Broken Hill Synagogue

Organisation Archives

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Authority Biography/Administrative History

This collection of articles, photos, and handwritten documents from over 100 families shows some of the history of the many Jewish families who lived in Broken Hill from the 1880’s to the 1960’s.

The Broken Hill Synagogue, which opened in 1911, served a congregation of about 200 Jewish members, most of whom were Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian.

In 1891 a Jewish section at the Broken Hill Cemetery was consecrated and is now maintained by members of The Broken Hill Historical Society.

Since 1991 the Broken Hill Synagogue has been owned and maintained by the Broken Hill Historical Society and is one of the most remote Jewish museums in the world.

Many of the documents have been provided by the families who lived in Broken Hill while other information has been researched by members of the Broken Hill Historical Society from Newspaper articles and information found online.

To preserve this amazing collection, the Australian Jewish Historical Society had a group of volunteers scan the collection in order to preserve this very valuable piece of Australian History and allow it to be viewed by more people. This will be an ongoing project as further information about these families is found and added.

We strongly recommend you go to Broken Hill and visit the Synagogue of the Outback Museum as it is now known and see for yourself the history of the Jewish families and the influence that they have had in Broken Hill.

For enquiries about the Synagogue of the Outback Museum, contact coordinator Margaret Price on 0439 680 944 or phone the Museum direct at 08 8088 7448.

ProvenanceB63 Broken Hill Synagogue - BROKENHILL
Series

• Broken Hill Synagogue – Jewish Family Histories