On Friday 3 July 2009 at Knox Lutheran Church in south-eastern Melbourne, Western District historian Betty Huf gave a power-point presentation on the German-speaking early settlers in Victoria’s Western District….

Nieder-Weisel was once one of many small, peaceful communities that became deeply troubled by the events that occurred during the mid-nineteenth century. High taxes, religious differences, over population and the…

Introduction This document gives an excellent insight into life for the Wends under German rule in the mid 19th century. In 1848 there were political uprisings throughout Germany. They emanated…

When the pious Lutherans built their first Churches in South Australia, they put a large bell up in their church tower. The bell would be rung vigorously for a few…

On the 20th Anniversary of our Wend Heritage Society it is my privilege to honour a Wend in Germany who speaks no English, but who made a valuable contribution to…

Introduction If one were to pick the best cricket team of all time from every nation, I think one would undoubtedly include Sir Donald Bradman from Australia, and possibly Shane…

No passenger list for the Pribislaw has ever been found. An embarkation list would have been prepared at Hamburg in 1849, since this was required by the Hamburg authorities before…

The Pioneer Memorial Garden at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills is a good place to start any investigation of Hahndorf’s heritage. It was placed on land donated by George Jaensch…

Compiled by the Rev Dr H F W Proeve in 2002 from a variety of sources including Hamburg Shipping List; German researcher, ‘Deutsche Auswanderung nach Australien 1849-1851’; The ‘Observer’ (Adelaide)…

[Original title: Leichhardt? Wer ist das? Vom Studenten in Göttingen zum australischen Epos.] Ladies and gentlemen! Dear friends! Turn back your mind, far back to the year 1833, as a young student…