This file includes reproductions of photographs from Shepparton. A biography of Isaac and Liba Wolk. …

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ProvenanceMARKS, Marcelle (MARKSM)
SeriesJews on the Land in Australia
Series Number001
Item DescriptionThis file includes reproductions of photographs from Shepparton. A biography of Isaac and Liba Wolk. A photocopy of the front cover of 'Australian Genesis: Jewish Convicts and Settlers 1788-1850' by J.S. Levi and G.F.J. Bergman; photocopies of paragraphs on Lionel Samson and Saul Samuel. An excerpt from the 1837, 1840, 1848, 1849 NSW Government Gazette showing Abraham Polack, Joseph Barrow Montefiore, Saul Samuel. Biography and black and white photograph reproductions of Charles Solomon; Joseph Barrow Montefiore; Abraham Polack; Saul Lyons; George Moscatta/Mocatta; Alexander, Joseph and Abraham Moses; Benjamin Benjamin, Lord Mayor of Melbourne; David, Samuel, Edward and Phillip Joseph Cohen; Maurice Coleman Davies; Isadore Samuel Emanuel; Michael, David, and Solomon Herbert Hyam; Hyam Joseph, of Moralgarrie and Cumbil Farms; Esther Johnston, nee Abrahams; James Larra, owner of the Mason's Arms at Parramatta, one of the earliest hotels in NSW; Barnett, Solomon and Isaac Levey; Jonas Felix Levien; Lewis Wolfe Levy. A copy of the Australian Jewish Historical Society's Journal of Proceeding (1975). Black and white photograph reproduction titled 'Convict labourers' (1830). Article from the Great Synagogue Congregational Journal, titled 'Leaders of the Past: Maurice Alexander' (1951). Article in unknown publication titled 'An Australian Jewish Family -- the Cohens, Levys and Mandelsons' by Faye Godfrey-Gilbert (September 1977) and letter to the editor with corrections (June 1978). Cohen family tree, 1779 until 20th century. Reproduction of will of Solomon Emanuel (1895). Map of Australia showing location of Emanuel's farm. Essay titled 'Friedman's Store, Wingen' by Sonia Borke. Article, publication unknown, titled 'The First - A woman!' about Esther Isaacs, the first female Jewish immigrant to Australia. List of convicts sent to NSW in 1787. 'First Fleeters: Journal of the pioneer families of Australia' (1971). Article in the Australian Jewish Outlook, titled 'Great Australian Jews' by Philip Levi (1948).
Item Number093
Item Box Number11
Dates(s)1800 to 1975
Box Barcode Number:NB03837779
Current LocationLRCA - Louise Rosenberg Communal Archive
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