This file includes black and white photographs of Francis and Sylvia Bourke and their farms in Victo …
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ProvenanceMARKS, Marcelle (MARKSM)
SeriesJews on the Land in Australia
Series Number001
Item DescriptionThis file includes black and white photographs of Francis and Sylvia Bourke and their farms in Victoria and Queensland (1948-1971). Documents about David Landor (1950-54), wool classer in Frankfield, including Sydney Morning Herald newspaper clipping of wool sales and correspondence with Dalgety and Company Ltd, Winchcombe Carson Ltd, and the Sheep and Wool Department, East Sydney Technical College. Black and white photographs of David shearing, photographic portrait, sheep and types of wool. Handwritten biography written in 1982. Newspaper article in Australian Jewish Outlook (1948) about Hepzibah Menuhin, piano player. Black and white photographs and scans of siblings Leo, Sophie and Elise Meyer, refugees from Germany who kept a poultry farm at Wentworthville (1942-1952). Biography and newspaper obituary of Geoffrey Moss (1965), jackeroo, wool, wheat and dairy farmer, and Councillor at Gundagai Shire Council. Photographs and scans of Geoffrey Moss with a dog, playing polo and on a sheep and wheat farm. Biography of Louis Alfred Seitel and Deborah Newman, who ran a dairy and mixed farm in Junee (1920-1935) and a vegetable and flower market garden in Panania (1937-1939 & 1946-7). Sticker from Solomon's Matzo Co. (1939) associated with Deborah's family. Photograph of Louis and Deborah with children Edgar, Jessel, Maurice and Piedje Pearl. Documents and photographs about Mark and Minnie Pearlman, sheep and wheat farmers in Herzlton, Boggabri. Photo scans held in plastic sleeves. Poem celebrating Mark and Minnie's 40th wedding anniversary and photographs of family, including children Mahla and Braham, on the farm. Newspaper article from Sydney Morning Herald (1981), the Australian Jewish Times (1981) and the Council Bulletin (1982) about Mahla's law career; photocopies of Mahla's schoolwork from ages 5-6. Photographs (original and photocopies) and short biography of Fred and Marlene Peisah, who owned Lomar Park Stud Farm in Werombi (1967 onwards). Photographs of Adolf and Heddy Pollak with children John, David, Joe and Annette, in Armidale 1950-1956. Documents about Leo Port, Lord Mayor of Sydney. Short biography of Rappaport family, who arrived in 1939 as refugee migrants and ran a farm in Parramatta. Profile of Leo in the Great Synagogue Journal (1974) and memorial address by Rabbi Raymond Apple (1978). Biography and black and white photographs of Erwin Radd (previously Radinowsky), and his wife, Helen Salomon. Photographs and biography of Percy Simons of Jemalong Farm, a sharefarm that grew crops and held cattle and sheep. Letter from the NSW Government Water Resources Commission. Biography and black and white photograph reproductions of Braham and Maebe Sleeman, veterinarians and farmers at Miranda and Bowral. Photographs of Albert and Martl Spiegel of Albert Farm, dairy farm in Victoria (1954-1958) and Winslade, cattle farm in Canberra (1959-1975). Correspondence from Max Freilich, thanking the Spiegels for a donation to the Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal. Autobiography of Albert's involvement in agriculture (1981). Biography and photographs of Richard Thieben, refugee from Hungary who ran a poultry farm in Parramatta (1940-1971). Photograph of Richard Thieben and neighbour Victor Brann, and unidentified woman on the farm. Article in Hebrew. (individual stories and information from Australian Jewish Welfare Society.)
Item Number068
Item Box Number9
Dates(s)1920 to 1982
Box Barcode Number:NB03837777
Current LocationLRCA - Louise Rosenberg Communal Archive
