George Phillips (1843 – 2 June 1921) was a surveyor, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.

[2] After arriving in New South Wales on the Merlin in September 1852 he was educated at Dr William Wools Private School in Parramatta.

He accompanied William Landsborough to Burketown in 1866 explored west of Bowen and discovered and named the Diamantina River.

In 1868 he became Staff Surveyor of Kennedy, surveying the towns of Bowen, Townsville, Cardwell, Ingham and Mackay.

He was described as “a man of great ability, and of high professional reputation, but always ready for a chat or a joke and never failing when information was required".

[citation needed] Phillips served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Carpentaria from 1893 until 1896.

[8] Her funeral was held at the Brisbane Baptist City Tabernacle and she was buried with her husband in a family grave at Toowong Cemetery.