German settlement in Australia
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German settlement in Australia began in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

 to Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. German immigrants became prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

. From 1850 until World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, German settlers and their descendants comprised the largest non-British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 or Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 group of Europeans in Australia.

Kinnear winegrowers - April 1838

On 23rd April, 1813, the barque Kinnear
Kinnear
Kinnear is the surname of:* Ben Kinnear, footballer* Bob Kinnear, Canadian labour leader* Dominic Kinnear, Scottish-American football manager* George Kinnear, US military officer and early Seattle real estate developer* Greg Kinnear, American actor...

 arrived at Sydney carrying six German wine growing families. Johann Justus, Friedrich Seckold, Johann Stein, Caspar Flick, Georg Gerhard and Johann Wenz, were the first German vinedressers in Australia. Hundreds of Germans followed their arrival in Australia. They worked in the vineyards belonging to John Macarthur
John MacArthur
John MacArthur may refer to:* John Macarthur , Australian wool industry pioneer and Rum Rebel* John McArthur, Jr. , American architect* John McArthur , Union general during the American Civil War...

's son William Macarthur
William Macarthur
Hon Sir William Macarthur was an Australian botanist and vigneron. He was one of the most active and influential horticulturists in Australia in the mid-to-late 19th century...

 in what is now Camden. These six families were recruited from the Rheingau
Rheingau
The Rheingau is the hill country on the north side of the Rhine River between Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. It lies in the state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district...

 region of Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

 by Major Edward Macarthur
Edward Macarthur
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Macarthur KCB was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, an administrator active in Australia and Commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's forces in Australia from 1855.-Early life:...

.

The Prince George and Bengalee group - November 1838

The second group arrived with Pastor August Kavel
August Kavel
August Ludwig Christian Kavel . Pastor Kavel was a founder of Lutheranism in Australia.-Training and Early Ministry:Kavel was born in Berlin, Germany 1798...

 on the ships Prince George
Prince George (ship)
The Prince George was a three masted barque weighing 317 tons, owned by H Wright. It measured It was manufactured in 1828 at Newcastle upon Tyne...

, and Bengalee
Bengalee (ship)
The Bengalee was a three masted barque weighing 304 tons, owned by Hamlin and Company, Greenock. It was principally used as a supply ship, although it did carry human cargo also...

. These first immigrants to settle from what is today known as Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 were escaping from what they considered to be religious persecution at the hands of Prussian King Frederick William III
Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...

. The group was composed of Lutheran
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 immigrants who had left their homeland mainly because of their rejection of Prussian state enforcement of a new prayer book for church services. They developed a settlement at Klemzig
Klemzig, South Australia
Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is the location of the first settlement of German emigrants to Australia in the 19th century and is named after a village near the city of Zuellichau in southeastern Brandenburg in the German state of Prussia, where they...

, six kilometers from Adelaide, named after their namesake home town
Klepsk
Klępsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sulechów, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Sulechów and north-east of Zielona Góra....

 in the Prussian province of Brandenburg.

The Zebra Group - December 1838

The next group arrived in December 1838, on the Zebra
Zebra (ship)
The Zebra was a three-masted ship, built in 1818 and weighing 350 tonnes. On 12 August 1838, the Zebra, captained by Dirk Hahn, departed from Altona, Hamburg for its voyage to Port Misery, South Australia. The ship arrived at its destination on 28 December 1838. On board was a crew of 16 and 188...

with Captain Dirk Meinhertz Hahn
Dirk Meinhertz Hahn
Captain Dirk Meinhertz Hahn was probably best known as the captain of the ship Zebra that he captained to South Australia where the town of Hahndorf was named after him.-External links:*...

. Captain Hahn, assisted this group in acquiring land in the Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is unofficially centred on the largest town in the area, Mount Barker, which has a population of around 29,000 and is also one of Australia's fastest growing towns.- History :The...

, where they settled Hahndorf
Hahndorf, South Australia
Hahndorf is a small town about 30 minutes drive out of Adelaide, South Australia along the South Eastern Freeway . The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named "Kay" in Prussia, many of whom were aboard the Zebra...

.

The Catharina Group - January 1839

The last of the initial wave of immigrants arrived in January 1839, on the Catharina
Catharina (ship)
- Voyages :*Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia - 21 September 1838 to 20 January 1839*Port Adelaide, South Australia to Batavia - departed 27 February 1839-References:* "", * "", * "", Private homepage of *"", , David Nutting* "", Private webpages of...

