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Actions Displays	The Hebrew Standard Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2012/030:088 TitleThe Hebrew Standard DescriptionThis is an edition of the newspaper The Hebrew Standard. The by-line of the title reads 'The only Jewish newspaper in Australia published every week. This edition was published on Friday, September 20, 1929 or Ellul 15, 5689. Its cost was threepence, and is twelve pages long. On page 6 is a notice informing the community of Barnett Phillips death. It reads: 'Phillips - In loving memory of my dear husband, and our dear father, Barnett Phillips, who departed this life on August 22, 1927, corresponding with Ellul 4, 5677. G.R.H.D.S. Inserted by his loving wife and family, 300 Park Road, Paddington.' The front page has advertisements for whisky, entertainment, Arnott's biscuits etc. News, social events, more advertisements and further death notices fill the remainder of the pages. An interesting anecdote called 'Art of Being Jew' is found on page ten. There is a pencilled annotation on the front page that reads: 'Barnett Phillips, p.6'. Part of a large collection of photographs and documents belonging to the Phillips Family, an old Australian Jewish family that resided in New South Wales from the 1850s. Barnett Phillips was born in 1833 in England. A devout Jew, he attended the Jewish Free School in Spittalfields, London from 1838 to 1843. He later immigrated to New South Wales, Australia. In c.1858 he married Caroline Cohen in Young, New South Wales. Caroline, also born in England, had immigrated to Goulburn along with her sister Dinah Cohen. Barnett earned his livelihood in several ways over the course of his life. He spent time as a theatrical producer, builder, and furniture merchant. Newspaper clippings from publications of the Burrangong Courier in 1862 record Barnett as the sole proprietor of the Diggers' Theatre in Burrangong. The collection also holds a licence granted on the 3rd of June 1867 allowing Barnett to give 'Public Exhibitions and Entertainments' within the colony of New South Wales, except for within the city of Sydney. From 1868 Barnett and Caroline were living in Sydney, within the Surrey Hills and Paddington area. By c.1909 they had moved to 300 Moore Park Road, Paddington, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Between 1860 and 1881 Barnett and Caroline had ten children: Ann (who died before her second birthday); Moses (George) Barnett; Elizabeth (Lilly); Rosetta (Rose); Zelig "Phillip"; Deborah; Clara Eve; Sarah Ann; Joel Lewis; Esther (Etty). Of all the children, George was the only one to marry, wedding Sarah Jane Dowling in 1887. He was subsequently disowned by his parents for having married outside of the faith. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date 1929-09-20 Subjectdeath, mourning, families, men, societal events & activities Object namenewspapers Materialpaper Dimensions length: 440.00 mm width: 290.00 mm Language Hebrew English Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

Object numberM2012/030:088

TitleThe Hebrew Standard

DescriptionThis is an edition of the newspaper The Hebrew Standard. The by-line of the title reads 'The only Jewish newspaper in Australia published every week. This edition was published on Friday, September 20, 1929 or Ellul 15, 5689. Its cost was threepence, and is twelve pages long. On page 6 is a notice informing the community of Barnett Phillips death. It reads: 'Phillips - In loving memory of my dear husband, and our dear father, Barnett Phillips, who departed this life on August 22, 1927, corresponding with Ellul 4, 5677. G.R.H.D.S. Inserted by his loving wife and family, 300 Park Road, Paddington.' The front page has advertisements for whisky, entertainment, Arnott's biscuits etc. News, social events, more advertisements and further death notices fill the remainder of the pages. An interesting anecdote called 'Art of Being Jew' is found on page ten. There is a pencilled annotation on the front page that reads: 'Barnett Phillips, p.6'.

Part of a large collection of photographs and documents belonging to the Phillips Family, an old Australian Jewish family that resided in New South Wales from the 1850s.

Barnett Phillips was born in 1833 in England. A devout Jew, he attended the Jewish Free School in Spittalfields, London from 1838 to 1843. He later immigrated to New South Wales, Australia. In c.1858 he married Caroline Cohen in Young, New South Wales. Caroline, also born in England, had immigrated to Goulburn along with her sister Dinah Cohen.

Barnett earned his livelihood in several ways over the course of his life. He spent time as a theatrical producer, builder, and furniture merchant. Newspaper clippings from publications of the Burrangong Courier in 1862 record Barnett as the sole proprietor of the Diggers' Theatre in Burrangong. The collection also holds a licence granted on the 3rd of June 1867 allowing Barnett to give 'Public Exhibitions and Entertainments' within the colony of New South Wales, except for within the city of Sydney.

From 1868 Barnett and Caroline were living in Sydney, within the Surrey Hills and Paddington area. By c.1909 they had moved to 300 Moore Park Road, Paddington, where they lived for the rest of their lives.

Between 1860 and 1881 Barnett and Caroline had ten children: Ann (who died before her second birthday); Moses (George) Barnett; Elizabeth (Lilly); Rosetta (Rose); Zelig "Phillip"; Deborah; Clara Eve; Sarah Ann; Joel Lewis; Esther (Etty). Of all the children, George was the only one to marry, wedding Sarah Jane Dowling in 1887. He was subsequently disowned by his parents for having married outside of the faith.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date 1929-09-20

Subjectdeath, mourning, families, men, societal events & activities

Object namenewspapers

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

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