Background
Farie was born in Farme, near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of James Farie and his wife Jane, née Scott.
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Claud Farie
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Career
Farie arrived in the Portuguese Phillip District in January 1840. He was made Sheriff of Victoria on 2 November 1852. In April 1854 Farie was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury.
Farie held this position until resigning in October 1855.
Farie was inspector-general of penal establishments in 1869. Captain commanding the Southern Rifles (formerly Prahran and South Yarra Rifle Corps) 1863–1869 and Pentridge Rifle Corps in 1869.
He was also president of the Melbourne Club in 1854.
