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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5028 1 January 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Cramond Brig, or, The Gude Man of Ballengeish, &c., single work advertisement (p. 1)
Working Men's Book Society, single work advertisement

'A large assortment of publications of a secular and religious character has just been received from England and is now on sale at the Depot, 31 Park street, and on Saturday evening at the [Working Men's Book] Society’s stand in the Haymarket.'

 (p. 1)
Moore's Australian Almanac, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 1868 edition of Moore's Australian Almanac and Handbook.

 (p. 1)
Untitled, single work column

This editorial, on the progress and availability of newspapers in colonial New South Wales (in particular The Empire and The Evening News), ends with a quotation from William Cullen Bryant's 'Thanatopsis'.

 (p. 2)
The Colonial Monthly Magazine, single work review
— Review of Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine no. January 1868 periodical issue ;

Brief review.

The writer includes the following comment: 'Charles Harpur, a name familiar to all readers of poetry in New South Wales, we are glad to see once more in print.'

 (p. 2)
Almanacs, single work column

A brief notice on two newly published 1868 almanacs: Sands Commercial Sheet Almanac and Moore's Australian Almanac and Hand Book.

 (p. 2)
The Prince in Sydney, single work prose satire

An imagined conversation between a Sydney resident and Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (who visited the colonies during 1867-1868), about the governance, administration and public architecture of New South Wales.

 (p. 3)
P. M'Carrolli"The new year before us has merry come in", single work poetry (p. 4)
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