Final Years
On 26 December 1863, Charles Fairfax, the eldest son and Fairfax's right-hand man on the paper, was thrown from his horse and killed. John Fairfax never fully recovered from his son's death, but the work of the newspaper went on. In 1865 Fairfax and his wife again visited England where they studied the latest newspaper methods. Fairfax became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1874 but never took an active part in politics.
His wife, Sarah, died on 12 August 1875 and soon afterwards his own health began to fail. He died at his home 'Ginahgulla', Bellevue Hill on 16 June 1877. He was buried at the Rookwood Cemetery, Independent Section, on 19 June 1877.
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