Joseph Robinson (Australian politician) explained

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.

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 and in March 1844,^[1] he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Town of Melbourne. Robinson held the seat until 20 June 1848.^[2]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Robinson died at his residence, Neutral Bay, North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, of scarlet fever on 13 August 1848.^[4]

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Notes and References

1. News: Legislative Council. . . 30 March 1844 . 24 August 2014 . Trove . 2.
2. 423 . Mr Joseph Phelps Robinson (1815-1848) . Yes . 20 April 2019.
3. Web site: Early History of the Colony of Victoria . II . Labilliere, Francis Peter . Francis Labilliere . 1878 . 28 July 2014.
4. News: Death of Mr. Robinson . . Sydney . 17 August 1848 . 24 August 2014 . 2 . Trove.