From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Julian Emanuel Salomons (Solomons) – barrister and politician extraordinaire
July 19, 2022 by Ruth Lilian
Julian was born on 4 November 1835 in Birmingham, England and emigrated to New South Wales in 1853, working first for a bookseller and then for a ‘stock jobber’ – now known as a stockbroker – moving on to study law. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Abraham Benjamin – a family business in its one hundred and forty-second year – David Benjamin – a family business in Dunedin, New Zealand
June 28, 2022 by Ruth Lilian
Abraham and his wife Theresa Falk came to Melbourne in 1865 by boat from Bristol, UK. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Percy Marks – Sydney’s four generations of jewellers fame
June 21, 2022 by Ruth Lilian
Percy was born on 6 July 1879 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of London-born John Marks a jeweller, and his New Zealand-born wife Eliza Jane Levy. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sidney Myer – creator of a department store empire
June 14, 2022 by Ruth Lilian
Sidney Baevski was born on 8 February 1878, in Krichev, then part of the Russian Empire and now known as the country of Belarus. Read more
