Vaiben Solomon

Vaiben Solomon (abt 1800 – 21 June 1860) was a Jewish-English convict who, with his brother Emanuel Solomon, was transported for larceny to New South Wales in 1818. Despite further brushes with the law, Solomon and his brother seized business opportunities and became prosperous Sydney merchants. The brothers were later joined by more of their siblings, and became patriarchs of a family line that would go onto make its mark on Australia business and politics, particularly in New South Wales and South Australia.