Robert Burdett Smith

[1] Born Robert Lloyd Smith, he was the twin son of John Lloyd Smith and his wife Mary Ann, née Salmon in Sydney.

[1] Robert was educated at William Timothy Cape's school under Dr D. A. McKean and J. Sheridan Moore.

[1] He changed his name to Robert Burdett Smith,[1] and was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1863, practicing in Sydney.

[2] He was at one time president of the Australian Patriotic Association, and was secretary to the committee of the Captain Cook Memorial Fund.

[2] The town of Smithtown, New South Wales on the Macleay River, is named after him.