Nathaniel Levi
Nathaniel Levi | |
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| Born | 20 January 1830 Legislative Council of Victoria representative for North Yarra Province |
| In office 1892–1904 | |
Nathaniel Levi (1830–1908) was a
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, and was the 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
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. 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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