Subject: The Great Synagogue is socially significant because it continues to be the focus of Jewish communal worship and culture in central Sydney, as it has been since its construction.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: The Porch is ornately tiled in tessellated and mosaic work.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: The Great Synagogue was built to unite two Jewish congregations in Sydney which worshipped at the time in synagogues in York Street and Macquarie Street.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: SHR Plan 1971
Photographer: Stewart Watters
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 10/09/2004
Subject: The Great Synagogue is historically significant because it is the earliest surviving synagogue in NSW still in use, and according to some the earliest surviving synagogue building.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: View of the rear of the Great Synagogue.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: The Great Synagogue is aesthetically significant because it is one of the most elaborately decorated Victorian buildings in Sydney.
Photographer: P Phillips
Copyright owner: P Phillips
Date: 01/09/1997
Subject: SHR Plan 1971
Photographer: Heritage Division
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 10/09/2004
