German Migration To Australia
. Organised immigration to South Australia from Germany began from 1838 with the sponsorship by George Fife Angas chairman of the South Australian Company of a group of religious refugees from Silesia led by Pastor August Kavel. In 1837 the Macarthur family engaged six German winegrowers to.
Germans leaving Europe heard little about Australias north. In 1837 the Macarthur family engaged six German winegrowers to. GermansPrussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838 with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to Queensland.
They formed close communities transforming the.
Background to German migration. Many came to Australia. However up until the early 1860s few German immigrants went to Queensland. In November 1838 Pastor Kavel brought a large group of German Lutheran migrants to South Australia.
