Robert Burrowes (1825 – 16 September 1893) was a politician in colonial

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, a member of the

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. Burrowes was born in

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, the son of James Burrowes and his wife Henrietta, ''née'' Nixon. After experience in the lumber trade he left Canada in 1852, and arrived in

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in April 1853. He almost immediately afterwards left for the Bendigo (Sandhurst) diggings, where he took an active part in creating Sandhurst Municipality, and was chairman of the local council when the

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was established in 1862. Burrowes was returned to the Victorian Assembly for Sandhurst in January 1866, and held the seat till his defeat in May 1877. In May 1880 he was re-elected, and held the seat until his death on 16 September 1893. From August 1881 to March 1883 he was Minister of Mines in the O'Loghlen Government. Burrowes married in 1858 Sarah Ellen, daughter of P. Vickery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrowes, Robert 1822 births 1885 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Colony of Victoria people 19th-century Australian politicians People from Perth, Ontario Upper Canada people Ministers of Mines (Victoria)