Joel, Sir Asher
JOEL, SIR ASHER
JOEL, SIR ASHER (1912–2004), Australian businessman and politician. Born in Sydney, Sir Asher Joel became a journalist and then a public relations consultant. He organized New South Wales's ceremonials for the coronation of King George vi in 1937 and, after the World War ii (in which he was decorated) many public events in Sydney, including the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973. Joel served as an Independent and, later, a Country party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1957 to 1978. He was knighted in 1974. Joel served on a wide variety of Jewish and pro-Israeli bodies in Sydney.
bibliography:
W.D. Rubinstein, Australia ii, 307.
[William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)]
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