UNLOCKING THE PAST: Remembering Jascha Gopinko, Russian Jewish immigrant who established Kurri Kurri and Cessnock orchestras

By Kimberly O'Sullivan
Updated October 22 2019 - 1:58pm, first published March 19 2017 - 7:05pm
 ABUNDANCE OF TALENT: The Kurri Kurri District Orchestra of 1919. Orchestra fonuder Jascha Gopinko is in the back row, fourth from left. Picture: Coalfields Heritage Group.
ABUNDANCE OF TALENT: The Kurri Kurri District Orchestra of 1919. Orchestra fonuder Jascha Gopinko is in the back row, fourth from left. Picture: Coalfields Heritage Group.

In the early years of the 20th century a Russian Jewish immigrant, Jascha Gopinko, arrived in Kurri Kurri.

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