George Joseph (Australian politician)
# George Joseph (Australian politician)

George Joseph was the Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide in South Australia from 1977 to 1979.

Joseph is from a Lebanese Australian family who were involved in garment $making.^{:55}$ He grew up opposite the Cumberland Hotel in Waymouth Street in Adelaide's west end. One of his neighbours was future senator Nick $Bolkus.^{:12}$ He attended Christian Brothers School in Wakefield Street. Before becoming Lord Mayor, he worked as a lawyer in the same street he grew up on and was a city councillor.