. This group settled predominantly at Glen Osmond
Glen Osmond, South Australia
Glen Osmond is a small suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Burnside located in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills.-References:...

.

The Skjold Group - October 1841

In 1840 a letter was sent to the Old Lutherans
Old Lutherans
Old Lutherans refers to those German Lutherans who refused to join the Prussian Union in the 1830s and 1840s.Attempted suppression of the Old Lutherans led many to immigrate to Australia and the United States, resulting in the creation of significant Lutheran denominations in those countries.The...

 in Prussia to encourage others to also emigrate. Included in this letter was a request for a second pastor to be sent also. The group set sail for Australia, on 11 July 1841 on the Skjold
Skjold (ship)
The Skjold was a Danish three mast Barque, built in Sundeborg 1839, and weighing 460 tons. It was owned by C. Petersen, Sundeborg.-Voyages:...

. On a trip beset with sickness, 55 people, mainly young children and the elderly, died. On October 28, 1841, 213 emigrants from Prussia arrived at Port Misery in South Australia. With them was Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche
Gotthard Fritzsche
Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche[p] was one of the first founding pastors of Lutheranism to emigrate to Australia. He was born in Liebenwerda, Germany, and migrated to Australia in 1841. From 1842-1863, he was pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church...

, who had been encouraged to emigrate because of the Prussian government’s requirement for a Pastor to accompany the emigrants. The migrants settled at Lobethal
Lobethal, South Australia
Lobethal is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area, and is nestled on the banks of a creek between the hills and up the sides of the valley. It was once the centre of the Adelaide Hills wool processing industry, which...

, and Bethenien
Bethany, South Australia
Bethany is a small village located about 2 km south east of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. It was originally named Bethanien, but was changed during World War I in an attempt to remove all German place names from Australia....

.

In 1842, Langmeil was settled.

Hermann von Beckerath Group - 1847

Early German immigrants were instrumental in the creation of the South Australian Wine Industry. One of the earliest wine makers, whose descendants still produce wine, was Carl August Sobels. Born in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 in 1802, he arrived in South Australia on the Hermann von Beckerath in 1847. At first he farmed at Macclesfield
Macclesfield, South Australia
Macclesfield is a small town on the upper reaches of the River Angas in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Macclesfield had a population of 832....

 before moving to Tanunda
Tanunda, South Australia
Tanunda is a town situated in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia, 70 kilometres north east of the state capital, Adelaide. The town derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning water hole. Town population is approximately 3500.-Settlement:...

 where he produced table wines. After his death in 1863 the business was conducted by his son Ferdinand.

By the mid 1840s, the German community in South Australia had become large enough to warrant its own German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

-language newspaper. In 1847, the first German newspaper in Australia, Die Deutsche Post, was founded in Adelaide.

San Francisco Group - October 1850

The barque San Francisco (a three masted barque of 450 tons (nm) built in Bjornberg, Sweden in 1846 and owned by J C Godeffroy & Sons) landed a number of emigrants in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 on 14 October 1850 http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1850Northumberland-San%20Francisco%20RegisterOctober14.jpg after leaving Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 on 15 June (or 23 June ?)http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1850Northumberland-San%20Francisco%20RegisterOctober14.jpg 1850. The ship almost never arrived, as it sailed straight into a major storm at Port Misery (Port Adelaide), which also wrecked the barque Grecian (three-masted, built at Sunderland, England in 1841) earlier that day. It was reported in a local newspaper of the time that the newly arrived emigrants on the ship were from the linen-producing Prussian province of Silesia
Province of Silesia
The Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...

. Like previous German emigrants to South Australia, the passengers then dispersed throughout the colony.
Passenger List of the San Francisco
Ship San Francisco (Kapitän Kramer) of Hamburg, to Adelaide and Melbourne 15 June 1850
Name Vorname
(First name)
Beruf
(Occupation)
Herkunft
(Home)
Ehefrau
(Wife)
Kinder
(Children)
Ahrenstein Adolph Kaufmann (merchant) Lippstadt
Lippstadt
Lippstadt is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest.-Geography:Lippstadt is situated in the Lippe valley, roughly 70 kilometres east of Dortmund and roughly 30 kilometres west of Paderborn...

