Just in response to Albert's research - Can people recommend good titles regarding German migration to Queensland? Also can anyone confirm (or refute!) the information I read somewhere that the Queensland Government (out of desperation for farm workers) was the only state government to actively recruit, and pay passage for, non-English-speakers in the 19th Century (or before Federation)? This discussion of Germans being recruited for the Hunter would appear to contradict this... Many thanks, Courtney Pedersen On 16/11/04 8:41 AM, "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> wrote: > In my study of the Germanic migration to Australia in the 19th century I > have come to a few conclusions. > > There can be no disputing that the major migration was to Queensland. It > happened over a longer period than did the migration to South Australia and > they settled in a much larger area of the sate. There were also many more > than to South Australia. > > > Albert Grulke > > >

The NSW government paid for assisted immigrants from German from about 1838 - 1858. The book "Greetings from the land where milk and honey flow: German imigration to NSW 1838 - 1858". Is about this issue. Cheers Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney Pedersen" <courtneybp@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:01 PM Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Re: New South Wales germans > Just in response to Albert's research - Can people recommend good titles > regarding German migration to Queensland? > > Also can anyone confirm (or refute!) the information I read somewhere that > the Queensland Government (out of desperation for farm workers) was the > only > state government to actively recruit, and pay passage for, > non-English-speakers in the 19th Century (or before Federation)? This > discussion of Germans being recruited for the Hunter would appear to > contradict this... > > Many thanks, > Courtney Pedersen > > On 16/11/04 8:41 AM, "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> wrote: > >> In my study of the Germanic migration to Australia in the 19th century I >> have come to a few conclusions. >> >> There can be no disputing that the major migration was to Queensland. It >> happened over a longer period than did the migration to South Australia >> and >> they settled in a much larger area of the sate. There were also many more >> than to South Australia. >> > >> >> Albert Grulke >> >> >> > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >