors of the estate of George Washington Fairbank who said it was ‘unequalled for gardening purposes, being in the same line of country as the famous Findon land’; now included in Beverley. Fairfield - A 1917 subdivision of part section 234, Hundred of Noarlunga; Messrs. Charles J. Hargrave laid it out into 17 allotments between Brighton Road and Fairfield Avenue; now included in Somerton Park. It is a common place name in England and, possibly, derives from the Œ forfeld - ‘fore or front field’. The Fairfield School, near Spalding, opened in 1889 by Fanny Cox, was closed in 1904. It took its name from a local homestead. In 1885, the Fairfield Apiary near Mount Barker was mentioned as being the property of Messrs Coleman and May, ‘who have brought much knowledge and intelligence and no small amount of capital to bear upon the prosecution of the work…’ Fairford - It was situated on the River Sturt, about 12 km from Adelaide, at the foot of the hill on which stands the Flagstaff Inn: The only portion of the vineyard which is now in bearing is intersected by the river and was planted in 1861… There are three acres of vines, principally Verdelho, but with about one-sixth Gouais, and Mr Trimmer mixes the two grapes in this proportion for a white wine… On the brow of the hill, rising from the eastern bank of the Sturt, five acres were planted in 1859… To the southward of this piece another five acres were planted in 1861 with Black Portugal and Grenache… He adopted a wine making system upon the authority of Mr J.S.
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