Hi, Albert. One of my ancestors arrived from Rosenbach, Prussia via London about 1833. I have found a record of him in Picton as early as 1841 and probably earlier. His name was John George Goethe but is George Gatty in the 1841 census and Geotty, Geothe and many other variations in other records. It seems he never spelled his name the same way twice. He was the proprietor of the Royal Arms in Picton until his death in the early 1860's (sorry I am imprecise but I am doing it from memory). He supposedly married an English woman in London before he immigrated to Australia and then a much younger Irish woman after she died. I had wondered if she was a "mail order bride" because she married him 3 weeks after she arrived here and was 30 years younger. Anyway, this is more info. than you probably want but is one German family who was in this area fairly early on. I live in San Diego, CA so haven't done any research except through the internet so I am not familiar with the history of the area any more than that. Good luck with your research, Sharon