As recorded in "The German presence in QLD", Jurgenson & Corkhill eds. "Shortly after the turn of the century the proportion of German-born settlers in Queensland amounted to 28.5%" Now that is a lot of settlers from one nation! No wonder that a lot of us who have ancestors from Queensland have German connections. For anyone who is interested there is a list specifically for German connections in SE QLD. It is AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com. Cheers Neil ******************************************** Researching the names, SATCHER, MANN, WILLIAMS, ENGEL, RYLAND WENZEL(L) from the SE QLD area. ****************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: Re: Germans and others to Australia > Sandy thank you for this. It seems we had a rather large influx of > Germans. Is there any where on record which would give a break down on how > many people came to Australia in the mid 1800's from various countries , > e.g. how many Germans, how many Americans etc etc > Denise > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Drews & Leonard" <raleigh2@ix.net.au> > To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 5:51 PM > Subject: Germans in Australia > > > > Hi Denise, > > A very large group of settlers were along the Clarence > > River, around South Grafton, a Mr W Kirchner, born Frankfurt, > > arrived in Australia in 1832, he was a merchant, he went to the > > Clarence district in 1840's to establish a soap and candle factory. > > Mr Kirchner brought out large numbers of his coutry men and > > their families to help at sawmilling (cedar getters) and soap making. > > The families in turn brought with them, their owns skills, and crafts, > > eg: wood turning and wine making. In March 1852 the barque 'Caesar' > > arrived with 182 German immigrants,to the district, many > > descendants of these people live in the district today. > > Goodluck Sandy.in cool Oberon. NSW > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > >