William Farrer and The Farrer Memorial Trust
William Farrer was a surveyor who turned his hand to farming in 1886 near where Canberra now stands. Initially he planted grape vines but the conditions were not suitable, he then decided to plant wheat. Due to weather conditions his first two harvests where damaged by rust, this spurred Farrer to develop strains that were resistant to rust. In 1900 he was successful with a variety he named Federation after the imminent Federation of Australia. Farrer died suddenly in 1906 a committee was created to raise funds needed to establish a Memorial Trust. On 16 October 1911 the Trust received the funds with a set of instructions, the instructions enabled the Trust to provide research grants and scholarships to further Agricultural Science in Australia.
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