Robert Peel (c. 1830 – 11 January 1894) was a medical practitioner in South Australia remembered for his membership of the Goyder expedition to the Northern Territory and for his association with Adelaide's horse racing clubs.
[4] In 1868, a year or so prior to the long-awaited opening of the Mount Gambier Hospital,[5] he accepted an invitation to join George Goyder's surveying expedition to Darwin, Northern Territory, which left Port Adelaide on the Moonta around 26 December 1868.
On his return to Adelaide on the barque Kohinoor in April 1870, he started practising on his own account, with a surgery on North Terrace, partly in conjunction with Dr. Thomas Cawley, with whom he shared an interest in thoroughbred racing.
"[7][further explanation needed] In 1876 he was elected to represent Hindmarsh ward in the Adelaide City Council, serving until the end of 1877.
In April 1884 he was one of fourteen candidates for the six vacant seats in the Legislative Council, but polled poorly.