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ادوات السجل العروض	إزالة من الاختيار ضف للاختيار رقم الكائنM2012/030:069 الوصفThis is a telegram received by Caroline Phillips upon the event of her husband's (Barnett Phillip's) death. Barnett died on the 22nd of August 1917. The message states that the telegram was sent from Woollahra station at 11.22. It is addressed to Mrs Phillips at 300 Park Road, Moore Park. The message reads 'Accept deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement.' It was sent by Mrs H.J Samuel and sons. A stamp in the top right hand corner shows that the telegram was received by the Paddington station in N.S.W. on the 24th of August 1917. The telegram has been printed in blue ink on white paper, while the message has been handwritten in black pen. The envelope in which the telegram arrived is addressed to 'Mrs Phillips, 300 Moore Park Road, Paddington.' On the reverse are some pencilled notes/words of which their meaning is uncertain. 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. مكان الإنتاجSydney, New South Wales, Australia التاريخ 1917-08-24 الموضوعdeath, postal services, fathers, husbands اسم الكائنletters مادةpaper الأبعاد telegram length: 170.00 mm width: 210.00 mm envelope length: 80.00 mm width: 136.00 mm اللغة English Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

رقم الكائنM2012/030:069

الوصفThis is a telegram received by Caroline Phillips upon the event of her husband's (Barnett Phillip's) death. Barnett died on the 22nd of August 1917. The message states that the telegram was sent from Woollahra station at 11.22. It is addressed to Mrs Phillips at 300 Park Road, Moore Park. The message reads 'Accept deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement.' It was sent by Mrs H.J Samuel and sons. A stamp in the top right hand corner shows that the telegram was received by the Paddington station in N.S.W. on the 24th of August 1917. The telegram has been printed in blue ink on white paper, while the message has been handwritten in black pen.

The envelope in which the telegram arrived is addressed to 'Mrs Phillips, 300 Moore Park Road, Paddington.' On the reverse are some pencilled notes/words of which their meaning is uncertain.

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.

مكان الإنتاجSydney, New South Wales, Australia

التاريخ 1917-08-24

الموضوعdeath, postal services, fathers, husbands

اسم الكائنletters

مادةpaper

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اللغة

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Pozniak

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