{{Short description|Australian politician (1798–1876)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} '''Adolphus Goldsmith''', also known as '''Adolphe Goldschmidt''', (6 May 1798 – 1876) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the first Victorian Legislative Council.<ref name=parl>{{cite re-member |num2=524 |name=Goldsmith, Adolphus |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>
Goldsmith was born in London, England, the son of Lion Abraham Goldschmidt and Adelaide (Adelheid) Hertz.<ref name=parl/> Goldsmith arrived in Melbourne on 30 June 1841 aboard the ''Caroline''.<ref name=parl/> Goldsmith acquired the pastoral lease for Trawallo (known later as Trewalla - see Trawalla, Victoria) later in 1841. He was appointed a territorial magistrate on 26 March 1844.<ref name=parl/> Goldmith was a member of the Melbourne Club and a friend of Sir Redmond Barry.<ref name=parl/>
Goldsmith was elected to the district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council on 6 September 1851.<ref> {{cite book |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301991h.html |title=Early History of the Colony of Victoria |volume=II |author=Labilliere, Francis Peter |author-link=Francis Peter Labilliere }}</ref> He resigned from the Council in November 1853 and retired to Paris, France, where he died in 1876.<ref name=parl/>
== References == {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par | au-vic-lc}} {{s-new | creation}} {{s-ttl | title = Member for<br>Ripon, Hampden, Grenville & Polwarth | years= 6 September 1851 – November 1853 }} {{s-aft | after = John Thompson Charlton}} {{end}}
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