Hi List Another newspaper article but there is no date on this one. Robin Smith Visits... It goes back to Pioneering Days... Nundah and parts of the surrounding suburbs back in the middle of last century were commonly called German Town, for it was there that German Lutheran Missionaries founded the first free settlement in Brisbane. They had come to Australia at the request of DR. J. D. LANG, and settled at Zion's Hill to work towards the conversion of the aboriginals. It wasn't until 1885 when the railway was built through German Town to Sandgate that the settlement was named Nundah, the native name for the chain of waterholes bordering it. One of the few original families still living in the district , and in one of the original homes is the WILDERMUTH family in Nudgee Road, Hendra. 102 Years old The house itself is 102 years old, and was originally set in 260 acres of farm land and open pasture. The pine and hardwood used in the building of the house was hewn on the property. On the original estate the first Lutheran church in Brisbane was built. MR. W. WILDERMUTH, the third generation of Nundah WILDERMUTHS still runs dairy cattle and horses and grows small crops on the remaining 11 acres. And it won't be long before the 11 acres passes out of the hands of the WILDERMUTH family and is resumed by the Brisbane City Council. Five acres of it will then become a flood levee. One of the local residents collecting the history of the Nundah district is MR. DENNIS CLEARY. "It won't be long before most of the people who remember the early days are dead." MR. CLEARY explained. Regards Faye Queensland Australia