The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
Newspaper business run by the Fairfax family for 149 years before public ownership and expansion into a multimedia organisation. In 2018 when the business merged with the Nine Entertainment Company, the Fairfax name was dropped.
Milestone
Formed
1841
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Merged into
Dec 2018
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Name
Alternate
Fairfax Holdings
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Alternate
John Fairfax & Sons
1841 - 1990
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Position
1884
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24 Jan 1888
{"name":"Publisher","target":"Centennial Supplement","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>24 Jan 1888<\/span>"},"date_start":"1888-01-24","date_end":"1888-01-24"}
1960 - 1995
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Property
Owned by
1841 - 1877
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Owner of
1841 - Dec 2018
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Owner of
1856 - 1926
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Owner of
1924 - 1955
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Owner of
1949 - Dec 2018
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Owner of
1953 - 14 Mar 1988
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Type
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