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(Sir) Robert Wisdom, public servant, barrister and politician, came to Australia from England as a child. He was educated at Maitland and at Sydney College. He wrote political articles and poetry, which were published in the Empire and in other newspapers. He became a shareholder and one of four managers of the Northern Times and Maitland Advertiser for some years in the 1850s. Known for his literary and political activities, Wisdom held a variety of legal and public positions over the years up to his death in 1888. He was made a Queens Counsel in 1879, and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1887.

For additional information see also his personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: papers, 1847 - 1900 (MLMSS 7271); photographs in the PICMAN Database.