Robert Brough Smyth

Robert Brough Smyth (1830 – 8 October 1889) was an Australian geologist, author, and social commentator.

Early life Smyth was born in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, the son of Edward Smyth, a mining engineer, and his wife Ann (née Brough). and made a Report on the Gold Mines of the South-eastern Portion of the Wynaad and the Carcoor Ghat (1880).

Death Smyth died of cancer at his home Medenia in High Street, Prahran, a suburb of Melbourne. He was survived by his wife Emma Charlotte, née Hay, whom he had married on 15 August 1856 at St Paul's Church, Melbourne, and by a son and daughter. He was buried in the St Kilda Cemetery.