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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5178 24 June 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Twelfth Night, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Edward Blanchard's The Artful Dodge on 24, 25 and 26 June 1868.

 (p. 1)
School of Arts: Life on the Goldfields, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts production of Charles Thatcher's Life on the Goldfields on 23 June 1868. The production included 'a new local song, written for the occasion, "The Varroville Stud Distribution".'

 (p. 1)
To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors, single work advertisement

An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.

 (p. 1)
School of Arts, single work review
— Review of 'Life on the Goldfields': An Entertainment Charles Thatcher , 1866-1867 single work musical theatre ;

A review of the 23 June 1868 Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts production of Charles Thatcher's Life on the Goldfields. The reviewer says, in part: 'The monologue is plentifully interspersed with songs, jokes, and recitations, most of the Sydney celebrities coming in for their share of "chaff", the only consolation for the victims being that everyone is served alike.'

 (p. 2)
Lyceum Theatre, single work review
— Review of Spectre Dream 1868 single work drama ;

A review of the 23 June 1868 Lyceum Theatre's Alexandra Dramatic Company production of 'Spectre Dream'.

 (p. 3)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt-Streeti"Unless before long squatters send us some meat,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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