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…

The River Murray forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales and then flows west and south through South Australia to the ocean near Goolwa. It has in general…

1851 One hundred and forty years ago the barque Helene sailed to Australia with 92 Sorbs/Wends on board from Lusatia. It was probably the most significant group of Wends to…