on 12/1/01 6:42 PM, Denise McMahon at helendmc@powerup.com.au wrote: > 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. <snip> Denise, Three more localities: (1) the Australian Agricultural Company brought out shepherds from Germany (one courts confusion if one refers to German shepherds :)) and they settled in the areas north of Port Stephens (think Stroud, Gloucester, etc) and probably some moved up to the Liverpool plains. _Pure Merinos and Others_ by Pennie Pemberton has details (including names). (2) The town of Holbrook on the Hume Highway south of Gundagai was renamed in honour of the submarine captain who penetrated the Dardanelles during WW1 - it used to be called Germantown presumably because of its inhabitants. (3) There is a tiny town called (I think) Collinsvale in the hills above the derwent river. It too had its name changed during WW1 from Bismarck - there was a good deal of nasty anti-German rioting and persecution in Tasmania where there was a recognisable German population. The statistics that you ask about are available - somewhat dispersed in the annual state and colonial yearbooks probably, and later the Commonwealth Year Books. But they are nicely summarised in the Historical Statistics volume of the Bicentennial History called _Australians_ which you should find in your local libarary or, failing that, at the State Library. HTH -- Michael Saclier Historical & Genealogical Research Services Phone: +61 2 6281 4117 Fax: +61 2 6281 4118 E-mail: saclierm@spirit.com.au Mail: PO Box 431, Curtin ACT 2605