Giblin family
The Giblin family of Tasmania was an influential family in the early days of the colony of Tasmania, then named Van Diemen's Land.
Origin
Robert Wilkins Giblin was an English emigrant who arrived in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land aboard the Sir Charles Forbes in 1827 with his wife and eight children. He had run a school in England which failed in the financial crash of a few years before, and would run a school near Hobart in the 1830s and early 1840s before being declared insolvent. Some of his descendants and their spouses occupied influential positions in the young colony.Notable family members
- Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin, a son of Robert Wilkins Giblin; he was a cricketer and manager of the bank of Victoria, then Australian Joint Stock Bank, Sydney. On 13 January 1841, he married Jane Isabel, daughter of G. W. Evans, Deputy Surveyor-General of Van Diemen's Land. His daughter, Jessie Isabel, married Charles Alfred Robey, son of politician and businessman Ralph Meyer Robey.
- Charlotte Giblin, daughter of Robert Wilkins Giblin, married Ebenezer Shoobridge ; their children were William Ebenezer Shoobridge, Robert Wilkins Giblin Shoobridge, and Louis Manton Shoobridge. The three brothers were agriculturalists and industrial innovators; William and Louis were both involved in politics.
- Dr. Edward Owen Giblin, a grandson of Robert Wilkins Giblin; he was a medical doctor and politician, and married Edith Harriett Westbrook on 6 August 1879
- Mary Giblin, a great-granddaughter of Robert Wilkins Giblin, married painter Lucien Dechaineux on 21 December 1909; by his first marriage, Lucien was father of Emile Dechaineux killed in WWII in command of HMAS Australia.
- Ronald Worthy Giblin, a grandson of Robert Wilkins Giblin; he was a land surveyor and historian of Tasmania.
- William Robert Giblin, a grandson of Robert Wilkins Giblin; he was Premier of Tasmania in 1878, puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. On 5 January 1865, he married Emmely Jean, eldest daughter of John Perkins, M.H.A.; Their son, Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin DSO, MC, was a political economist.