F. C. B. Vosper was a journalist and politician. In 1886 he migrated to Australia, where he worked in Maryborough, Queensland on The Eidsvold Reporter and The Maryborough Chronicle. He then worked as sub-editor of The Northern Miner, before serving as editor of The Australian Republican from 1890.
Vosper fought for numerous causes including republicanism, separation, and miners' safety, and in 1892 he was sentenced to three months' hard labour for inciting a riot during a miners' dispute. On release, he moved to Sydney and then Melbourne, where he worked on Truth and Workman.
In 1893 he moved to the Western Australian goldfields where he worked on numerous newspapers in Cue, Geraldton, and Perth, including The Murchison Miner. He also edited The Coolgardie Miner. From mid-1895 Vosper edited The Geraldton Express. With Edward Ellis, he established The Sunday Times, serving as editor from 1898. In 1897 he was elected as an independent member to the North-East Coolgardie seat of the Legislative Assembly.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
