Ebenezer Syme

Ebenezer Syme (15 September 1825 – 13 March 1860) was a Scottish-Australian journalist, proprietor and manager of The Age.

Biography Syme was born on 15 September 1825 in North Berwick, Scotland. He was the third son of the teacher George Alexander Syme and his wife Jean, née Mitchell. but did not run for re-election in 1859. He died on 13 March 1860. He was survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter; they all returned to England, but all the children later returned to Victoria. One of his sons, Joseph Cowen Syme, was a manager and partial owner of The Age. A granddaughter, Eveline Winifred Syme (1888–1961), was a notable Australian artist. His most notable legacy, The Age, would remain in his family's hands until 1983.