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MORDECAI SOLOMON ARRIVAL BI-CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

26 to 29 APRIL 2018

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*** Click here to read an article about our Bicentenary Celebration published  in the 11th May 2018 edition of the Australian Jewish News ***

 

**** anyone wanting copies of videos or photos that are now not available online, should contact us by email and we will try to assist you.  ******

 

Description

Material

The Great Synagogue Tour

Tour by Graham Barnett (PDF document)  [download/view]

City Tattersalls Club, War memorial and Yurong Street - speeches

You can download and view these speeches as PDFs :-

·        Welcome speech by Geoff Solomon  [download/view]

·        Mystery of Mordecai speech by Adrian Paul  [download/view]

·        Sarah Solomon and descendants by Adrian Paul  [download/view]

·        Myer Solomon and descendants by Geoff Solomon  [download/view]

·        Jane Solomon and descendants by Dee Aronson  [download/view]

·        Henry Solomon and descendants by Keren Wise  [download/view]

·        Ellen Solomon and descendants by Jack Herman  [download/view]

·        Catherine Solomon and descendants by John Shrimski  [download/view]

 

War memorial service by Geoff Solomon  [download/view]

Yurong Street

 

Yurong Street time line by John Shrimski (PDF)  [download/view]

Rookwood Cemetery

Click here to see images of the graves that were part of the Rookwood tour. You can download any of these images.

 

Click on detailed map to download a map of the Old Jewish section. You will need to print it out then stick it together.

 

Detailed instructions for a self-tour of our family graves at the Old Jewish Section at Rookwood can be downloaded here. Use these in conjunction with the detailed map and a photo description list.

 

Miscellaneous Photos taken during the 4 day celebration period

photos by Jacqui Shrimski

photos by Maurice Todhunter

photos by Graham Barnett

 

Sydney Rowing Club

Speech of thanks by Graham Barnett [download/view]

Family Trees

The family tree is provided as several descendant lines, each one available as a separate PDF file. Print each one and where there are multiple pages you will need to cut and stick them together. The files are :-

 

Mordecai, Sarah, Myer, Jane, Henry, Ellen, Joseph, Catherine  

 

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