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
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/ > >