Skip to main content

Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
Synagogue, York Street 1870

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Synagogue, York Street 1870

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a089099 / SPF/99]

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

Immigration Jews

Subjects

Judaism Religious building

Buildings

York Street Synagogue

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Blog
Facebook
Twitter

State Library of New South Wales

Immigration

From its foundation by the First Fleet, Sydney has been populated by immigrants from cultures across the world and remains Australia's most multicultural city.

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.

Judaism

Religious building

York Street Synagogue

full record »

Early synagogue built on land close to the present location of Town Hall. It was consecrated in 1844 and in use for 35 years.