What is Philip Fysh?
[[File:Philip Oakley Fysh (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Philip Fysh, {{circa|1900}}]] [[Sir]] '''Philip Oakley Fysh''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KCMG}} (1 March 1835 – 20 December 1919) was an [[Australia]]n politician and merchant. He arrived in the colony of [[Tasmania]] in 1859. He later became a key merchant in [[Hobart]]. He served two terms as [[premier of Tasmania]] (1877–1878, 1887–1892). He became a leader of the colony's [[Federation of Australia|federation movement]]. He later won election to the new federal [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] (1901–1910). He was also chosen to represent Tasmania in the first federal ministry under [[Edmund Barton]]. He was [[minister without portfolio]] (1901–1903) and [[Postmaster-General of Australia|Postmaster-General]] (1903–1904). Fysh was born in [[Highbury]], [[London]]. His wife died in 1912. The couple had at least nine children. Fysh died on 20 December 1919 in [[Sandy Bay, Tasmania|Sandy Bay, Hobart]], at the age of 84.<ref name=ANU>{{Cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fysh-sir-philip-oakley-6262|title=Fysh, Sir Philip Oakley (1835–1919)|author=Beresford, Quentin|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref> The [[Canberra]] suburb of [[Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory|Fyshwick]] is named in honour of him. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/fyshp94.htm Parliament of Tasmania profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324075228/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/fyshp94.htm |date=2020-03-24 }} {{TasmaniaPremiers}} {{Commonscat}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fysh, Philip}} [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1919 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Politicians from Hobart]] [[Category:Premiers of Tasmania]] [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] [