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          Sidney Myer created Myer’s, one of the biggest department stores in Australia. He emigrated from Russia at the age of 20 and started off as a small merchant and went on to be the owner of a large chain store.

          Early life

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          Simcha (Sidney) Myer Baevski was born on the February 8, 1878, in the Jewish section of Kritchev, Russia.

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          6. He was the youngest of eleven children. He attended a primary school for Jewish children. While at school, he managed his mother’s shop and helped the shop be very successful.

          When Myer was 20, he and his older brother, Elcon, moved to Australia.

          Myer arrived in Melbourne, Australia, as a Jewish refugee in August of 1899. He did not know English, and had almost no money and no visa.

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          Soon after arriving, he changed his name to Sydney Myer in order to be more Australian.

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          The Myer brothers moved to Bendigo, a city in Victoria, Australia. There they started a small draperybusine