Robert Campbell (Australian politician)

Robert Campbell (Australian politician)

Robert Campbell (5 October 180430 March 1859) was an early opponent of penal transportation and an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

He was the second son of Robert Campbell and born at Campbell's Wharf, The Rocks in Sydney, Australia. In 1810, his parents sent him to Pimlico, London, England to be educated and he returned in 1819.cite web
title =Mr Robert (2) Campbell (1804 - 1859)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/5f0fc8badc8f64bbca256cbc007efaf1!OpenDocument
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In 1827 Campbell joined his father's company Campbell and Co. In 1829 he became active in the anti-transportation campaign. In the early 1830s, he refused to sit on a jury that included emancipists in order to draw attention to this cause and as a result became the leader of the campaign. In 1835 he had married Annie Sophia, daughter of Edward Riley (1784-1825), a merchant and pastoralist in the Sydney area.cite web
title =Campbell, Robert (1804 - 1859)
publisher =Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010191b.htm
accessdate = 2007-02-13
]

In response to an 1846 parliamentary committee recommendation that transportation (which had ceased in 1840) be recommenced, Campbell organized a protest meeting. A petition in opposition to transportation was signed by some 6800 persons was presented to the Legislative Council and the British Government. Nevertheless, the convict ship, the "Hashemy", arrived in 1849, but further meetings chaired by Campbell prevented more convicts being sent to Sydney. In 1851 Robert was elected to the Legislative Council representing the City of Sydney. In 1856 he was elected to the first Legislative Assembly. He was Colonial Treasurer from August to October 1856 and from January 1858 until his death. He became ill and died at his father's property at Duntroon in what is now Canberra.

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Persondata
NAME=Campbell, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=New South Wales opponent of penal transportation and politician
DATE OF BIRTH= 5 October 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sydney, Australia
DATE OF DEATH= 30 March 1859
PLACE OF DEATH=Duntroon Australian Capital Territory


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