Joseph George Raphael
Jospeh Raphael was a businessman, politican and philanthropist.
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Business
Abraham & David Benjamin
Abraham and David Benjamin were successful businessman on either side of the Tasman. Abraham established the Benjamin Jewelery Company in 1880. It is still trading on Collins Street today. David Benjamin, who changed his surname to THeomin, after his father’s family in Prussia, established the Dresden (renamed Bristol) Pianoforte Company in Dunedin NZ.
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Gabriel Bennett – Meat Magnate
Gabriel Bennet was born in London in December 1817. He emigrated to Australia in 1853, settling in Adelaide. Bennet first opened a butcher’s shop in Currie Street, later moving to Hindley Street and in 1863 he moved into the wholesale meat trade.
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Where on earth is Blumbergville?
Blumbergville no longer exists by that name, but when the small village in the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland, was established in 1885, it was one of the very few Australian towns ever to be named for a Jewish family.
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The Moses family of Van Diemen’s Land
From Australia’s Jewish Past: The Moses family of Van Diemen’s Land First published in J-Wire August 24, 2021 Samuel Jacob Moses (born 1807) and his wife, Rosetta Blanche Moses (born 1820), arrived in Sydney from London in early November 1840. Within a couple of months, they sailed to Hobart with their three children, arriving there
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1852 Ballarat and the arrival of Abraham Abrahamsohn
The story of a very talented German who ventured to Australia via the US, having practiced as a traveling mohel for the San Francisco Jewish community and occasional baked matzoh. On hearing about the discovery of gold in Victoria, he packed his bags, booked his passage to Sydney and treked overland to the Victorian goldfields.
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