Joseph Sternberg

Joseph Sternberg (1852[1] – 13 January 1928)[2] was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German Jews Alexander Sternberg (1822–1882)[3] from Rawicz, Prussia; and Frederica (Recka or Rivka) Platt. He arrived in Melbourne, Victoria on 18 February 1861 and grew up in Rochester. He became a farmer and an auctioneer, the latter in partnership with his brother. In 1880, he married Selina Lazarus, with whom he had two children. In 1891, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Province. He transferred to the new Bendigo Province in 1904. Sternberg remained in the Council as a Liberal and then a Nationalist until his death in Melbourne in 1928.[4]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  2. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
  3. Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997
  4. "Sternberg, Joseph". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Frederick Illingworth		 Member for Northern
1891–1904
Served alongside: William Winter-Irving; Joseph Abbott; George Simmie		 Succeeded by
Martin Cussen
New seat Member for Bendigo
1904–1928
Served alongside: William Gray; Joseph Abbott; Alfred Hicks; Herbert Keck		 Succeeded by
George Lansell
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