Vic
First reported case of COVID-19 to hit the Australian Jewish community.
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Beth Rivkah Colleges (YBR) closed following confirmation that a teacher has tested positive for the coronavirus
Linda Dessau is appointed as Governor of Victoria.
Also first female Governor of Victoria
Australia’s first Humanistic Jewish congregation, Kehilat Kolenu, is established in Melbourne.
Similar established in Sydney, Ayelet HaShachar. Services loosely based on the Humanistic Jewish movement in USA and the musical-prayer group Nava Tehila in Israel.
Richard Pratt, packaging king dies aged 74
Polish Jewish migrant created the multibillion-dollar Visy packaging empire
Victor Smorgon dies aged 96
(1913-2009), industrialist, innovator, philanthropist and family patriarch. Arrived with no English from the Ukraine at age 14.
Auschwitz tattooist Lou Sokolov dies aged 90
Central figure in Heather Morris’ book.