Reference numberLH001551DescriptionPortrait (possibly by Dimond Brothers) of Captain Robert Austin Owen and his wife, Clara (nee O'Byrne). They were married in Fremantle at the Congregational Church on 12.01.1871. Clara was born in 1850 and died 1.07.1897, aged 46. Robert was lost at sea near Broome in 1889 when the lugger Waratah was caught in a cyclone. They had four children: Robert Edward, born 1873; Clara Sophy, born 1875; Charles James, born 1877 and William Sydney, born 1878.Daten.d.Photograph FormatPhotographDigital ItemYes
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Captain Robert Austin Owen and wife, Clara (n.d.). City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 11/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/16909
