Life Summary - Sir James Reading Fairfax - Australian Dictionary of Biography

Fairfax, Sir James Reading (1834–1919)

	Fairfax, Sir James Reading (1834–1919)
Born	17 October 1834 Leamington Spa , Warwickshire , England
Died	28 March 1919 Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Congregational
Related Entries	Fairfax, Mary Elizabeth (daughter) Fairfax, James Oswald (son) Fairfax, John Hubert (son) Fairfax, Ruth Beatrice (daughter-in-law) Fairfax, John (father) Fairfax, John Fitzgerald (grandson) Cary, Henry (teacher) Woolls, William (teacher)
Occupation*	newspaper owner (1856-1919) New South Wales, Australia colonial militia (Australia) (1860-1864) New South Wales, Australia arts patron (1871-1919) New South Wales, Australia yachtsman (1884-1919) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate