Ebenezer Syme
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Background
Ebenezer Syme was born 15 September 1825 at North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.
1854
The events surrounding the Eureka Rebellion were closely monitored by the Melbourne and Victorian regional press. The Age, launched in 1854, edited by Ebenezer Syme was a strong supporter of the Eureka Stockade Rebellion. The Melbourne based Argus and Herald and the Geelong Advertiser and the Mount Alexander Mail also openly supported the rebel's demands.[1]
Obituary
Ebenezer Syme died on 13 March 1860 aged 34 years.
- Our Melbourne correspondent in forms us that Mr Ebenezer Syme, well known as one of the proprietors and for a long time the editor of the Age died yesterday afternoon. Mr Syme was a man of very great ability, and an a journalist was not excelled in Australia- In the course of his career in this colony he committed many serious blunders, which for a long time lowered him in the opinion of the better opinion of the colonists, but lately, he had considerably redeemed himself. As a "man of mark," the colony can ill afford to spare him.[2]
Also See
External Links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/syme-ebenezer-4680/text7743
References
- ↑ http://www.peacebus.com/Eureka/111128ToscanoMedia.html
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 14 March 1860.