Empire (newspaper)
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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.
Henry Parkes
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".
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'. In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge the Empire with another of his papers, the Evening News.
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published in Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. 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.
Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...
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".
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'. In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge the Empire with another of his papers, the Evening News.