York Street Synagogue, Sydney
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George St looking north, showing Jewish Synagogue, Police Offices, the Markets, old Burial Ground, now the site of the Town Hall, c. 1844
John Rae
Watercolour
DG SV*/Sp Coll/Rae/7
John Rae's depiction of a bustling George Street, Sydney, in the mid-1840s. The York Street Synagogue, which had opened on 2 April 1844, can be seen at the far left of the painting.