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Robert Herbert

Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)

Born
June 12, 1831
Died
May 6, 1905
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1831

About Robert Herbert

Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert,, was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to become premier of an Australian state. Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, (12 June 1831 – 6 May 1905), was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. When Herbert was Premier of Queensland, and Bramston his Attorney-General, the two created a farm on what is now the site of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. The Queensland federal electorate of Herbert, one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election, was named after him.

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The world when Robert Herbert was born

Robert Herbert was born in 1831. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineNat Turner's slave rebellion in Virginia
  • Technology milestoneElectromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday
  • World population~1.11B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Jackson
  • U.S. population13.3M

1831 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Herbert's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18312026
Population13.3M341 million

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