Robert Pohlman

Portrait of Pohlman in his judicial wig and robes, taken in 1872.

Robert Williams Pohlman (March 1811 – 6 December 1877) was an English-born Australian lawyer and judge.

Pohlman was born in London, the son of son of John George Pohlman and Annie Hamilton, née Williams, his wife . Little is known of his early life, other than that he studied law after finishing school, was admitted as a barrister in England, and as an advocate in Scotland in 1839. He maintained a private practice for the next five years. Pohlman had a similar background to these other lawyers, and together "they acted as an informal Senior Common Room in the 1840s, dining and socialising together and generally supportive of their own brand of legal manners." Pohlman was selected by Lieutenant-Governor La Trobe on 31 October 1851 to fill one of the nominee positions in the Victorian Legislative Council when that body was created; he was sworn-in in November 1851.

In 1869 Pohlman was appointed President of the newly-formed Old Colonists' Association of Victoria, and laid the foundation stone at the Old Colonists' Homes in North Fitzroy on 1 July 1870. A street in the village is named after him.

Pohlman died in 1877 at his home in Punt Road, Richmond and was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.

A street in the Canberra suburb of Latham is also named after him.