Nathaniel_Levi

Nathaniel Levi

Nathaniel Levi

Australian politician

Nathaniel Levi (1830–1908) was a Liverpool born Victorian politician and businessman.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

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

  1. [1]
    Fredman, L. E. (1974). "Levi, Nathaniel (1830–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    "ABOUT PEOPLE". The Age. No. 16693. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1908. p. 13. Retrieved 13 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "Family Notices". The Age. No. 349. Victoria, Australia. 30 November 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    Webb, Carolyn (2 December 2006). "Nation's first Jews an 'obsession' for rabbi". The Age. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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