Biography

Mary McEwan Robinson (nee Liddle) (1855 - 1930) was daughter of John Liddle. She came to Tasmania with her parents while still a child and the family first settled at Forth. Mary was born on 19^th May 1855 at Alva, central Scotland. 
She married Matthew Edward Robinson (linked biography) in 1876. Mary, with her husband Matthew, had four children. The family lived in Elphin Road and attended St. John's Church.

Mary was an original member of the National Council of Women, the Queen Victoria Hospital Committee and the Victoria League. She was also secretary of the Hospital Committee for a number of years.

Matthew died on 16^th February 1928 and Mary died on 25^th May 1930. In their memory a plaque of opus sectile mosaic was erected in St. John's Church. The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
MATTHEW EDWARD AND MARY McEWAN ROBINSON
ENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE EXTENSION OF THIS CHURCH.

Source

Extract from 'Engraved in Memory' by J.S.Gill. 1988