Robinson family
He wanted a mother-in-law to live with them, and decided that she would be supportive instead of interfering, as television viewers had come to expect.
The Robinsons live in the fictitious Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough and have roots leading back to the 1800s in that area.
[5] The house was then owned by Jim's mother-in-law, Helen Daniels, who lived with various family members and lodgers, until her on-screen death in 1997.
Bought by Paul on behalf of the Daniels Corporation in 1986, it becomes the second family home after he marries Gail Lewis in June 1987.
[7] It was briefly rented to the Lim family, before Paul sells it to Cheryl Stark (Caroline Gillmer).
[14] Two years later, Neighbours producers approached Jordan Patrick Smith to play the role of Paul's other son, Andrew Robinson, who was born on-screen in 1991.
[17] Although Jill soon dies from a hit and run, the new Ramsay characters gave Paul additional family for him to appear alongside.
[18] When asked about his connection to the Robinson and Ramsay families, Moore explained, "At first I thought 'Oh my God, am I supposed to do something special?'
[21] Dennis, who played the only remaining Robinson character in the show at the time, supervised and assisted producers with auditions.
[22] Phillips planned on staying a part of the cast until at least 2017,[23] but producers decided to write his character out with his newly wedded wife, Imogen Willis (Ariel Kaplan),[24] but not before Sarah Ellen made her debut as Daniel's sister, Madison, a character first referenced in 1995.
[25] In 2015, a storyline saw Paul falsely diagnosed with cancer, which pushes him to find his estranged daughter, Amy Williams, who was previously played by Nicolette Minster and Sheridan Compagnino in 1988 and 1992 respectively.
[26] Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy also revealed that Amy would be bringing her son, Jimmy Williams (Darcy Tadich), to Erinsborough, giving Paul his first grandchild.
"[26] Around this time, Melissa Bell reprised her role as Lucy Robinson in a storyline that sees her and Chris Pappas (James Mason) agree to have a daughter, who they name Annie Robinson-Pappas (Gracie Helen Vine).
"[32] Paul discovers that he has a granddaughter named Harlow Robinson (Jemma Donovan) when he and David visit Robert in prison.
"[34] David and his husband, Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson), begin researching surrogacy in 2020 in order for them to have a child.
[32] Leo becomes suspicious of Nicolette's attachment to the child, so he buys a local business as a reason to stay in Erinsborough.
Paul tracks Nicolette down in Erinsborough and pays her[37] to give up David's daughter, Isla Tanaka-Brennan (Axelle Austin; Mary Finn), but Nicolette instead gives up Britney's daughter, Abigail (Mary Finn; Axelle Austin; Juliet Basaraba).
The idea of a surrogate coming in and then ultimately running off, taking the baby with them, was something I knew about quite a long time ago.
"[39] David, Aaron and Nicolette eventually agree to a three-way custody split, whilst Leo grapples with fatherhood after Britney is killed.
[40] In 2022, Kiri Durant (Gemma Bird Matheson) was introduced as the daughter of Glen Donnelly (Richard Huggett).
Since his return, Paul has murdered Gus Cleary (Ben Barrack), set fire to and destroyed the Lassiters complex, attempted to sell Ramsay Street to American developers to turn it into a shopping centre, been a homewrecker to the Bishop family and eventually lost his leg in a fall.
He has also been variously criticised by his family members for his dodgy dealings with Mannix Foster (Sam Webb) and others including Victor Cleary (Richard Sutherland), the brother of Gus, and the role it played in his niece Kate Ramsay's (Ashleigh Brewer) death.
These actions have accumulated for the character countless enemies including Mark Brennan (Scott McGregor), Chloe Brennan (April Rose Pengilly), Gary Canning (Damien Richardson), Pierce Greyson (Tim Robards), Hendrix Greyson (Ben Turland) and Nicolette Stone (Charlotte Chimes).
[46] Roz Golds from The Birmingham Post called the Robinson family "the original heart of the show.
"[3] Joe Julians of the Radio Times said the Robinsons "take no prisoners" and described the 2020 incarnation of the family as "ruthless, but strong and independent with a taste for romance, even if it doesn't always work out.
