Book Reviews
The following reviews of books and substantial articles relate to both the Wendish heritage and to some wider issues impacting on early Wendish settlement in Australia. An invitation is extended to interested persons to submit reviews for publication here.
Book Review: So This was Katyil 1876-1982
This 130-page book by R.T. Schuller is about the settlement of Katyil in Victoria's Wimmera region. Reviewed by John Noack.
Nathanael Pepper and the Antwerp Mission in Victoria's Wimmera.
The new book "The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World' (Scribe Publications 2007) is an interesting and challenging 384-page book by Robert Kenny , history scholar at La Trobe University in Melbourne.
God likes peppermints too
Book Review: "God likes peppermints too" by Edgar O. Gersch (Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide 1986). In this "delightful volume of nostalgia" which is Edgar's first book, he includes on his final page his poem titled "Memories". In it, he recalls...
Heimat Melbourne
A History of the German-speaking Community of Melbourne 1855 to 1865 by Volkhard Wehner (Author and Publisher, PO Box 1002 Hartwell Victoria 3124 Australia, 2010)....
