Robert Clyde Packer

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Robert Clyde Packer (1879-1934) was the founder of Australia's Packer media dynasty, current owners of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL).

Packer was the son of a Tasmanian Customs worker who became a Sydney journalist. He gained shares in the now defunct newspapers Smith's Weekly and Daily Guardian. Notable achievements included launching the Miss Australia beauty contest at the Daily Guardian.

Packer died at age 54 and his son Frank inherited his publishing interests, expanding them into a formidable media empire, which was expanded still further by Frank's son, Kerry.