From 1865, the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation used a number of venues as temporary places of worship, including Samuel Davis’s ‘Aubigny’ at North Quay. The Margaret Street site was purchased by R. B. Lewin and sold to the congregation for £200. The foundation stone was laid on 7 July 1885.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
Citations
Brisbane Synagogue Website Retrieved from on 7 June 2019.
Further research is underway.
Image Citations
Brisbane Synagogue. Photographer: Craig Franklin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25549458]