The Sun's scope encompassed 'social, artistic, musical and theatrical notes, theatrical interviews, original articles on domestic topics, original short plays, original and selected short stories, printed music, beauty and household hints' (Stuart, Lurline Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821-1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2003: 121).
The proprietors were George R. Bald (December 1888 - January 1894); Frank Critchley Parker (January 1894 - August 1897); H. H. Champion (August 1897 - January 1899); Catherine Hay Thomson and Evelyn Gough (January 1899 - [February 1903?]. Under the ownership of Thomson and Gough, the publication was transformed into a 'crusading feminist journal' (Brenda Niall).
