Hi Pamela There have been some wonderful discussion on this in the SEQld German list. Some of them have been sponsored by the Government through the German religious ministers to bring people from the homeland to Australia. Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich Researching: WESCHE, KADDATZ, SCHAPER - Germany 1880's - Qld Aust. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/Lorrae-Johnson/ Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:34:48 -0800 From: Pam Dowling <[email protected]> Subject: [Gen-Qld] German immigration To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all, I'm interested to know why there seem to have been so many German immigrants to SE Qld. Can anyone expand on the timeframe, reasons or the social history behind this please? Regards Pam An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