 
Sara Levy, Fanny, Doris
Ahrenstein Friedrich Kaufmann Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 
Auguste  
Arnsberg J.M. Kaufmann Hamburg    
Becker Friedrich Stellmacher (wheelwright) Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 
   
Bandholz Friedrich Zimmermann (carpenter) Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

 
   
Binder August Maurer (mason) Grenitz
Hranovnica
Hranovnica is a village and municipality in Poprad District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 613 metres and covers an area of 32.662km². It has a population of about 2580 people.-External links:...

 
   
Braunack Friedrich Tuchmacher (weaver) Tirschtiegel
Trzciel
Trzciel is a small town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,348 inhabitants ....

 
Frau (wife) 2 Söhne (sons)
Erichsen Johanna   Hamburg-Altona
Altona, Hamburg
Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...

 
   
Findeisen C.C. Lehrer (teacher) Markkleeberg
Markkleeberg
Markkleeberg is a town in the Leipzig district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße, approx. 7 km south of Leipzig.In 1813 much of the Battle of Leipzig took place where today's Markkleeberg is situated....

 
   
Fischer Christian Schäfer (shepherd) Osteritz
Ostritz
Ostritz is a town in the district Görlitz, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Lusatian Neisse, 16 km south of Görlitz....

 
Frau 3 Kinder
Fromm Gottlieb Schneider (tailor) Millostow    
Gomalla Mattes Landmann (farmer) Ganrow    
Gaßan J. Landmann Tornow Maria Elisabeth
Gormann Johann Landmann Tornow Frau 3 Kinder
Grabasch Louise   Muschten
Myszecin
Myszęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczaniec, north-east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

 
   
Huppatz Johann Schuhmacher (shoemaker) Tauer
Tauer
Tauer is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Brandenburg, Germany.-History:The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow....

 
Frau 4 Kinder
Hemmerling J.F. Landmann Muschten Frau 3 Kinder
Hübener Gottlob Landmann Zirchau Anna  
Hanel Carl Sattler (saddler) Libau
Liepaja
Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

 
   
Irmler Georg Landmann Sawade Anna  
Irmler Friedrich Landmann Sawade Frau 3 Kinder
Koopmann Gottlieb Schneider Wismar
Wismar
Wismar , is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,about 45 km due east of Lübeck, and 30 km due north of Schwerin. Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar is well-protected by a promontory. The...

 
   
Kilian Christian Landmann Tauer
Tauer
Tauer is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Brandenburg, Germany.-History:The area is known to have been settled as early as the Bronze Age. The first written mention was in 1632 as Tawern Tauer. In 1652, it was known as the village of Taurow....

 
Frau 4 Kinder
Kloke Gottlieb Stellmacher Kay
Kije, Lubusz Voivodeship
Kije is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sulechów, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Sulechów and north of Zielona Góra.-References:...

 
Frau 2 Kinder
Kurtze Samuel Zimmermann Brausendorf
Brudzewo, Lubusz Voivodeship
Brudzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.The village has a population of 103.-References:...

 
Frau 2 Kinder
Kurtze Wilhelm Landmann Brausendorf Frau 1 Kind
Kalckwitz Wilhelm Landmann Schmölen
Bennewitz
Bennewitz is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany....

 
Frau Tochter (daughter)
Koch Michael Schuhmacher Krakau    
Lewels Carl Johann Destillateur (distiller) Hamburg    
Lehmann Gottlob Landmann Muschten Frau 1 Kind
Meyer Wilhelm Tischler (joiner) Zagajewitzky    
Meincke Johann Landmann Boitzenburg
Boitzenburger Land
Boitzenburger Land is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany....

 
   
Müller Johann Schneider Tirschtiegel Julie 3 Kinder
Müller Rosine   Tirschtiegel    
Mattner Gottfried Landmann Kay Frau 4 Kinder
Meinje August Landmann Müllerhausen    
Maticke Samuel Landmann Schmölen Frau 3 Kinder
Mathias Catharina M.   Hamburg    
Noack Anna   Ruben    
Noack Anna   Ruben    
Noack Johann Landmann Tauer Anna Maria
Noack Elisabeth   Tauer   Maria
Noack Martin Landmann Tauer    
Noack Gottfried Landmann Tauer   Anna
Nagel Heinrich Schneider Bowitz
Babice (Prachatice District)
Babice is a village and municipality in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 85...

 
Louise  
Pätzel Gottlob Schäfer Jany
Jany, Lubusz Voivodeship
Jany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielona Góra, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zielona Góra.The village has a population of 333....

