UnSubRocky wrote on Aug 6
th, 2024 at 5:05pm:
BS, Frank. Absolute BS. Thomas Kenneally would have pointed out that one of the arrivals on the first fleet to Sydney Cove was a Jew. Name the ship that the "Jew" travelled upon.
Your research skills are shite-to-rudimentary, pal.
Esther Abrahams
Abrahams was transported to Australia with her baby daughter on the First Fleet, departing London in May 1787 on the convict transport Prince of Wales but transferring to Lady Penrhyn mid-voyage.[5] They reached Sydney with the Fleet in January 1788.
Peter Opley, an 18 year old Jewish labourer from Greenwich was sentenced on March 13 1786 for stealing a woman’s printed cotton gown, worth nine shillings. He was imprisoned in a ship’s hulk and then transferred to the Alexander for passage to Australia in January 1787
Daniel Daniels was sentenced to seven years at the Old Bailey for stealing “a copper pot, a pewter dish and a pair of shoes from Joseph Solomon”. David Jacobs, a lemon seller, was transported for stealing two livery greatcoats from a coach.
Henry Abrahams was convicted on three counts of highway robbery. Originally sentenced to death, he was sentenced to transportation for life ( on the Alexander). In Australia, he achieved infamy by informing on fellow convicts and testifying against them in court.
https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/australias-first-jews-thieves-who-became-heroes-u6an3qnt
See also
https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/fact-sheets/jewish-experience-australi...http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/s_multi.html
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/australian-jewish-community-and-culture/jewish...