Edmund Gerald FitzGibbon

Edmund Gerald FitzGibbon CMG (1 November 1825 – 12 December 1905) was a barrister and Town clerk of Melbourne.

In 1854 FitzGibbon became a clerical assistant in the Melbourne City Council office.

Two years later FitzGibbon became town clerk of Melbourne, a position he held until 1891.

In 1882, the Victorian government botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, named Lasiopetalum fitzgibbonii in his honour.

[2] In 1891 FitzGibbon became full-time chairman of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works.