Date of Birth: 03/06/1818
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England
Date of Death: 29/10/1909
Place of Death: Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Case of Charles Wentworth Bucknell Committee No.17 |
23 Sep 1859 |
04 Jul 1860 |
9 months 12 days |
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| Member for Hume |
28 Jun 1859 |
10 Nov 1860 |
1 year 4 months 14 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
28 Jun 1859 |
10 Nov 1860 |
1 year 4 months 14 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Storekeeper; auctioneer. Had little education arriving in Sydney on 3 March 1839 as a steerage passenger on the barque 'Bardaster'. General storekeeper, initially at Wombat near Young, and later at Grenfell. Migrated to New Zealand and opened a general store at Wellington, fitting up whaling stations at Queen Charlotte Sound and Kapiti Island. At a later time imported sheep and merchandise from New South Wales and served in the Wellington militia returning to New South Wales in 1846, settling at Albury, building three hotels and establishing a general store, a boiling-down works and a flour mill. Opened a store on the Lachlan goldfields in early 1860s and became an appraiser of improved Crown Lands 1877-1878, then became an auctioneer in Sydney.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Isaac Benjamin Asher and his wife Mary. Married to Rebecca Levey in 1846 and had issue, 3 daughters and 7 sons. Jewish.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3
M. Z. Forbes, "The Jews of the Lachlan District, 1861-63" and "Jewish
Personalities in the movement for responsible government in New South Wales",
Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society, 4, 1954 - 1958
