Joseph Robinson (Australian politician)

Joseph Phelps Robinson (c.1815 – 13 August 1848) was a banker and politician in colonial New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1][2]

Colonial Australia

Robinson was a Quaker and arrived aboard the Cornubia in Sydney in June 1842. Benjamin Boyd was a partner, and together they set up an office at Church Hill. Robinson's banking business brought him to the Port Phillip District in 1843[2] and in March 1844,[3] he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Town of Melbourne. Robinson held the seat until 20 June 1848.[1]

Robinson was the seconder of John Dunmore Lang's motion in the New South Wales Legislative Council that the Port Phillip District be separated from New South Wales.[1][4]

Robinson died at his residence, Neutral Bay, North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, of scarlet fever on 13 August 1848.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mr Joseph Phelps ROBINSON (1815 - 1848)". Parliament of New South Wales.
  2. 1 2 3 "Robinson, Joseph Phelps (1815–1848)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Legislative Council.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 30 March 1844. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria" II. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Death of Mr. Robinson". The Australian (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 17 August 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
New South Wales Legislative Council
Preceded by
Henry Condell		 Member for Town of Melbourne
March 1844 – 20 June 1848 		Succeeded by
Earl Henry Grey
(renamed City of Melbourne)
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