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August 29, 2020
Pleasant Sunday Afternoon, Sunday 7 April 2013
Our annual Pleasant Sunday Afternoon commenced with a community lunch at 12.30 pm followed by a brief AGM. As this year marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Ludwig Leichhardt, we heard about this famous German explorer and naturalist...
April 07, 2013
A.I.G.S. Bendigo Area Family History Expo
10.00 am - 4.00 pm, Sunday 17 March 2013 Leisure Centre, Browning St, Kangaroo Flat Our president, John Noack represented the Wendish Heritage Society and served as a consultant at this well attended event. Many other genealogical societies were also...
March 17, 2013
Labour Day Weekend Tour, 9 - 10 March, 2013
Our tour destination for 2013 was the Grovedale and Freshwater Creek area, near Geelong, Victoria. The itinerary, organised by June Winter, was as follows: We met in the church hall at St Paul's Lutheran Church in Grovedale, cnr Torquay Rd...
March 09, 2013
Nieder-Weisel Plaque for Victorian Goldfields
The largest number of people to emigrate to Australia from any town in what is now Germany came to Victoria from Nieder Weisel in the 1800's, a Lutheran village in the Country called Hesse. The village had 2,300 inhabitants in...
January 19, 2013
Ziebell's Farmhouse Open Garden, 17 & 18 November, 2012
The historic Ziebell's Farmhouse Garden was included in Australia's Open Garden Scheme for the first time last year. The Garden was open from 10 am to 4.30 pm on both Sat. 17 and Sun. 18 November. This event was a...
November 17, 2012
