Edward Elliott Roberts (1863 – September 1950) was a clerk, administrator, politician and a Chief President of the Australian Natives' Association (ANA).

[1] He was also one of the strong proponents of Federation of the Australian colonies working closely with Isaacs, Peacock, Deakin and Salmon in pursuing the success of the two public votes leading to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Members of the Flemington branch praised him for his ‘painstaking qualities’,[8] and Alexander Peacock, welcoming Roberts to the presidency, said that his election was ‘the reward of consistent and hard work in lodge and on the board of directors’.

[12] Roberts, was secretary and long-term member of the Flemington branch of the ANA, and was elected to the position of Chief President of the association in March 1899.

[13] The decision to facilitate the creation of the Australasian Women's Association was made during Roberts stuardship after two previous failed attempts.

[15] As Chief President, Roberts was involved in the ANA supporting the Australian Federation League in promoting a positive vote for the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia.

[2] In 1901 he resigned from the Government Statists Office to take up the position of Melbourne manager of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF).