Articles of Interest

Hans Finger has kindly given permission for the Leichhardt chapter of his book “Into the Red Heart” to be published on our website. A few formatting changes, and the omission…

This article, can be downloaded as a pdf:  The Rise and Fall of Prussia An accompanying map is also presented in pdf form: Prussia Map

John Noack has kindly submitted the following article for publication: Lutheran Church 175th Anniversary

The Malvina Vidal brought more than fifty Lower Lusatian Wends to Australia, most of whom settled in South Australia. Wends arriving aboard the Malvina Vidal included the Borrack, Fladrich, Grozeschka, Jarick, Kilo, Kniel, Kolosche,…

Please find below, a link to an article about Pastor Kappler as an Independent Lutheran Pastor. The Lutheran Archives in Adelaide made available to our Germanic/Wendish and Lutheran Heritage Library…

The year 1905 was a highlight in the life of Pastor J. F. Noack (1876-1958). Before this date, he had been born in 1876 at Peters Hill near Riverton in…

Our society has received the following communication from Anitta Maksymowicz: I thought you might be interested what happens in Poland and concern forefathers of Australian emigrants, thereofre I am sending…

During their visits in Lusatia many members of the Wendish Heritage Society will have noticed the bilingual signs at the outskirts of the towns and villages and in the steets….

Some Wendish families have handed down stories about how their family’s male members were required for war service in a decade of Wars between 1805 and 1814 and that canon-balls…

German and Wendish immigrants first settled at Westgarthtown near Melbourne in March 1850. Most had arrived in Australia the previous month aboard the Pribislaw, after a six-month voyage from Hamburg. They…