Sidney Myer emigrated to Melbourne in August 1899 with very little money and little knowledge of English to join his elder brother, Elcon Myer, who had left Russia two years earlier.
13 Facts About Sidney Myer
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Sidney Myer then bought a cart and travelled through country towns.
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In 1925, Sidney Myer Ltd was listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange and the new building on the Lonsdale Street frontage was begun.
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Sidney Myer was then employing 5,300 people with medical and nursing aid for the staff, and rest homes for them at the seaside and in the Dandenong Ranges.
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On 8 March 1905, Sidney Myer married Hannah Nance Flegeltaub, a cousin of Travers Vale.
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In mid-1919, Sidney Myer went to the United States to study retailing.
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On 8 January 1920, Sidney Myer married Merlyn Baillieu, on her 20th birthday.
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Ken Sidney Myer was a philanthropist, a prime mover behind the Victorian Arts Centre; chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; and was offered and declined the governor-generalship of Australia.
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Sidney Baillieu Myer married Sarah June Hordern was born on 1935 and of the Sydney Hordern retailing family on 15 December 1955, thus linking two of Australia's wealthiest families.
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One of Sidney Myer's granddaughters, Joanna Baevski is a Director of The Sidney Myer Foundation.
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Sidney Myer is Vice-President of the Governance Committee, and a member of the Social Justice Committee, the Water Committee and the Environment Grant Making Committee.
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Sidney Myer represents The Myer Foundation as a council member of the organisation Our Community, and is a board member of Australians for Just Refugee Programs.
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Sidney Myer is the namesake for the Sidney Myer Asia Centre building at the University of Melbourne.