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#16151 - William Farrer

Resource ID
Location
16151
Photograph 2448
Title/subtitle
William Farrer
Picture
William Farrer
Format
Photograph
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Colour photograph
Summary
Lambrigg, home of William Farrer
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
Farrer was born on 3 April 1845 near Kendal in England. He arrived in Australia in about 1870 and married Nina De Salis in 1882. By 1886 he had begun his experiments with wheat at Lambrigg, south of Canberra. He died on Easter Monday, 16 April 1906 and is buried on the hill behind Lambrigg Homestead.