John Robertson (premier)

Sir John Robertson was a London-born 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.

15 October 1816

Born on the same birth day (15 October): Alexander Dreyschock • Babar Azam • David Trezeguet • Frederick Fleet • Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse • Italo Calvino

Born in the same month (October 1816): Malwida von Meysenbug • Ursula Frayne