Robinson, Gerald Henry   (1873 - 1961)

Gerald Robinson was born at Carlton on 1 October 1873; he died on 18 September 1961. Son of Anthony Bennett Robinson (1831-1908) and his wife Harriet, née Barton.

He was educated at Carlton College and Longerenong Agricultural College, where he was dux in 1892.

Next year he became an orchardist on a twenty-acre (8 ha) block at Ardmona, and in 1899 joined the Department of Agriculture, working with Daniel McAlpine.

On 28 January 1904 he married Daisy Elizabeth Whamond at the Presbyterian Church, South Yarra.

He collected grasses at Burnley 1892, also Goulburn R. 1894, Ardmona 1895, 1898, 1899. Collected plant disease fungi 1893-1906 (Melbourne, Port Fairy, Goulburn Valley, Murramurrangbong Ra., Mt Blackwood, Kiewa R., Ardmona, Werribee Gorge); also Devonport, Tas., 1906.

His specimens are at at MEL, PERTH.

Resigned from the public service in 1906 to pursue a growing interest in mining and finance, he became a founding director of Australian Knitting Mills in 1909 (chairman, 1936) and of Luna Park Ltd in 1911.

Other directorships included J. S. Corden (Vic) Pty Ltd (1925), the Victorian board of the Australian General Insurance Co. Ltd (1927), Hoyts Theatres Ltd (1931), Mt Coolon Gold Mines (1934) and the Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria Ltd (1936).

He died childless on 18 September 1961, survived by his second wife Dorothy Lavinia, née Anderson, whom he had married on 17 March 1947.

Source: Extracted from:
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/robinson-gerald-henry-8550
George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.
https://appsnet.au/history/Flora_Martin_nee_Campbell.pdf
Portrait Photo: none found.

Collecting localities for 'Robinson, G.H.' from AVH (2026)

Data from 87 specimens