Obituaries, wages book, 1886-1937. 1886-1937.

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Obituaries, wages book, 1886-1937. 1886-1937.

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Obituaries of David Syme, collected from Victorian and New South Wales newspapers; Caxton Commemoration Fund - Declaration of Trust, 1894, with notes to 1910 (typescript copy); and a leather bound staff wages book of David Syme & Co., 1886-1937.

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Syme, David & Co.

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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...

Caxton Fund.

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