Adolphus Frederick Rooke (27 April 1814 – 12 December 1881) was an English-born settler in Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) who worked as a brewer and farmer, and was one of the first members elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1856.
Rooke was born in Hartford, Cheshire in England, and emigrated to the colony of Van Diemen's Land around 1836.
Acquiring large land holdings in Deloraine, Rooke concentrated on agriculture, working as a farmer and a brewer.
In 1856, he acted on his considerable interest in politics and nominated as a candidate for the first Tasmanian colonial elections.
[2] After leaving politics, Rooke was active in a proposal to construct a railway from Launceston to Deloraine, and was appointed as a director of the project.