John James Osman,(1 December 1847 – 24 Feb 1916)[1][2] was a politician in South Australia.
[3] Osman was the son of Henry Osman and Charlotte his wife, was born in London, and went to Adelaide, South Australia, as a child in 1854.
[3] Osman, who was a captain in the Volunteer Force of South Australia,[3] was married at Milnes Gap, South Australia to Miss Eliza Osborne on 10 January 1880.
[2] He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for the Victoria district at the by-election in November 1888, and was Minister of Lands in the John Cockburn Government from July to August 1890, after the retirement of James Howe.
[4] Osman was married twice, he had five sons and a daughter by his second wife, Eliza Osborne, all born in Millicent, South Australia.