Robert Culbertson Hope (12 May 1812 – 24 June 1878) was a medical practitioner and member of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...

Life and work

Hope was born in

Morebattle Morebattle is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6401, seven miles south of Kelso, Scottish Borders, beside the Kale Water, a tributary of the River Teviot. The St. Cuthbert's Way long distance footpath passes through the ...

Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and Berw ...

, Scotland, the son of Robert Hope, a landowner, and his wife Joan, ''née'' Culbertson. Travelling as ship's surgeon on , Hope emigrated to Australia, arriving in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

in August 1838. In November 1856, Hope was elected to represent South Western Province in the Legislative Council of Victoria. He served until around August 1864, and again from April 1867 until September 1874 when ill health forced him to resign.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Robert Culbertson 1812 births 1878 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council People from Roxburgh Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians