George Dreyfus [SEP] date of birth
George Dreyfus
George Dreyfus AM (born 22 July 1928) is an Australian contemporary classical, film and television composer.
Early life and orchestral career.
Dreyfus was born to a Jewish family in Elberfeld, Wuppertal, Germany. He was the younger of two sons born to Alfred Dreyfus and Hilde Ransenberg. Growing up, his family had what he described as "pots of money, cars, "Kindermädchen" [nannies] and holidays in Switzerland and Czechoslovakia". However, due to the Nazi persecution of Jews
has been claimed as 10 Aug 1874, however the date of 16 Sep 1866 is evidenced by his official birth record. He was educated to elementary level at Bourke, where his family moved after his father's alleged death when Stuart-Robertson was 4 years old. Despite the rumour that Robert senior had died during the 1870s in Queensland, Robert senior died on 3 July 1899 at George Street Asylum, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Stuart-Robertson undertook a number of unsuccessful retail businesses in Bourke and Cobar. During