In 1852 he emigrated from Liverpool to Melbourne on the iconic steamer SS Great Britain, where he initially pursued commercial activities.
[1] He was also prominently connected with two short-lived and long defunct journals —the Spectator and Touchstone.
[1] Smith was also a contributor to Fraser's Magazine and The Nineteenth Century.
[3] For some years preceding his death Smith was one of the principal political leader-writers of the Melbourne Argus.
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