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Hobart synagogue is consecrated.
Constructed on land donated by Judah Solomon. Now the oldest synagogue in Australia and is still in use
First organised services in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) are convened.
Held at the Argyle Street, Hobart home of wealthy emancipist Judah Solomon.
Hobart, Tasmania is established as a penal colony at Sullivan’s Cove, Van Dieman’s Land. Of the orginal 270 convicts, 8 are Jewish.
Jewish convicts arrived from the then failing colony of Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay to Sullivans Cove – now the city of Hobart.