Faircloth was a pupil of German-trained Bundaberg architect
Anton Hettrich. Faircloth set up his own practice in Bundaberg in 1893 and was very successful, eventually being responsible for the design of almost every major building there. He was also to have a major effect on the appearance and character of
Childers where he was engaged to design replacement buildings after much of the main street was destroyed by fire in 1902. == Later life ==