He was born at Surry Hills to John and Jane Nobbs; his father was a gardener.
He attended Sydney Grammar School and then farmed at Colo, also founding the Cumberland Independent newspaper.
In 1888 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Central Cumberland; he resigned in 1893 facing bankruptcy and lost the subsequent by-election.
She was laid to rest aside her husband in the Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery.
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