The ''Empire'' was a newspaper published in Sydney, 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. It was later absorbed by ''
The Evening News''.
History
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has b ...
founded the ''Empire'' and was its editor/proprietor until the business failed in August 1858.
[
] 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".
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The paper was bought by ]Samuel Bennett
Samuel Bennett (28 March 1815 – 2 June 1878) was a journalist, newspaper owner and historian in colonial Australia.
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Bennett was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England. He went to Australia in 1841, having been engaged by Mess ...
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". In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge the ''Empire'' with another of his papers, the ''Evening News''.[ ''The Evening News'' continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by ]Associated Newspapers
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, which had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the National Library of Australia.
See also
* List of newspapers in New South Wales
This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia.
List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (D)
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References
External links
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* {{trove newspaper, 508, Evening News, Sydney, NSW : 1869 – 1931
1850 establishments in Australia
Publications established in 1850
Publications disestablished in 1875
Defunct newspapers published in Sydney
1875 disestablishments in Australia
Newspapers on Trove