Robert M. Osborne

Robert Martin Osborne (c. 1852 – September 1931) was a newspaper editor and proprietor of several newspapers in South Australia.

History

Robert was born at Birdbush, Wiltshire, the son of Rev. Robert Ivey Osborne. He was apprenticed to a printer, and had experience in England, Scotland, Ireland and New York before emigrating to South Australia on the steamer "John Elder" in 1884.

He worked on David Drysdale's Port Augusta Dispatch, and ran a newspaper in Teetulpa before founding the Petersburg Times in 1887. In 1897 his brother R. M. Osborne came out from England to assist him, and together they founded the Quorn Mercury and the Port Pirie Advertiser. In 1897 his brother left to establish a printing business in Victoria Square, Adelaide, later moving to Currie Street.

Which brother founded The Farm for the S.A. Farmers' Co-operative Union, and The S.A. Freemason. He purchased The Garden and Field and for a time ran The Critic.

Family

He was married to (died 1927); their children included Mrs. Sutherland, of Sydney, and Miss Dorothy Osborne, of Launceston.

References

Category:Australian journalists Category:Australian newspaper proprietors Category:Australian newspaper editors Category:1852 births Category:1931 deaths