Robert Fitzgerald (1 June 1807 – 9 May 1865) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to settler Richard Fitzgerald and Mary Ford. He inherited livestock in 1828 and was granted land at Rylstone in 1830. He later acquired further land on the

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in 1832 and at Yarraman in 1835 before inheriting his father's large estate in 1840. In addition he owned tracts of land in

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and around the

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, as well as significant real estate in

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. In 1840 he was director of the

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. On 11 March 1841 he married Elizabeth Henrietta Rouse, with whom he had six children and they resided at ''Mamre''; a second marriage to Charlotte Bennett on 8 October 1864 was childless. He served on Windsor District Council, and was an elected member of the

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from 1849 to 1856. He was appointed a member of the first reconstituted Council from 1856 to 1861 and a life appointment in the second from 1861 until his death at

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in 1865.

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1807 births 1865 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub