Packer family

Packer
Packer
	Packer family mausoleum, South Head Cemetery
Current region	Australia
Founder	Robert Clyde Packer
Members	Robert Clyde Packer; Sir Frank Packer; Clyde Packer; Kerry Packer; Roslyn Packer; Gretel Packer; James Packer;

Current regionAustralia

FounderRobert Clyde Packer

Members

The Packer family has played a significant role in the Australian media, political and social sphere since the beginning of the twentieth century.

The family has had numerous interests in Australian business, most notably in media, property and recently in gambling.

Name	Birth name	Years living	Business interests	Spouse
R. C. Packer	Robert Clyde Packer	24 July 1879 – 12 April 1934	Smith's Weekly The Daily Telegraph	Ethel Maude Hewson (16 January 1878 − 1 April 1947)
Sir Frank Packer KBE, OStJ	Douglas Frank Hewson Packer	3 December 1906 – 1 May 1974	TCN ACP Magazines	Gretel Joyce Bullmore (5 May 1907 − 16 August 1960) Florence Mathilde Adeline Violet (Vincent), née Porges (June 1915 − 22 December 2012)
Clyde Packer	Robert Clyde Packer	22 July 1935 – 8 April 2001	ACP Magazines Spin Records New South Wales Legislative Council	Angela Money (m. 1961–1972) Kate Clifford (m. 1977–2001)
Kerry Packer AC	Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer	17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005	ACP Magazines Publishing and Broadcasting Limited Consolidated Media Holdings World Series Cricket	Roslyn Weedon (m. 1963–2005)
Ros Packer AC	Roslyn Redman Weedon			Kerry Packer
James Packer	James Douglas Packer	8 September 1967 –	One.Tel Crown Resorts Consolidated Media Holdings RatPac Entertainment South Sydney Rabbitohs	Jodhi Meares (m. 1999–2002) Erica Packer (m. 2007–2013)

Packer family

Notable members

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