James Hume (1798 – 15 November 1868) was one of the first

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. He drew up the first plans for

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and was the designer of the first synagogue in Australia in York Street Sydney, which opened in 1844. Hume died on 15 November 1868 and was buried in the

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in Sydney.''Sydney Burial Ground 1819 to 1901'' by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Sainty, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 2001, page 77.

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