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Mr Robert CRIBB (1805 - 1893)

  • Date of Birth: 07/01/1805
  • Place of Birth: Poole, Dorset, England
  • Date of Death: 16/04/1893
  • Place of Death: Milton, Queensland, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly18 Jun 185910 Dec 18595mth(s) 23day(s)
Member for East Moreton18 Jun 185910 Dec 18595mth(s) 23day(s)3rd (1859 - 1860)

Community Activity

Member of the Queensland Political Reform Association.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Baker. Educated at the Lancastrian School in Poole, Robert Cribb was apprenticed as a baker. From 1827 he owned a confectionary and baking business in London, before migrating to Australia in 1849. On arrival he continued working as a baker in Brisbane for approximately six years. Robert Cribb was a foundation shareholder in Moreton Bay Immigration and Land Company which was incorporated in 1885 as well as a government provision merchant and commercial and land agent. He acquired much land in and around Brisbane, but nevertheless became insolvent in 1863, and became bankrupt in 1891 with liabilities of £50,000.


Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of Queensland. Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Brisbane 1860 - 1863; and for East Moreton 1863 - 1867.


Local Government Activity

Alderman of Brisbane Council 1859 until 1861.


Personal

Son of John Galpin, a master mariner, shipowner and designer, and Mary Dirham. Married (1) Sarah Sanson in 1827 in London and had issue, 4 sons and 1 daughter. Married (2) Sarah Walton in 1860 and had no issue. Robert Cribbs father was killed fighting in the Napoleonic wars, and consequently his mother opened a dame’s school in order to provide for the family. Arrived in Morton Bay in 1849 on a ship chartered by the Reverend J.D. Lang. Brother of Benjamin Cribb, who was also a Member of both the New South Wales Legislative Asssembly and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Congregationalist.


Additional Information

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3 A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929



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