Hello Ablert There was in the 1940's/50's and Eric Volker who had a farm in Warwick Street Harristown Toowoomba. His daughters went to the Harristown state school. Regards Anna On 25 June 2010 09:12, albert grulke <agrulke7@bigpond.com> wrote: > This explanation supports what I have understood. > Volker went to Cecil Plains for 5 or 7 years. He then came back to Middle > Ridge and took up a land order. My understanding is that he and each of his > sons took up an order. > The blocks were all together. Later the sons but one sold their blocks and > moved out to Westbrook. > In fact Volker Street is still there as is the old house or was last time I > was in Toowoomba. > If my memory is correct the Arndt and Drewes did similar. > Albert grulke > > Albert is thus probably correct the Drewes went to St Helens Station on > work > contract for five years before returning > to Middle Ridge. A search of the Archives produces results for Ferdinand > and > Franz Drews taking up two blocks each in Toowoomba in April 1868 - just 5 > years after they arrived. They appear to be the younger two sons of the > family who would have been 13 and 11. This seems a little odd - but it > could > be the German habit of having several Christian names and not being known > by > the first is causing some confusion ( says someone who is not known by his > first name). > > John Heinemann > > "A land order was legal tender for the selection and purchase of land at > auction, made available under the various Queensland Land Acts in the > nineteenth century. It was not an order for a particular piece of land. > Therefore it is not possible to find out from land order records the > locality of real property description of a piece of land selected or > purchased by a particular person. > The scheme was designed as a means of inducing immigrants to settle in > Queensland. The conditions under which they were issued changed > substantially over time with changes to the relevant legislation. In > general, they were available to persons paying their own passage in full or > to persons (such as shipping agents) paying the passage in full for someone > else. At certain times and under certain conditions, they were also granted > to the following categories of persons: nominated or remittance passengers, > persons nominating immigrants, indentured passengers, employers contracting > indentured passengers, and assisted passengers. The value of land orders > varied. (see below for the various registers used to create the online > index) > In some cases, a first land order was convertible immediately after arrival > and a second land order available after a period of residence in > Queensland. > Records of land orders issued usually give: > • Name of immigrant > • Name of person to whom the land order was issued and, in some cases, > • Details of the ship and date of arrival. > Details of the land purchased or selected using the land order are not > given. > A land order acts as evidence that a particular immigrant was resident in > Queensland on a particular date." > > "This Index was created from several series of records relating to Land > Orders that were created by the Immigration Department. > > Series ID 13137 (IMM/249), Register of Land Orders issued on payment of > undertakings, 1870-1874 > Series ID 13139 (IMM/246), Register of the Issue of 18 Pounds' (£18) Land > Orders, 1861-1863 > Series ID 13144 (IMM/247), Register of Land Order Claims, 1862-1864 > Series ID 13145 (IMM/248), Register of 18 Pounds' (£ 18) and 30 pounds' > (£30) Land Orders, 1864-1873 > Series ID 13146 (IMM/249), Register of 30-Acre Land Orders, 1864 > Series ID 13148 (IMM/249), Register of Land Orders Issued to employers, > 1872-1875 > Series ID 18514 (IMM/249), Register of 30 pounds' (£30) Land Orders, > 1864-1866 > Series ID 18515 (IMM/249), Register of 40-Acre Non-Transferable Land > Orders, > 1870-1876" > > ********* > > > Archives - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. > Please don't do it. > > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to > South East Queensland, Australia. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-SE-GERMANS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Archives - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. Please don't do it. > > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to > South East Queensland, Australia. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-SE-GERMANS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >