John Robertson (premier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Robertson (premier)
New South Wales politician; 5th Premier
Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1816
Place of Birth: Bow, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 08-May-1891
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About John Robertson (premier)
- Sir John Robertson, (15 October 1816 – 8 May 1891) was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales on five occasions.
- Robertson is best remembered for land reform and in particular the Robertson Land Acts of 1861, which sought to open up the selection of Crown land and break the monopoly of the squatters. Robertson was elected to Parliament in 1856 supporting manhood suffrage, secret ballot, electorates based on equal populations, abolition of state aid to religion, government non-denominational schools, free trade, and land reform.
- He saw free selection of crown land before survey as the key to social reform with poor settlers being able to occupy agricultural and pastoral land, even that occupied by lease-holding squatters.
- This insight enabled him to dominate the politics of 1856–61.
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