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Robert Martin Osborne (c. 1852 – 22 September 1931) was a newspaper editor and proprietor of several newspapers in South Australia, notably the ''Petersburg Times'' in the town now known as Peterborough. ==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, Orroroo Chronicle and Northern Advertiser'' in 1887. He was active in the Petersburg community, for a time member of the town council,〔Another councillor was one William Osborne (1855–1907), bootmaker, married to Fanny (died 1888) and married again in 1889, to Hannah Elizabeth Wade of Jamestown. It is unlikely they were related, as William hailed from Northampton.〕 helping establish trees and in other ways improving the town. In 1896 his brother Samuel W. Osborne came out from England to assist him, and together they founded the Quorn ''Mercury'' and the ''Advertiser'' in Port Pirie, where he remained for many years. In 1897 Robert left Petersburg to establish a printing business in Victoria Square, Adelaide, later moving to Currie Street. He founded ''The Farm'' for the S.A. Farmers' Co-operative Union, and ''The S.A. Freemason''. He purchased ''The Garden and Field'' (edited by Alexis L. Holtze, son of M. W. Holtze), edited the Unley ''Citizen'', and for a time ran ''The Critic''. In 1909 R. M. Osborne sold the ''Times'' and ''Quorn Mercury'' to W. H. Bennett, previously an employee. The building, which was still owned by Osborne, was destroyed by fire 23 December 1909, at a great loss to Mr. Bennett. Robert left for Launceston, where he served as Alderman, and was elected Mayor in 1929. He died in Sydney following a surgical operation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert M. Osborne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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