Name: Michael John Davies (Me'ir ben Ya'akov): new information on a notorious Jewish convict
Start: 2025-06-09T12:00:00+1000
End: 2025-06-09T13:00:00+1000

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Monday June 9, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST

RG.04 - Rm 11

Michael John Davies ( 1788–1873) was the patriarch of a family of Jewish convicts and scallywags sent out to Australia. Remarkable evidence of his Hebrew and Jewish literacy is evident from different sources that have become available. Court records and press coverage in the UK and the colonies also reveal his pugnacious style as well antisemitism. His life provides tantalising evidence about the life of the Jewish underclass in the Regency and then in the colonies.

Speakers

Larry Stillman

Larry Stillman is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Monash, Faculty of IT. Also has degrees in Assyriology (Hebrew U, Harvard). Active on social justice issues and blogs a lot. Plays the Anglo Concertina, is a bookbinder and collects ancient coins

Monday June 9, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST
RG.04 - Rm 11

History and memory

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Larry Stillman

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