on the town's oval around Easter time. Media Owen's local newspaper is the Plains Producer, founded in 1903 and published in Balaklava. Owen was also home to the short-lived Owen's Weekly and Dalkey District Courier (3 October – 21 November 1908), which was printed in parallel with the Hamley Bridge Express (3-31 October 1908) by T.W. Broadway. Each was printed in their respective town, and with different mastheads but the same content. Gallery Notable people Steele Hall, a former premier of South Australia and then federal politician came from Owen. Pru Goward, long-serving Australian Federal Government Commissioner for Sex Discrimination, came from Owen. Notes and references Towns in South Australia