Sidney Sinclair
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Sidney Sinclair was an English born, Australia
n businessman, philanthropist, trade advisor to the Federal Government and prominent member of the Australian Jewish community.
A founder of the Parramatta Synagogue, he was its first president and subsequent life member. He joined the Board of the Great Synagogue http://www.greatsynagogue.org.au/index.html in 1966 and was president from 1977 to 1980; He was later made a life member of the board and was highly regarded as a congregational elder statesman.
From 1993 he was a director of Austcare http://www.austcare.org.au/ the Australian organisation that cares for refugees worldwide, and vice-chairman by 1995.
A past president of the Australian Jewish Welfare Society in NSW (now called Jewish Care) http://www.jewishcare.com.au/MintDigital.NET/JewishCare.aspx, he was senior vice-president and subsequently president of the Federation of Australian Jewish Community Services. A counciplor of the NSW Jewish War Memorial and a member of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, he was also a trustee of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery.
With his cousin, Louis Klein, he founded the men's fashion companies Anthony Squires http://www.cyberfibres.rmit.edu.au/biogs/TRC0623b.htm http://www.anthonysquires.com.au/, Parini and Sax Altman
With Eric Hurst (an optometrist) and Dino Zingarelli (a spectacle frame expert), Sinclair founded Martin Wells, the maker of fashion spectacle frames http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122353148/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0.
A longtime member of South Sydney Rotary, he was made a Rotary International
Paul Harris Fellow in 1994.
In 1968 Sir John McEwan, Minister for Trade and Industry, appointed Sinclair to the Export Development Council. In 1972 Dr Jim Cairns
appointed him to the Trade Development Council, and in 1974 he became a member of its executive. Whilst serving on the EDC he was a member of a small group sent on Diplomatic Good Will Missions sent to the USSR, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Japan. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2029469?lookfor=sidney%20sinclair&offset=1&max=5
He was a member of the Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee and of a federal study group on Japan; for six years he was a member of a federal advisory panel on East European countries. He was chairman of a federal study panel to encourage small business to export. He was a constant adviser to governments on both sides of politics, and for 2 years was one of 3 people who advised Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at pre-budget meetings to be used for cabinet briefings, and was appointed to several advisory committees by Deputy Prime minister, Douglas Anthony .
Sinclair was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in December 1978. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia
(AM) in January 1988.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n businessman, philanthropist, trade advisor to the Federal Government and prominent member of the Australian Jewish community.
A founder of the Parramatta Synagogue, he was its first president and subsequent life member. He joined the Board of the Great Synagogue http://www.greatsynagogue.org.au/index.html in 1966 and was president from 1977 to 1980; He was later made a life member of the board and was highly regarded as a congregational elder statesman.
From 1993 he was a director of Austcare http://www.austcare.org.au/ the Australian organisation that cares for refugees worldwide, and vice-chairman by 1995.
A past president of the Australian Jewish Welfare Society in NSW (now called Jewish Care) http://www.jewishcare.com.au/MintDigital.NET/JewishCare.aspx, he was senior vice-president and subsequently president of the Federation of Australian Jewish Community Services. A counciplor of the NSW Jewish War Memorial and a member of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, he was also a trustee of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery.
With his cousin, Louis Klein, he founded the men's fashion companies Anthony Squires http://www.cyberfibres.rmit.edu.au/biogs/TRC0623b.htm http://www.anthonysquires.com.au/, Parini and Sax Altman
With Eric Hurst (an optometrist) and Dino Zingarelli (a spectacle frame expert), Sinclair founded Martin Wells, the maker of fashion spectacle frames http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122353148/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0.
A longtime member of South Sydney Rotary, he was made a Rotary International
Rotary International
Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
Paul Harris Fellow in 1994.
In 1968 Sir John McEwan, Minister for Trade and Industry, appointed Sinclair to the Export Development Council. In 1972 Dr Jim Cairns
Jim Cairns
James Ford "J. F." Cairns , Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government...
appointed him to the Trade Development Council, and in 1974 he became a member of its executive. Whilst serving on the EDC he was a member of a small group sent on Diplomatic Good Will Missions sent to the USSR, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Japan. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2029469?lookfor=sidney%20sinclair&offset=1&max=5
He was a member of the Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee and of a federal study group on Japan; for six years he was a member of a federal advisory panel on East European countries. He was chairman of a federal study panel to encourage small business to export. He was a constant adviser to governments on both sides of politics, and for 2 years was one of 3 people who advised Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at pre-budget meetings to be used for cabinet briefings, and was appointed to several advisory committees by Deputy Prime minister, Douglas Anthony .
Sinclair was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(OBE) in December 1978. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(AM) in January 1988.