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Family information relating to Phillips and Robb families in Australia.

Elizabeth Phillips (nee Robb) was born in Wai India on 20 May 1955 and came to Australia from India with her parents as an Anglo-Indian in 1976, known as Lizz Robb. Lizz was educated in Panchgani in Kimmins, then gained a BTeach degree from the University of South Australia and a master's in project management from UTS, Sydney.

Brian Phillips was born in Wudinna, South Australia on 11 May 1954 and grew up in Yeelanna before moving to Adelaide in 1971. Brian was married to Elizabeth Robb in Adelaide on 30 December 1979. Brian gained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide, then a master's in project management from UTS, Sydney. Brian and Lizz started a company, Yellowhouse.net Pty Ltd on 4 July 1997, working in world-class methodologies and training, moving to Brisbane in 2001.

Elizabeth's father William James (Jock) Robb was born in India on 14 September 1925 with his parents coming from Scotland and Ireland. Jock married Joan Marjorie Barron on 5 December 1952 in Mumbai. Joan was born on 15 February 1931 in Lucknow India.

Jock Robb served in the Indian Civil Service, rising to the rank of Assistant Collector of Customs and Excise in Mumbai, retiring in 1976 to migrate to Australia. Joan was a nursing sister and matron in India and continued her work in South Australia as a triple-certificate nurse, specializing in gerontology and aged care. Jock Robb was famously known in Mumbai in the 1960s and 1970s as "007" with his Flying Squad, for his successful investigative work capturing smugglers and contraband, largely gold from Dubai smuggled into India. Shri Robb received the Presidential Medal for "brave and meritorious service rendered at the risk of his life", presented by Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai in 1968.

In Australia, Jock worked for the South Australian Public Service, specializing in Lotteries and Gaming policy. In 2000, Jock was awarded an Australian Centenary Medal awarded by Prime Minister John Howard for his service to the gaming industry.

Jock retired at age 80 in 2005, then he and Joan moved to Brisbane to be near their daughter Elizabeth and her growing family, where they lived out their retirement years. Jock had a passion for capturing his adventures in writing and photography. Jock and Joan Robb were proud Anglo-Indians. After full and interesting lives in India and Australia, Jock died in Brisbane on 7 August 2015 and Joan died in Brisbane on 9 March 2017.