Isaac Isaacs
Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB, GCMG, KC was an Australian judge and politician who served as the 3rd Chief Justice of Australia and the 9th, and first Australianborn, GovernorGeneral. He had previously served as AttorneyGeneral in the Protectionist government of Alfred Deakin.
Isaacs was the son of Alfred Isaacs, a tailor of Jewish ancestry from the town of Mawa, Poland. Seeking better prospects, Alfred left Poland and worked his way across what is now Germany, spending some months in Berlin and Frankfurt. By 1845 he had passed through Paris and arrived to work in London, where he met Rebecca Abrahams the two married in 1849. After news of the 1851 Victorian gold rush reached England, Australia became a very popular destination and the Isaacs decided to emigrate. By 1854 they had saved enough for the fare, departing from Liverpool in June 1854 and arriving in Melbourne in September. Some time after arriving the Isaacs moved into a cottage and shopfront in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, where Alfred continued his tailoring. Isaac Alfred Isaacs was born in this cottage onAugust 1855. His family moved to various locations around Melbourne while he was young, then in 1859 moved to Yackandandah in northern Victoria, close to family friends. At this time Yackanda
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