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William Sydney Robinson (1876-1963), businessman, industrialist and diplomat, was born on 2 October 1876 in Melbourne, youngest son of Anthony Bennett Robinson (1831-1908) and his wife Harriet, née Barton.
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William Sydney Robinson FAA (1876–1963), was an Australian businessman, industrialist, and diplomat. [1] [2] [3] [4] He founded Western Mining Corporation in Australia in 1933.
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The W.S. Robinson Collection was deposited in the Library by Sir Maurice Mawby in 1974. In 1980 it was donated to the Library by Conzinc Riotinto of Australia under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.
The W.S. Robinson Collection consists of 387 published works (515 volumes), mostly relating to Australia but including a number of works on New Zealand and the Pacific. The great majority are books, but there are also several multi-volume works and two journals: Art in Australia (1916–36) and The Commonwealth(1898–1901). The collection is strong in...
The W.S. Robinson Collection is kept together as a formed collection within the Australian Collection. All the books have a bookplate. Most, but not all, have been catalogued and the call numbers have the prefix ROBINSON. A list of the books can be found in the acquisition file.
The personal papers of Robinson, dating from 1914–63, are held in Melbourne University Archives. A 257-page list is available.
Richardson, Peter, Robinson, William Sydney (1876–1963), Australian Dictionary of Biography online. Robinson, W.S., If I Remember Rightly: The Memoirs of W.S. Robinson, edited by G. Blainey, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967.
William Sydney Robinson (1876-1963), businessman, industrialist and diplomat, was born on 2 October 1876 in Melbourne, youngest son of Anthony Bennett Robinson (1831-1908) and his wife Harriet, née Barton.... WS Robinson was one of Australia's most influential businessmen.
William Sydney Robinson 1876-1963. This memoir is available to download as a PDF document. Download memoir (PDF, 146 KB)
Oct 20, 1993 · William Robinson was a pioneer in Australia's mineral industry largely based on Broken Hill, New South Wales. Skip to. Related entries. Archival resources. The University of Melbourne Archives. William Sydney Robinson - Records, 1914 - 1963, 101/70; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details.
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William Sydney Robinson was one of Australia's most influential businessmen. He and W.L. Baillieu were the major figures behind the giant Melbourne and London based empire of base and noble metals industries, the Collins House Group.
