Illegitamate son of James Fairhall, who was responsible for him till he was 21. He arrived in Sydney on the "John McLellan" on 3 Oct 1838,14 years old. He moved to Burren near Gulargambone in 1859 as a stationhand, took up land near Coonamble in 1881 and called it "BrightlingPark" after his birth place. Alfred remarried when he was 59 to FannyBooth who was 23,he drowned in Botany Bay 3 months later, Fanny remarried twice more. Family folklaw has it that Fanny's brothers drowned Alfred.