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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