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George Coppin the main developer of Sorrento was a very interesting character. He was actually a comic actor and investor. He left England and arrived in Sydney in 1843. He produced shows in Melbourne, Adelaide (the old Queens Theatre off Hindley Street) etc in the 1840s. In 1850 he bought the Queens Theatre and reopened it as the Royal Victoria Theatre which he ran until 1853 along with a hotel in Port Adelaide. He returned to Melbourne where he also ran a theatre. He entered state politics in Victoria in 1858. He introduced a real property act for Victoria based on the SA Robert Torrens act. He remained in the Victorian parliament off and on until 1895. His investments in Sorrento were not financially rewarding and he lost a considerable sum on the Sorrento Tramway Company.
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