tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3408926357028073674..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Ballarat Synagogue 1861: very elegantHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41052097220223712332024-02-23T14:22:50.551+11:002024-02-23T14:22:50.551+11:00Joe
thank you. I found Kaltmann's history ve...Joe <br /><br />thank you. I found Kaltmann's history very helpful. The founders of Ballarat Synagogue were a more diverse group than I had written about: miners, trades people supplying the mining community, and participants in the 1854 Eureka Stockade. This was a pivotal event advocating for miners’ rights, a key part of working class history in Australia. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8716067160915824172024-02-22T15:02:19.341+11:002024-02-22T15:02:19.341+11:00You will find this journal article very helpful:
...You will find this journal article very helpful:<br /><br />The Gold Rush Shul<br />Australia’s Ballarat Synagogue tries to preserve its unusual cultural history<br />by NOMI KALTMANN<br />in Tablet, 14th Feb 2024<br /><br />https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/gold-rush-shul-ballarat-synagogue-australiaJoehttps://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21661297452523940512021-04-06T22:12:37.254+10:002021-04-06T22:12:37.254+10:00Hello Helen!
Nice to hear from you, thanks for le...Hello Helen!<br /><br />Nice to hear from you, thanks for leaving a message.<br /><br />Yes, Ballarat and Bendigo were very interesting. In Bendigo we took a chinese gentleman's advice to visit the chinese cemetery nearby and by coincidence, the Jewish section was right next to it. We saw tombstones dated as far back as 1864 and as recent as 2020.<br /><br />In Shepparton we saw a small monument dedicated to the location of where the synagogue used to be and in Echuca we noticed a gigantic Magen David on one of the buildings which made it look like a former synagogue, but later we found out that the first owner happened to be Jewish and it never was used as a house of prayer. We have enjoyed our travels very much and probably will have another year of getting to know the country we live in before we head back overseas!<br /><br />Daniel<br /><br />Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38882634940392032882017-01-26T11:11:17.354+11:002017-01-26T11:11:17.354+11:00odessabraun
welcome :)
From a bigger photo, the...odessabraun<br /><br />welcome :) <br /><br />From a bigger photo, the first word is שְׁאֵרִית meaning remainder.<br />Thus the Ballarat tiny Jewish community must have seemed like the Remnant of Israel.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54192601643761344832017-01-26T01:43:10.769+11:002017-01-26T01:43:10.769+11:00Thank you for this informative article. I cannot ...Thank you for this informative article. I cannot make out the full name of the synagogue in the Hebrew on the portico.<br /><br />odessabraunodessabraunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953067549414497693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-77444707076671235842017-01-25T01:27:31.319+11:002017-01-25T01:27:31.319+11:00LondonGirl
Very true! I have just had a request f...LondonGirl<br /><br />Very true! I have just had a request from Haaretz English Edition newspaper in Tel Aviv to cite this blog post in their article on Ballarat.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-55044607290405427932010-05-16T09:54:22.142+10:002010-05-16T09:54:22.142+10:00What a fascinating building!What a fascinating building!LondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60252842747548329972010-05-14T15:54:10.310+10:002010-05-14T15:54:10.310+10:00Chris, I think you probably have seen quite a numb...Chris, I think you probably have seen quite a number of 19th century synagogues that looked like Ballarat. See, just for starters:<br />1.Touro Synagogue, Rhode Island<br />2.Neve Shalom Synagogue, Surinam<br />3.Beth Ahabah Congregation, Richmond Virginia <br />4.Lloyd Street Synagogue, Baltimore<br />5.St John's Wood Liberal Synagogue, London<br />6.Ustek Synagogue, Czech Republic<br /><br />Different continents, different dates and different religious identities, but they had something in common. The boards of these synagogues all had to brief non-Jewish architects on what they needed. Primarily they needed NOT to look like a church. Gothic was out but classical Greek Temple or Renaissance Classicism was in.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62974930054413188562010-05-14T15:02:49.970+10:002010-05-14T15:02:49.970+10:00Jim, the Age wrote: "A Grand Egyptian-style s...Jim, the Age wrote: "A Grand Egyptian-style synagogue was built in 1872, in Hopetoun Street Bendigo, and there were 150 members. By the 1920s, with mines closing and families moving to the city, membership dried up. The synagogue became a grain store. This fine Byzantine building was demolished in 1926".<br /><br />Your can see the splendid architecture in the Bendigo Historical Society Inc's page.<br /><br />Geelong's synagogue is still standing, albeit unused; Newcastle's you will find easily.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10191429417616935572010-05-14T13:25:02.121+10:002010-05-14T13:25:02.121+10:00This building is so familiar. I have seen one very...This building is so familiar. I have seen one very similar to it in Vancouver - at least I think; it's just hovering beyond memory - darn.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11259776097762406612010-05-14T11:43:25.194+10:002010-05-14T11:43:25.194+10:00This is interesting. I had no idea there were any ...This is interesting. I had no idea there were any synagogues in Australia outside the big cities.<br /><a href="http://sydney-city.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sydney - City and Suburbs</a>Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27476747410732710722010-05-14T10:18:31.482+10:002010-05-14T10:18:31.482+10:00Hermes, I love it when people give me good referen...Hermes, I love it when people give me good references. Thanks. <br /><br />If the students find references I don't know about, I add them to the course reading list immediately.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65494609474016675242010-05-14T02:41:42.208+10:002010-05-14T02:41:42.208+10:00You may already have seen this of course:
http:/...You may already have seen this of course:<br /><br /><br />http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/victorian-grandeur-in-spades/story-e6frg8n6-1225866290183<br /><br />PhillipHermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85132426511297157472010-05-14T00:33:29.407+10:002010-05-14T00:33:29.407+10:00Ballarat must have certainly been a hopping and ju...Ballarat must have certainly been a hopping and jumping place!<br /><br />The Heritage Council of Victoria said that the Ballarat Hebrew congregation (1861) was TB Cameron’s only known building in Australia before he departed for New Zealand. The Heritage Council say he was English, but sometimes he appeared to be a Scotsman.<br /><br />There are mentions of him in the south island of New Zealand in the 1870s and 1880s. For example, the Municipal Chambers Building in Dunedin was erected under the supervision of architect Robert Lawson, the original design having been won in competition by TB Cameron, “of Auckland”. <br /><br />In May 1879, an advertisement appeared in Otago calling tenders for "taking down and rebuilding the Queen's Arms Hotel". It was signed by T.B. Cameron, Architect.<br /><br />The Presbyterian church in Caversham, Dunedin was built in 1883 following the destruction of the previous building by fire. The current bluestone building was designed by TB Cameron.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10670746546356509732010-05-13T18:33:02.396+10:002010-05-13T18:33:02.396+10:00What a beautiful interior. Do you know any more ab...What a beautiful interior. Do you know any more about the architect - never heard of him?Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76703870327904439382010-05-13T18:12:58.192+10:002010-05-13T18:12:58.192+10:00Thanks, Helen, for this interesting history. I tr...Thanks, Helen, for this interesting history. I try to imagine Jewish life in Ballarat in gold rush days. <br /><br />Shalom from Jerusalem.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.com