Hello Beverley, The following taken form the PRIVATE PAPERS OF ARTHUR HERMANN, now know as THE HERMANN PAPERS still in private hands.. Distribution of German Settlers in the Rockhampton Area:- 1868 - 431 1871 - 234 1876 - 235 1881 - 207 1886 - 194 1891 - 159 There are now many, many decendants of these original German Families in the Rockhampton Area. Some of which you have heard from on this list and from other sources. Add to those you have the family names HOFFMANN, HERMANN & HARP. Kind Regards Jim in Rockhampton. James Hannay waraglad@optusnet.com.au