Isadore Brodsky
Isadore Brodsky (March 1905 – 6 March 1975)[1] was an Australian writer, historian, doctor and academic.[2] In the second half of the twentieth century he published numerous books about the history of Sydney.[3]
Biography
Brodsky graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1935.[4] He was for many years a member of the University of New South Wales School of Anatomy.[5] Through the 1950s and 1960s he wrote a regular column about the history of Sydney, "Out of the Past", for The Sun newspaper.[6] He died in 1975.[1]
Published works
Brodsky's books about the history of Sydney include Sydney Looks Back (1957), The Streets of Sydney (1962), Hunters Hill 1861–1961 (1962), Sydney Takes the Stage (1963), North Sydney 1788–1962 (1963), Heart of the Rocks of Old Sydney (1965), Sydney's Little World of Woolloomooloo (1966), Sydney's Nurse Crusaders (1968), Sydney's Phantom Book Shops (1973), Bennelong Profile: Dreamtime Reveries of a Native of Sydney Cove (1973) and The Sydney Press Gang (1974).[7]
He also wrote Double Take: The Facts of Identical Twins (1963) and Let No Dog Bark (1964), on Australian university culture.[5] Collections of his documentary photographs are held by the National Library of Australia and the University of New South Wales Library.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Historian". The Canberra Times. March 10, 1975. p. 3.
- ↑ "Brodsky, Isadore | The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ↑ Berry, Vanessa. "Isadore Brodsky". mirrorsydney.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ↑ "Brodsky, Isadore Irvine". Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
- 1 2 G.F.F. (September 11, 1964). "Let No Dogs Bark [book review]". Tharunka. p. 10.
- ↑ Brodsky, Isadore (October 6, 1954). "Out of the Past: Church Hill Mystery". The Sun (Sydney). p. 43.
- ↑ "NLA catalogue record". National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Isadore Brodsky". Digital Collections | Library. Retrieved 2026-02-27.