 
Anna Rosina
Pätzel Carl August Landmann Jany    
Pätzel Wilhelm Ernst Landmann Jany   Anna Helena, Anna Dorothea, Christine
Parde August Stellmacher Muschten    
Pöck Gottlob Landmann Kay Frau 2 Kinder
Romm Daniel Landmann Gutabschied Frau 4 Kinder
Reimann Gottlob Schäfer Muschten Frau 3 Kinder
Ruge Christian Schuhmacher Muschten Frau Sohn
Richsteig Georg Landmann Coschten Frau 4 Kinder
Rößler Wilhelm Landmann Neubauroh Frau 6 Kinder
Roi Ferdinand Schuhmacher Tirschtiegel Frau 1 Kind
Richter E.G. Schäfer Cottbus
Cottbus
Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...

 
   
Roedinger Friedrike   Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 
  5 Kinder
Rüthing F.L. Hutfabrikant (hat factory owner) Paderborn
Paderborn
Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...

 
Frau 2 Kinder
Richter Sophie   Hamburg    
Schröder J.G. Tischler Möckern Frau 4 Kinder
Schmerl Gottfried Landmann Deutsch Kessel Frau 1 Kind
Schäpe Christian Landmann Sawade Frau 4 Kinder
Semler Georg Landmann Herde Frau 4 Kinder
Schütz Mathias Landmann Bobitz
Bobitz
Bobitz is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....

 
   
Schultz Friedrich Landmann Muschten Frau 1 Kind
Schultz Gottlob Schäfer Muschten Frau 1 Kind
Stenke Gottfried Müller (miller) Kay Anna  
Stenke Wilhelm Müller Kay Rosina 4 Kinder
Stenke Louise Dienstmädchen (housmaid) Kay    
Saegenschnitter Gottlob Landmann Scharky    
Sturzel Carl Landmann Schmöllen    
Tilemann C.H. Kaufmann Neustadt    
Uplegger J.E.G. Landmann Neu Treptow    
Voigt Robert O. Zimmermann Ehrenberg    
Vorwerk Gottfried Schuhmacher Langheinersdorf  Frau 5 Kinder
Wolff Christian Schäfer Osteritz Frau 3 Kinder
Wundersitz Carl Landmann Ritschütz Frau 3 Kinder
Wenske Gottlob Landmann Muschten Frau 1 Kind
Zahnleiter Phillip Maurer Käferthal    
Zirck Dorothea   Hamburg   James

See also

  • German Australian
    German Australian
    German religious refugees represented the first major wave of German settlement in Australia, arriving in South Australia in 1838. Some were active as missionaries and explorers in Australia from early in the 19th century, and German prospectors were well-represented in the 1850s gold rushes...

  • Forty-Eighters
    Forty-Eighters
    The Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. In Germany, the Forty-Eighters favored unification of the German people, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human rights...

  • Barossa German
    Barossa German
    Barossa German refers to a dialect of German, which was once common in South Australia. The prominent South Australian writer, Colin Thiele , whose grandparents were German immigrants, referred to "Barossa Deutsch" as: "that quaintly inbred and hybrid language evolved from a century of linguistic...

  • German settlements in the Riverina
    German settlements in the Riverina
    In Australia, a number of German settlements in the Riverina were established in the late nineteenth century. The settlements were populated by Germans migrating both from established German settlements in South Australia and directly from Germany...

  • Ethnic Germans
  • Immigration to Australia
    Immigration to Australia
    Immigration to Australia is estimated to have begun around 51,000 years ago when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent via the islands of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea. Europeans first landed in the 17th and 18th Centuries, but colonisation only started in 1788. The...

  • German Baptist settlers in Australia
    Johann Gerhard Oncken
    Johann Gerhard Oncken was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the "Father of Continental Baptists", the "Father of German Baptists" and the "Apostle of European Baptists". Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann , and Julius Wilhelm Köbner were known as the Baptist cloverleaf ....

  • Australian place names changed from German names
    Australian place names changed from German names
    During World War I, many German-sounding place names in Australia were changed because of Anti-German sentiment. The new names were often Anglicized , given Aboriginal names , names of famous people , or battlefields . This was done through an Act of Parliament, as well as by petition...


Further reading

  • Harmstorf, Ian and Cigler, Michael (1985) The Germans in Australia Melbourne : AE Press. Australian ethnic heritage series. ISBN 0-86787-203-9
  • Tampke, Jurgen and Doxford, Colin (1990) Australia, Willkommen : a history of the Germans in AustraliaKensington, N.S.W : New South Wales University Press. ISBN 0-86840-307-5

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