German Migration To South Australia
. German immigration German immigration to South 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. Background to German migration A number of Germans such as Augustus Alt appointed the first Surveyor of Lands on May 1787 the astronomer Carl Ludwig Rümker and Phillip Schaffer who established one of the earliest vineyards in Australia played key roles in.
Background to German migration A number of Germans such as Augustus Alt appointed the first Surveyor of Lands on May 1787 the astronomer Carl Ludwig Rümker and Phillip Schaffer who established one of the earliest vineyards in Australia played key roles in. German Emigrants to South Australia 1837-1866 Transcribed from original passenger lists by Robert Janmaat of Adelaide. In the 1850s a number of Germans came to South Australia from the German-populated provinces of Schleswig and Holstein in Denmark.
Background to German migration A number of Germans such as Augustus Alt appointed the first Surveyor of Lands on May 1787 the astronomer Carl Ludwig Rümker and Phillip Schaffer who established one of the earliest vineyards in Australia played key roles in.
Passengers in History was compiled by the South Australian Maritime Museum History Trust of SA. German immigrants Angas was active in promoting migration to South Australia to a group of German Lutheran dissenters led by Pastor Kavel. Immigration to South Australia. The reason for their immigration from Germany was what they saw as interference by the ruler of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III in their religious affairs.
