Empire (newspaper)

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Empire
Empire 28 Dec 1850.PNG
Front cover of first issue of the Empire, 28 December 1850
TypeDaily
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)
Founder(s) Henry Parkes
Founded28 December 1850 (1850-12-28)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication14 February 1875 (1875-02-14)
CitySydney
CountryAustralia
Sister newspapers The Evening News

The Empire was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, in colonial Australia. It was published from 28 December 1850 to 14 February 1875, except for the period from 28 August 1858 to 23 May 1859, when publication was suspended. [1] It was later absorbed by The Evening News .

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History

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Empire office (1872)

Henry Parkes founded the Empire and was its editor/proprietor until the business failed in August 1858. [2] He made it "a newspaper destined to be the chief organ of mid-century liberalism and to serve as the rallying and reconciliation point for the sharpest radical and liberal minds of the day". [2]

The paper was bought by Samuel Bennett and William Hanson and resumed publication in May 1859 with the promise that "The Empire … will continue under the new management to advocate the same great principles by which it has hitherto been distinguished". [3] In 1875, labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge the Empire with another of his papers, the Evening News. [3] The Evening News continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers Ltd, which had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time. [4]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ National Library of Australia Archived 23 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 October 2012
  2. 1 2 Martin, A. W. "Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–96)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Bryce, Merilyn J. "Bennett, Samuel (1815–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Isaacs, Victor (2003). Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: a short history (PDF). North Richmond: Rural Press. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Brown, Jerelynn (2011). "Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia". Australian Journal of Communication. 38 (2): 107–121.
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