Federal MP and minister Barry Cohen dies
Honoured at a state memorial service
WA
Barry Cohen appointed Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment from 1983.
Minister for arts, heritage and the environment until 1987.
Carmel School opens in Menora Perth
With 11 pupils
Isaac Steinberg of the Freeland League visits Australia.
Proposal for settling Jewish refugees in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is a public issue.
Kimberley Scheme to settle Jewish refugees in WA is established by Freeland League
Led by Isaac Nachman Steinberg Does not eventuate
Perth Hebrew Congregation is established.
Synagogue opened in 1897
Lionel Samson is elected to Western Australia’s Legislative Chamber, becoming the first Jew to be elected to an Australian Parliament.
Over 50 Jewish MPs served during the colonial period. 1849-1900