ANZAC Day at Speers Point
Picture shows a previous ANZAC Day surrounding Speers Point Cenotaph. In 2018 for the first time since 1935 the the…
Died at the Front in 1918 whilst defending Villers Bretonneux
April 2018 marks 100 years since the death of Arthur Friedrich Schmidt. Arthur was the Great Grandson of JSG Hoffmann…
House in Hahndorf
Local Hahndorf historian Reg Butler, has produced ‘The Hahndorf Allotments Database’. This is a resource that tracks the ownership of Hahndorf…
Silesian Porcelain
Midway between Breslau and Liegnitz in 1843 when the rail line from Breslau to Freiburg met the line from Schweidnitz…
The Village of Grunthal (now called Verdun) South Australia
The small town of Grunthal was named by its Prussian original settlers around 1840. The township is about 4kms from…
Little Grandma is right up front
Pioneer Family Honoured – Piltz re-union at Walla Walla The below article is taken from Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW…
Derevation of surnames
Interesting article on the surnames of our Jewish counterparts. from http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0807/names.php3 What’s in a name? by Estee Rieder Once, long ago, there…
Oath of Allegiance and Nationalisation of Prussian Citizens
This post is paraphrased from Maureen M Leadbeater’s work from familyhistorysa.info From the earliest days of the colony there were non-British immigrants. A…
The Adelaide Noonday Gun
The following is taken from: The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929) Fri 21 Oct 1921 Page 6…
Big Fire at Lobethal
The following is from: The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931) Tue 16 Jul 1907 Page 6 Residents were…