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Portrait of Mayor and Alderman Robert Fowler, M.L.C., Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, 1901

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Unique IDA-00041304SeriesAldermanic Photographs [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]DateBetween 1st January 1901 and 31st December 1901Date qualifieryear onlyFormatAperture Card - NegativeDescriptionRobert Fowler (b 1840 - d 1906) Alderman for Denison Ward, 2 December 1872 to 30 November 1887 and for Phillip Ward, 1 December 1890 to 1 October 1901. He was pottery manufacturer. Fowler was Mayor in 1880. He was an alderman of Cook Municipality in 1869 and its Mayor in 1870. He was instrumental in the amalgamation of the Municipalities of Cook and Camperdown and became the Mayor of the new Camperdown borough in 1870-1871. In 1886, he was a member of the Royal Commission on Intoxicating Drink. He was elected member of the Legislative Assembly for Sydney-Phillip, 1894-1895 and appointed MLC, 1895-1906. Fowler was a Commissioner for New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1881 and the Amsterdam Exhibition 1882. He was active in various welfare groups such as the Sydney Hospital and the Benevolent Asylum, was a Governor of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for two decades. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO "SYDNEYS ALDERMEN" (RENATO PERDON, 1995).LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Colour depthGrayscaleDimensions (free text)35mmImage aspectPortrait

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Source system ID005\005566Alternative IDNSCA CRS 54/351

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Portrait of Mayor and Alderman Robert Fowler, M.L.C., Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, 1901

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