His father, George Alexander Syme (1821–1894), a brother of David Syme and Ebenezer Syme, was a graduate of the University of Aberdeen and became a Baptist clergyman in England.
Its precursor Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers was first published in 1837 by Ebenezer Syme and David Syme.
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