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Samuel Bennett
Samuel Bennett (28 March 1815 – 2 June 1878) was a journalist, newspaper owner and historian in colonial Australia. __NOTOC__ Background Bennett was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England. He went to Australia in 1841, having been engaged by Messrs. Stevens & Stokes of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' to superintend the typographical department of that paper. Having held this post for seventeen years, in 1859 Bennett purchased ''The Empire'' newspaper which had been started by Henry Parkes nine years previously. Messrs. Hanson & Bennett conducted ''The Empire'' for several years as a daily and weekly journal, Bennett becoming sole proprietor some time before it ceased publication. Bennett also started in 1867 '' The Evening News'', and in 1870 ''The Australian Town and Country Journal'', a weekly newspaper, both of which achieved phenomenal success, with circulations of 32,000 and 30,000 respectively in 1881. Bennett was the author of ''The History of Australian Discovery and Coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camborne
Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerly one of the richest tin mining areas in the world and home to the Camborne School of Mines. Toponymy Craig Weatherhill explains Camborne thus: "''Cambron'' c. 1100 - 1816) Cambron, ?'crook-hill')" Kammbronn is Cornish for 'crooked hill'. The word 'kamm', crooked, is the same in the Breton language, and the Welsh, Gaelic and Irish Gaelic word is 'cam'. 'Hill' in Welsh is 'bryn'. Geography Camborne is in the western part of the largest urban and industrial area in Cornwall with the town of Redruth east. It is the ecclesiastical centre of a large civil parish and has a town council. Camborne-Redruth is on the northern side of the Carn Brea/ Carnmenellis granite upland which slopes northwards to the sea. The two towns are linked by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
