You will find that the majority of German migrants to NSW in the 1850s came via London. They were transported from Bremen and Hamburg to London where final arrangements were completed to enable them to migrate. Albert Grulke -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of june m robinson Sent: Monday, 5 November 2007 4:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] Travel from Germany to Australia Hi Anne, just checked your site and came across Barbeler Surname, my husband has barbelers in his family . A lot of his familysettled in Finch Hatton Qld. are they related. Thanks June ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perplexed" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:03 PM Subject: [SEQ-Germans] Travel from Germany to Australia > My gg grandparents also arrived from London. They went to NSW (Morpeth) > in > 1849 on the Parland. There were a number of German families who travelled > on that ship to work in the NSW vineyards. You can see them at: > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/2299/parland1849.html > > > Anne > > > .... >> We were surprised to read that one of the families, the Windolf family >> emigrated on the ship Gauntlet which arrived in Moreton Bay on the >> 20th February 1878 and that the family came Indirect. They travelled >> from Hamburg to London on the "Martin" and then changed ships to >> the "Gauntlet". At that time it was more common for people to >> emigrate using the Direct shipping method from Hamburg or Bremen >> and it was only after 1880 that Indirect became the norm. >> >> Has anyone else found instances where before 1880, their family >> emigrated Indirect. >> > > > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to > South East Queensland, Australia. > Archives - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.20/1108 - Release Date: > 11/3/2007 9:42 PM > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. Archives - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message