George William Hannaford (4 January 1852 – 7 November 1927) was a South Australian orchardist, pioneer of the apple export trade.
He was educated at Tungkillo along with his brothers and sisters, boarding in the town during the week and returning home for the weekends.
[1] At age fifteen he and his two elder brothers John (1849–1909) and Samuel (1850–1943) left to establish a farm at Riverton.
In 1875 he married, and they left Riverton for the Yorke Peninsula property, which they named "Hoowoodgee", and grew wheat, in rotation with lucerne or mustard.
[2] In 1880 they moved to "Dingo Vale" Cudlee Creek, where he established an apple and pear orchard and an apiary of some 100 hives, founded by queen bees he imported from Italy.