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Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1852 13 March
Place: Hanging Rock
Source: MM
Details: Account of the diggings at Hanging Rock and his journey there
88929
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1852 13 March
Place: Hanging Rock
Source: MM
Details: Killed a 7' carpet python he found on the track
97581
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1853 23 February
Place: Hexham
Source: MM
Details: Charged John Hock with illegally impounding horses in Hexham pound. Case dismissed
105644
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born 1830 Lancashire. Spouse Elizabeth Avard. For more information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 1629
121082
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1864
Place: Gold Fields, West; Morpeth; 107 Harrington Street, Sydney
Source: Australian Almanac
Details: Legislative Assembly member with Town and Country Address
156051
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1855 23 August
Place: Hexham
Source: Australian Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records
Details: Marriage of Robert Wisdom and Elizabeth Avard
183745
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1830 - 1888
Place: Hexham, Morpeth
Source: Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901 C.N. Connolly (Online)
Details: Sir Robert Wisdom - Public servant. B. 31 Jan. 1830 Blackburn, Lancashire, Eng., s. John, collector of customs, and Alice, nee McGuiness; m. 23 Aug. 1855 Hexham, NSW, Elizabeth Avard; 3s.3d. D. 16 March 1888 Syd. C. of E. funeral. Arr. Syd. Aug. 1834 with parents, who soon went to Morpeth. Ed. Maitland and at Syd. Coll. Returned Morpeth; wrote for press; shareholder and one of 4 managers Northern Times and Maitland Advertiser 1856-58, leaving after Dr H.G. Douglass sued him for libel. Noted by leading liberals, was appointed clerk of Petty Sessions at Stony Creek 30 Nov. 1858, magistrate 1859; when el. to LA salary for some time paid by constituents; to Bar 26 Oct. 1861; practised in Syd.; QC 1879. Successful land speculator. In 1880s dir City Bank of Syd., Col Mutual Life Assurance Soc. Ltd, Mercantile Building, Land and Investment Co. Ltd, and of Civil Service Co-op. and Civil Service Permanent building socs. KCMG 1887. Trustee National Park; member Cncl of Education 1879-81. Comr Philadelphia International Exhibition 1876. With (Sir) Patrick Jennings (q.v.) represented NSW at 1887 Col Conference, Lond. Estate valued for probate at £37,921. MLA for Goldfields W. 13 June 1859-10 Nov. 1864; for The Lower Hunter 8 Dec. 1864-3 Feb. 1872; for Goldfields N. 10 Jan.-l March 1870 (resigned to sit for Lower Hunter when el. for both seats); for Morpeth 17 Dec. 1874-26 Jan. 1887. Appointed MLC 2 Feb. 1887 but did not take seat. Chmn of Cttees 15 Jan. 1861-22 April 1864; Attorney-General 13 Aug. 1879-4 Jan. 1883
176922
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert
Ship: Arab 1834
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
Details: Sir Robert Wisdom b. 1830, barrister and politician, was born on 31 January 1830 at Blackburn, Lancashire, England, son of John Wisdom, collector of customs, and his wife Alice, nee McGuinness. In August 1834 in the Arab he arrived in Sydney with his parents who soon moved to Morpeth. Educated at Maitland and at the Sydney College, he returned to Morpeth and embarked on a literary career.
148481
Surname: Wisdom
First Name: Robert M.P.,
Ship: -
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time
Details: Born in Blackburn, Lancashire 31 January 1830. Arrived in Australia with his parents in 1834. Educated at Maitland and the Sydney College. Admitted to the Bar 1861. Entered Parliament in 1859 for the Western Goldfields and later the Lower Hunter
197126
Surname: Wisdom (obit)
First Name: Sir Robert
Ship: -
Date: 24 March 1888
Place: Domain-terrace, Sydney
Source: Australian Town and Country Journal
Details: Obituary of Sir Robert Wisdom - born in Blackburn, Lancashire on 31 January 1830. Came to Australia at age 4. Educated at Maitland and Sydney
110454
Surname: Wiseman
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1837
Place: Maitland
Source: GRC
Details: Robert Gibbery (?Gibney) per Lady McNaughten assigned servant
109604
Surname: Wishart
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1842 25 January
Place: Maitland
Source: SG
Details: Issue of Title Deeds for 2 roods of land at Maitland. Town allotment
64291
Surname: Witham
First Name: Robert
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1830
Date: 1836 8 April
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle gaol entrance books 1836
Details: Native of Lancaster, labourer. Sentenced to 5yrs iron gang No. 3 stockade for highway robbery
174926
Surname: Witham
First Name: Robert
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1830
Date: 17 March 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Admitted to Newcastle gaol for disorderly conduct. Remanded
192743
Surname: Witham
First Name: Robert
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1830
Date: 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 676
Details: Robert Witham age 21. Collier miner from Lancashire.. Tried at Preston 21 October 1829. Sentenced to transportation for 14 years for burglary. Assigned to Dept. Minerval Surveyors on arrival. Notes - 12 August 1831. Sentenced to Moreton Bay for 3 years for robbing a dwelling house at Liverpool. 6 May 1836 sentenced to 3 years in iron gang at Maitland. 23 November 1841 sentenced to 2 years in an iron gang for house breaking.
168343
Surname: Witham
First Name: Robert
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1830.....
Date: 1841
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Gaol Description Books 1841 - 1848. Roll 759. Page 6
Details: Born 1813. 5ft 8in, Admitted to Newcastle gaol
174931
Surname: Witham (Whitton)
First Name: Robert
Ship: Marquis of Huntley 1830
Date: 20 March 1840
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: Sentenced to 7 days in the cells for disorderly conduct
203995
Surname: Wittin
First Name: Robert
Ship: -
Date: 12 September 1863
Place: The Junction
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: An inquest was held at the Bricklayers Arms, Lake Macquarie road before coroner Dr. Knaggs, on the body of a miner John Barker, who had been long ill, but whose death was precipitated from inhaling chloroform. Witness Robert Wittin deposed that he was a miner living at the Junction, in the same house as the deceased, John Barker who, for the last thirty years had been in the employ of the A. A. Company, occupied in sinking pits; he was a skilled miner, a very ingenious man and very trustworthy; deceased had been asthmatical for the last twenty years which was occasioned through his working in a damp pit; latterly he believed Barker had received a pension from the Company. Dr. Irwin had attended Barker and provided chloroform. Witness Thomas Moses was a miner who gave evidence re the chloroform..Verdict - Accidentally suffocated through using chloroform
123096
Surname: Wolley (Woolley)
First Name: Robert
Ship: Lord Lyndoch 1838
Date: 1843 19 September
Place: Brisbane Water
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave
127701
Surname: Wolstenholme
First Name: William Robert
Ship: -
Date: 1885 8 August
Place: Oakhampton
Source: Maitland Burial Records
Details: Died age 40. Second son of James Wolstenholme