What is Sidney Myer?
'''Sidney Myer''' created Myer’s, one of the biggest [[department store|department stores]] in [[Australia]]. He [[Emigration|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== Simcha (Sidney) Myer Baevski was born on the February 8, 1878, in the [[Jew|Jewish]] section of [[Kritchev]], Russia. 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 language|English]], and had almost no money and no [[visa]]. Soon after arriving, he changed his name to Sydney Myer in order to be more Australian. ==Achievements== The Myer brothers moved to [[Bendigo, Victoria|Bendigo]], a city in [[Victoria, Australia]]. There they started a small [[drapery]] [[business]], where they sold [[fabric|fabrics]] of all different styles, colors, and sizes. Because they disagreed about whether their store should be open on Sundays, the brothers decided to stop working together. Sidney bought his brother's share of the business, and Elcon moved on to [[Melbourne]]. As Myer's business became more successful, he opened a larger store in Bendigo, and new stores in Melbourne and [[Adelaide]]. Today, Myer's is one of Australia’s biggest department stores. Myer's is known for having [[Fashion|fashionable]] clothing made by many different designers. After he went to a performance at the [[Hollywood Bowl]], a famous outdoor [[theater]] in [[California]], Myer created the [[Sidney Myer Music Bowl]]. In 1929, Myer began to arrange free outdoor [[concert|concerts]] by the Melbourne [[Symphony]] [[Orchestra]], held at the Music Bowl. These free concerts are still held today, and are very popular. Myer died on Septem