In 1845 the first flour mill was erected by William Henry Collins on the banks of the Barwon.

[3] By 1859 the population was sufficient to justify a Post Office which opened on 1 February 1859 (closing in 1978).

Cement production began at Fyansford in 1890 led by Peter McCann, but it was not until 1911 that a modern rotary kiln was installed.

The original Australian Portland Cement company plant was located at the foot of the Fyansford hill between Deviation Road and Hyland Street.

The first river crossing at Fyansford was a ford, with the first wooden bridge built downriver by the Corio and Bannockburn Shire councils in 1854, and was tolled until 1877.