Prof Katy Barnett speaking at AJHS Vic event
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- ‘A vignette of Jewish and non-Jewish solidarity in early Colonial Sydney from family history’.
Professor Katy Barnett speaking about her mother’s discoveries about the friendships of the brother of one of her non-Jewish ancestors, and the way in which non-Jewish Sydneysiders banded together to help Jewish people affected by floods in the Levant. Prof Barnett will underline the frequent cooperation and friendship between Jewish and non-Jewish settlers from the beginning of the colonisation of Australia.
Prof Barnett is an Australian academic and author. She joined Melbourne Law School in 2006 as a sessional lecturer and was permanently appointed a Professor of Law in 2010. She completed an LLB with Honours and a BA with majors in English, History, and Medieval Studies at the University of Melbourne in 1999.
Wonderful and thank you. I'm keen to read the final publication. And ... thanks to the anonymous researcher, your mum. That story is 4 years before my Jewish ancestors arrived here. (steerage class). The genealogy sounds amazing too. If only history was taught properly these days.
Fascinated!