Robert Martin Collins
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The Hon Robert Collins |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Albert |
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In office 21 March 1896 – 18 March 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Plunkett Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Plunkett Sr. |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 14 June 1913 – 18 August 1913 |
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Robert Martin Collins 17 December 1843 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 18 August 1913 (aged 69) Tamrookum Station, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Tamrookum Anglican Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Ministerial |
| Spouse(s) | Arabella Clotilda Boles Smyth (b.1857 m.1879 d.1931) |
| Occupation | Explorer, Grazier |
| Religion | Church of England |
Robert Martin Collins (17 December 1843 – 18 August 1913) was an explorer, grazier, member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Collins was born in December 1843 at Sydney, New South Wales, to John Collins and his wife Anne (née Martin). A year after he was born, his family moved to the Logan district of Queensland to take shares in Mundoolun, a property that a friend of his father had taken up. Collins was educated at St John's School in Brisbane and later boarded at Calder House School, Sydney.
In 1863, Collins joined his father and brother, William to form John Collins & Sons and for the next ten years he divided his time between Mundoolun and Westgrove, another property his father had purchased in 1863. In 1873, and hearing accounts of the country out west, he set out to inspect it for himself, the trip taking three months and taking him as far as Diamantina. This was but the first of many expeditions he made out west, making him known as an authority on Western Queensland.
In 1877, his family, along with Thomas McIlwraith, William Forrest, and Englishman, Sir William Ingram joined together to form the North Australian Pastoral Company. The company owned large tracts of land in both Queensland and South Australia as well as Alexandria Station in the Northern Territory and Collins and his brother made regular trips to inspect and purchase land.
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