Robert Kelly (politician)

Robert Kelly (6 May 1845 – 26 October 1920) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1891 to 1893, representing the electorate of Wooroora.

Kelly was a farmer at Riverton, before being elected to fill the remainder of the term of his brother, Hugh Craine Kelly, who had died in an accident.[1] He was educated at Adelaide Educational Institution, and already had political experience as a member of the Royal Commission on pastoral lands.[2] He was later to make his mark as one of a triumvirate (with Surveyor-General W. Strawbridge and farmers' representative Ifould) in charge of the Pastoral Board.[3]

  1. ^ "Robert Kelly". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ Van Dissel, Dirk (1983). "Kelly, Robert (1845–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Late Mr. Robert Kelly". The Register. 27 October 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 5 October 2015 – via Trove.