Robert M. Osborne

Robert Martin Osborne (c. 1852 – 22 September 1931) was a newspaper editor and proprietor of several newspapers in South Australia, notably the Petersburg Times.

Osborne emigrated to South Australia in 1884. 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. helping establish trees and in other ways improving the town. in 1931 following a surgical operation.

Family He married Laura Martha Axford, (c. 1861 – 16 April 1928) on 26 January 1887, who predeceased him as well as an infant son. Osborne was survived by the couple's two daughters, Mrs. L. F. Sutherland, of Sydney, and Miss Dorothy Osborne, of Launceston.

Writings

"Our Fortieth Birthday 1887-1927: Reminiscences by Robert M. Osborne Esq. JP". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. 12 Aug 1927. page 3.