Australia's Prime Ministers - Who's Who David Syme Newspaper proprietor and editor of the Melbourne Age newspaper 18601901, David Syme was a mentor and close friend of Alfred Deakin. http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/whoswho.asp?showpopup=false&whosWhoId=syme_davi
Syme, David Was born on 2 October 1827 at North Berwick, Scotland, the youngest of the seven children of George Syme, a parish schoolmaster, and his wife, Jean Mitchell http://www.electricscotland.com/history/australia/syme_david.htm
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