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Newsletter-V1.3-196912.Pdf ' '\ . ' - l - AUSTRALIAN JEWISH -- HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Vol. 1 No. 3 December, 1969 EDITORIAL " The Committee at its last meeting decided to continue the Newsletter in its present fonn for another year and to seek the opinions of members concer ning format, contents, value and so on. As the Society publishes two, rarely three Journals a year it was felt that a Newsletter containing items of current interest, news of members, and happenings abroad should be issued at regular intervals to stimulate and to maintain interest among members. A great deal of correspondence and many references to people and events come to the office each week, ~1uch of this would r emain unknown to members if we had to' depend upon Journals -alorie to · · disseminate information, As it is, only a selection appears in this issue of the N~wsletter, and then some as the merest summary. Interesting details of necesiity have been omitted. The aim has been to strike a balance between events of the past and the present; personalities and events; activities calling for action; domestic and overseas interest; N.-s.-w. and other states; notices and short complete -articles. · It is hoped that in future editions there will be more items from individual contributors. We seek your opinions, we want your help. Above all we need your active responses. Your attention i s drawn specifically to the preliminary notice of the Cook Bi-centenary Celebrations. Full details will be given ._~n _du~ ~-~urse. __ :If_y~u -hav.~.- ~!lY_J..:t.~!11s you can l end . to enrich the scope of the Exhibition please let us know. The Jew~sh image is worth reflectint! I am -indebted to· all contributors of items, and to Mrs. Rosenberg for her pai nstaking collation of them. MHK. - 2 - _!;Of-UNG EVENTS ,North Shore Synagomie 1 s 3~th Anniversary Celebrations. In :March and April, 1970, the North Shore Synagogue at Lindfield, as part of its 30th Anniversary Celebrations, will be presenting a Life and Arts Exhibition depicting the development and progress of the Congregation. The celebration will begin with a commemorative service on Saturday, 12th April, to mark the 30th anniversary of the• osfublishment .. in April 1940 of what was originally known as the Northern Sydney Hebrew Congregation. A variety of events is planned. The Celebrations will conclude with a Gala Dinner Dance in September. A representative Anniversary Committee has been formed to begin immediate preparations. * * * £aptain Cook Bi-centenary Cel ebrations. This Society in conjunction with the Great ~gogue will organise an Historical Exhibition featuring the contribution made by the Jewish Community to the development of the State. All facets of Jewish endeavour will be displayed in the Auditorium of the Great Synagogue from 3rd - 10th May, 1970. The special committee (M.H. Kellerman, convenor) charged with the preparation of the Exhibits and activities connected with the functions is hopeful that the ,-;hole Jewish Community will participate to make it a true picture of Jewish life and interests and its unique position in the wider general community. * * * Anglo Ame-!:._ican Conference of Jewish Histori ans - 12th - 13th July. l,9,70J The first Anglo-American Conference of Jewish Historians will be held on 12th and 13th July, 1970, at University College, London. The theme of the conferonce will be ,11!-ligration," and historians from both sides of the Atlantic will present papers on the movement of Jews to Britain and the U.S.A. , discussing such issues as why they - 3 - went there, how _they got there, and their effect on the societies to which they caine. Tour_s to places of Jewish interest will be organised. Invitations have been issued' to overseas visitors who may be in London at the timeo Those i nterested· should contact Dr. A. Newman, Dept., -of Hist ory, University of Leicester, England. * * * JEWS OF THE DARLING :OOWNS, QUEENSLAND. Dr, Duncan Waterson, Lecturer in History, Monash University, formerly Research Scholar in the Institute of-Advanced Studies at the Aust:!:'alian°National' University, has written a book, "Squatter, Selector and Storekeeper," a history of the Darling Downs. It contains much of Jewish interest. In one of his recent letters to this Society he writes: "I have spent a considerable amount of time and energy in attempting to find our more about Jacob Horwitz (r-1.1.A, for Warwick, Queensland, 1878--87), but in spite of efforts in Gennany and Poland I have been unable to discover his f amily background. All birth registrations were destroyed during