Nathaniel Levi
Appearance
Nathaniel Levi | |
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Born | [1] | 20 January 1830
Died | 11 September 1908[2] St Kilda, Victoria, Australia[2] | (aged 78)
Occupation(s) | auctioneer, company director, distiller, politician |
Spouse | Sarah nee Levy[3] |
Legislative Assembly of Victoria representative for Maryborough | |
In office 1860–1865 | |
Legislative Assembly of Victoria representative for East Melbourne | |
In office 1866–1868 | |
Legislative Council of Victoria representative for North Yarra Province | |
In office 1892–1904 | |
Nathaniel Levi (1830–1908) was a Liverpool born Victorian politician and businessman.
He arrived at Hobson's Bay in April 1854 in the Matilda Wattenbach.[1]
Levi was prominent in the Jewish community, president of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in 1880–82 and 1904–05.
Levi was the first Jewish member of a state parliament in Australia and is a forebear of prominent rabbi, John Levi.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Fredman, L. E. (1974). "Levi, Nathaniel (1830–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ a b "ABOUT PEOPLE". The Age. No. 16693. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1908. p. 13. Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 349. Victoria, Australia. 30 November 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Webb, Carolyn (2 December 2006). "Nation's first Jews an 'obsession' for rabbi". The Age. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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- English Jews
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- English emigrants to colonial Australia
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- 19th-century Australian politicians
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