Prof Katy Barnett speaking at AJHS Vic event

‘A vignette of Jewish and non-Jewish solidarity in early Colonial Sydney from family history’.
Professor Katy Barnett speaking about her mother’s discoveries about the friendships of the brother of one of her non-Jewish ancestors, and the way in which non-Jewish Sydneysiders banded together to help Jewish people affected by floods in the Levant. Prof Barnett will underline the frequent cooperation and friendship between Jewish and non-Jewish settlers from the beginning of the colonisation of Australia.
Prof Barnett is an Australian academic and author. She joined Melbourne Law School in 2006 as a sessional lecturer and was permanently appointed a Professor of Law in 2010. She completed an LLB with Honours and a BA with majors in English, History, and Medieval Studies at the University of Melbourne in 1999.