the war, and as his birth place has changed hands several times the quest f or additional material seems a hopeless one. Furthermore his Berlin death certificate was appar ently destroyed during the Allied air raids. I have, however, been abl e to discover some other · facts which may be of interest to you. Horwitz was born about 1830 i~ that part of East Prussia which was transferred to Poland after the Gr eat War, In 1851 he arrived in Australia wi t h his two Brothers and pursued a successful car eer on the Victorian goldfields, In 1865 he purchased, ui th his brothers, the "Exchange Sto.r e 11 at Warwick, This partnership built l argely on the wines and spirits trade, was dissolved in 1883. In 1874 he purchased the Wa~iick flour mills which he sold i n 1886, Hi s mercantile business was sold to G.P, Barnes (this firm i s still in existence in Queensland), and his l a~ge farm at Swan Creek was also di sposed of. Between March, 1887, and October, 1889, he visited Egypt, Great Bri tain and t he .Continent and on return to Warwick was tendered a magnificent banquet. In .1912 he made a libcra~- bequest to the Warwick Hospital providing £2,500 f or capital expansi?n end £5,000 for its upkeep, The Horwitz Ward i s named after him., In 1918 he returned with his brothers to ~oland and died on 24tt March, 1920, at Berlin i n Germany. Horwitz speculated in real ostat0 and farmers' produce. He al so operat ed as a successful moneylender. I have a referGnce which states t hat he closely observed the Jewisl holidays. While he never married he was unfortunate enough to have r paternity case brought against him on 6th September, 1878, when h.: was Mayor of Warwick (1876-78). It appears he had got his servant with child and had only managed to avoid a pa.terni ty order by meking a substantial cash payment, - 4 - On the whole-, however, he em.erges as an extremely shrewd busipess aan an effective roads and bridg°es politician and a popuiar Mayor e.o.ongst the Warwick business community. Further information about the cnv7.ronment in which Jacob Horwitz flourished can be found in my book 11 Sq_uatter, Selector and Storekeeper: A History of the Darling fuwns" (Sydney, 1968). , · In this book I mention the existence of an apparently J.nrge and influential Jewish community in Toowoomba. · In fact, the Tfvr11oomba cemetery has a fair number Qf Jewish graves in a special seG"Li•:m. The most outstanding and influential member of this group was O!le Henry Spiro who died .at Toowoornba . on 9tl:i . December, 1876. He was the main supporter of the Jewish Synagogue built at Toowoomba in :i.ff/5 1 and, was a shrewd financier and merchant as well as being · M:ayor of" Toowoomba in 1870-71. Spiro was a close political associate o~ vi.3. Groom, the leadi-ng political figure .on the Darling fuwns. Ee waa born at Posen in Prussia and commenced business as a store­ keopor in Ips.Tich in 1861. He came to Too:woomba in 1863 ·and operated as a stor0keeper with one, Samuel Benjamin. He was generally rcga~dod as a most generous person.who readily lent money to the needy and gc.1;vo a great ~eal to charitable concerns. " * * 'rFF: !Ar::1I: SIR ERNEST DAVIS. - - -- --;-~·-------- Mr. Esmond J. Selby has prepared a remarkable family tree of the JE'.,;ob::; 1 fnm.ily. On this 'Tree I are many families who have made rirnificant.contributions to progress and development. Daisy Jacobs manied. Isaac Isaacs and their family joined that of the prominent Coh~n l''amily of N. s. w. when their daughter married Sefton Cullen. fu:i.sy J acobs' first cousin was Sir Ernest fuvis of New Zealand - hj.s m0ther and her father were brother and.sister. The following is a sil~~uette of Sir Ernest Hyman Davis. He was born at Nelson in nw. Zealand, in 1872; the son of Noss Davis and Leah (nee Jacobs) Dnvis. ' Elucated at the Bishop of Nelson's School and Auckland GraLllpB.r S~hooL He · had a long a successful business career, was associated with m.::.n~r lcad:l.!'..g companies, takir.g part· in the development of Auckl~nd~ Ho served as I·:ayor of Auckland from 1935 to 1941 one of many Jewish Ha~:r.rs of Auckland, Sir Ernest fuvis also served as Mayor and' Councillor :in ra";:--2.rket Bor0ugh. He was Chainnan of A~ckland and Suburban Drainage B~ard~ a member of the Harbour, nospital and Fi.re Boards and 9haimnn Ca~ tl:'.) Provincial Centennial Council and the. St. John and Red Cross Joint Council. ne was knighted in 1937 and ~ade a Chevalier of the_ Logi.cn o( Honour in 1938. In 1959 he invested £100,ooo" and arranged_· f0r the interest to be sent annually to Israel to help sick and elderly p'2opJ0.
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