EARLY shipping magnate Captain George de Fraine’s contribution to the Camden Haven was recognised recently with the naming of a lane in Laurieton.
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De Fraine Lane runs from the carpark opposite the Laurieton United Services club through to Tunis Street.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council named the lane after being contacted via letters from descendants of Captain de Fraine who expressed their wish to see the pioneering forebear’s name immortalised.
Captain de Fraine was an entrepreneur, businessman, sailor and mill owner in Laurieton. The master mariner first came to Laurieton in 1877 in his ketch the Ethel BT to trade timber and in total owned six ships which were mainly used to transport timber. In 1900 he built three shops, butcher, a bakery and general store in Laurie St and built the Laurieton Hotel.
Captain de Fraine was a great innovator and was one of the first men in Australia to pay his workers monthly wages instead of yearly.
