Empire (newspaper)

Empire

Front cover of first issue of the Empire, 28 December 1850
Type	Daily
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Henry Parkes (1850–1858) Samuel Bennett and William Hanson (1859–1875)
Founder(s)	Henry Parkes
Founded	28 December 1850 (1850-12-28)
Language	English
Ceased publication	14 February 1875 (1875-02-14)
City	Sydney
Country	Australia
Sister newspapers	The Evening News
Media of Australia List of newspapers

The Empire was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, in colonial 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.^[1] It was later absorbed by The Evening News.