York Street Synagogue, Sydney
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.