Name Robert Barbour | ||
Robert Barbour (January 1827 – 4 August 1895) was an Australian politician, merchant and squatter.
Barbour was born Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland and migrated to Victoria in 1851.
He owned redgum sawmills at Echuca, Barmah and Yeilima (near Nathalia, Victoria) until 1877 and several paddle steamers until around 1879. He was later involved in land speculation and became embroiled in expensive legal disputes with Henry Ricketson, which all but ruined him financially.
He was the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray from 1877 to 1880 (with colleague J. M. Chanter in the days before single-member electorates) and from 1882 to 1894.
He married Catherine Pitty in 1858 and they had 12 children.
Barbour died in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill and was survived by his wife, four sons and five daughters.