Joseph George Raphael (16 February 1818 – 2 February 1879) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in

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to Phillip Raphael, a merchant, and his wife Grace. He migrated to

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in 1839, working as a draper and acquiring his own general dealership by 1842. On 30 December 1840, he married Maria Moses, with whom he had five daughters. Active in the business community, he was a

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lor from 1860 to 1866 and from 1870 to 1872. In 1872, he was elected to the

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for West Sydney, but he was defeated in 1874. Raphael died in Sydney in 1879.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphael, Joseph 1818 births 1879 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians