The Frearson brothers, Samuel, Septimus and Robert were businessmen and publishers in the early days of Adelaide, South Australia, perhaps best remembered for The Pictorial Australian, an illustrated monthly newspaper.
Robert was engaged in business in the city up to 1891, when he was sent by his brothers to Western Australia to represent Frearsons' Printing House in Perth.
Eventually he took over the management of Frearsons Printing House in Adelaide, which position he held until the firm changed hands.
As a young man Mr. Frearson was an active member of the Church of Christ at Grote street and Glenelg, and took a considerable interest in the Northern Territory, especially mining.
He died at his home in L'Estrange Street, Knoxville (modern-day Glenside or Glenunga), leaving a widow, four sons, and three daughters.