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Joseph Sternberg (1852[1] – 13 January 1928)[2][3] was an English-born Australian politician.
Sternberg was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German Jews Alexander Sternberg (1822–1882)[4] 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 as Sternberg Bros.[5] In 1880, he married Selina Lazarus,[5] with whom he had two children.
In 1891, Sternberg was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Province. He transferred to the new Bendigo Province in 1904.[3] Sternberg remained in the council as a Liberal and then a Nationalist until his death in Fitzroy, Victoria on 13 January 1928.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ^ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
- ^ a b c "Joseph Sternberg". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997
- ^ a b Sternberg, Joseph at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 March 2012)
