Obituaries and wages book [manuscript]. 1886-1937.

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Obituaries and wages book [manuscript]. 1886-1937.

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Obituaries of David Syme, collected from Australian newspapers; Caxton Commemoration Fund - Declaration of Trust; David Syme & Co. staff wages book, 1886-1937.

6 cm.

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7039185

Libraries Australia

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Syme, David & Co.

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Caxton Commemoration Fund.

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Syme, David, 1827-1908

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David Syme was born on October 2nd,1827 at North Berwick, Scotland. He later obtained a position as reader at a Glasgow newspaper but early in 1852 took ship for Australia. He had small success on the goldfields at Bendigo, Wangaratta and other diggings and towards the end of 1855 he returned to Melbourne and joined his brother, Ebenezer, who was editing the Age newspaper. The paper was then threatened with failure, and Syme who had saved some money while on the diggings joined his brother in bu...