German/Barossa Valley - Tanunda, SA, Australia
S 34° 31.585 E 138° 57.445
54H E 312529 N 6177578
In the middle of the ground-floor of the Barossa Museum is a tall bronze plaque for many of the German Migrants that came to, and bettered the Barossa Valley.
Waymark Code: WMZM0N
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 11/27/2018
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This bronze plaque is placed symmetrically, in the middle of the old Telegraph Station, and what is now the Barossa Museum. It gives details of many of the early German migrants to the area, and the transcription follows:
This plaque commemorates the
sigificant contribution to the colony of South Australia
made by German men & women who arrived from 1838 to 1888
We honour here the efforts of some of these pioneers
BARTELS Adolph H. F. LINGER Carl F. A.
1819-1878: Arrived 1850 - buried Adelaide 1810-1862: Arrived 1849 - buried Adelaide
Prominent Mayor of Adelaide Composer of the song of Australia
Founder of the Adelaide Liedertafel
BASEDOW Martin P. F., MP. MENGE Johann
1829-1902: Arrived 1848 - buried Adelaide 1788-1852: Arrived 1837 - buried Forest Creek
Educationlist, Newspaper Publisher Mineralogist, Geologist, Linguist, Mystic
Founder Roseworthy Agricultural College
FRITZSCHE G. Daniel Pastor MUECKE Carl W. L. D.Phil. Pastor
1797-1863: Arrived 1841 - buried Lobethal 1815-1898: Arrived 1849 - buried Hahndorf
Pioneer Lutheran Pastor Educationalist, Journalist, Editor, Poet
Founder of the Lobethal Lutheran College
GRAMP Johann PUETTMANN Carl
1819-1903: Arrived 1837 - buried Rowlands Flat 1843-1899: Arrived 1865 - buried Mitcham
Established Orlando Vineyards & Winery Musician, Teacher, Composer, Conductor
of the Adelaide Liedertafel
HEIDENREICH Georg A. Pastor RASP Charles
1828-1910: Arrived 1866 - buried Bethany 1846-1907: Arrived 1869 - buried Adelaide
Founder of the Hermannsburg Mission, N.T. Registered the first mineral claim in
Pioneer Missioneries were Broken Hill. A Founder of BHP
Pastors F.A.H. Kempe & W.F. Schwarz
HEINCKE Hermann A. M. SCHERK J. Theo M.P.
1863-1949: Arrived 1890 - buried Adelaide 1836-1923: Arrived 1852 - buried Adelaide
Musician, Teacher, Conductor of the
Grand Orchestra & Adelaide Leidertafel SCHOLZ Wilhelm Heinrich
with Immanuel G. Reimann, Founder of the 1828-1912: Arrived 1846 - buried Light Pass
Adelaide College of Music. Founded the Willows Hospital,
Helped form the Elder Conservatorium Light's Pass for Orthopedic &
Homeopathic Medicine
HEYSEN W. E. Hans F. Sir
1877-1968: Arrived 1884 - buried Adelaide SCHOMBURGK Richard Dr.
Artist & Painter of Australian Landscape 1811-1891: Arrived 1849 - buried Adelaide
Botanist, Creator & Director of the
HOMBURG Robert M.P Adelaide Botanical Gardens
1848-1912: Arrived 1854 - buried Adelaide
Attorney General, Supreme Court Judge
First Non-British born Judge in Australia SCHUERMANN Clamor W. Pastor
1815-1893: Arrived 1838 - buried Tarrington
HUEBBE Ulrich Dr. First Missionary to the Aboriginals
1805-1892: Arrived 1842 - buried Hahndorf Linguist, Ethnologist
Barrister, Father of the Real Property Act
(Torrens Title) SEPPELT Joseph E.
1813-1849: Arrived 1848 - buried Seppeltsfield
KAVEL August L. C. Pastor Established Seppelt's Vineyards & Winery
1798-1860: Arrived 1838 - buried Langmeil
Spiritual Leader of the TEICHELMANN C. Gottlieb Pastot
Original German Immigrants 1807-18888: Arrived 1838 - buried Stansbury
Established Klemzig First Missionary to the Aboriginals
Founder Lutheran Church in Australia Linguist, Ethnologist
KRANEWITTER Aloysius TEPPER J. G. Otto
Austrian Jesuit Priest 1841-1923: Arrived 1847 - buried Adelaide
1817-1880: Arrived 1848 - buried Melbourne Botanist, Entomologist
Established the Seven Hills Settlement Curator S.A. Museum
KRICHAUF Friedrich E. H. W. M.P. WENDT Jochim M.
1824-1904: Arrived 1848 - buried Adelaide 1830-1917: Arrived 1854 - buried Adelaide
Scientific Agriculturist, Founder of Prominent Watchmaker & Jeweller
Arbour Day & of S.A. Forestry
LESCHEN Adolph M. ZADOW Augusta
1836-1918: Arrived 1857 - buried Adelaide 1847-1896: Arrived 1877 - buried Adelaide
Father of Gymnastics & Physical Organiser of Women's Unions
Education in South Australia First Woman Inspector of Factories
Compiled by the German Descendant's Group
of the South Australian German Association Inc. 1988.
Address: Barossa Museum, Murray Street, Tanunda, SA, 5352, Australia
Visited: 0804-0806, Thursday, 31 May, 2018