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Synagogue, Sydney c1890

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Synagogue, Sydney c1890

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King, Henry

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Established in 1879, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences' venues include the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.

Jews

There has been a Jewish community in Sydney since the beginning of European settlement. With the Jewish free settlers who arrived from the 1820s, they built businesses and congregations in Sydney. In the late-nineteenth century, a new group of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe, fleeing pogroms and persecution. Jewish Sydneysiders were active in public life and in business, settling in the eastern and inner western suburbs. The community doubled in size after World War II as immigration increased, and the community developed new educational and cultural organisations as well as a broader range of religious congregations.

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Great Synagogue

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Synagogue in Elizabeth Street designed by architect Thomas Rowe and consecrated in 1878. Combining elements of Byzantine and Gothic style, it is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 worshippers.