Editing Syrah (section)

=== Arrival in Australia ===
In 1831, the Scotsman [[James Busby]], often called "the Father of Australian viticulture", made a trip back to Europe to collect [[cuttings (vine)|cuttings]] from vines (primarily from France and [[Spain]]) for introduction to Australia.<ref name="OCW Busby">Entry on ''"Busby, James"'' in J. Robinson (ed), ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'', Third Edition, p. 116, Oxford University Press 2006, {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}}.</ref> One of the varieties collected by him was Syrah, although Busby used the two spellings "Scyras" and "Ciras". The cuttings were planted in the [[Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|Royal Botanic Garden]], and in [[Hunter Valley]], and in 1839 brought from Sydney to [[South Australia]].<ref name="Syrah WW Austrlia">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tenimentidalessandro.it/eng/club/SyrahENG.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512112058/http://www.tenimentidalessandro.it/eng/club/SyrahENG.pdf |url-status=dead |title=James Halliday: Syrah in Australia since 1800, pp. 10-14 in: The Syrah Producers' Club 19 April 2004 – Syrah Worldwide Roma |archivedate=May 12, 2006}}</ref> By the 1860s, Syrah was established as an important variety in Australia.