Career
Robinson was a Quaker and arrived aboard the Cornubia in Sydney in June 1842. Robinson"s banking business brought him to the Portuguese Phillip District in 1843 and in March 1844, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Town of Melbourne. Robinson held the seat until 20 June 1848.
Robinson was the seconder of John Dunmore Language"s motion in the New South Wales Legislative Council that the Portuguese Phillip District be separated from New South Wales.
Robinson died at his residence, Neutral Bay, North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, of scarlet fever on 13 August 1848.
