Koenig 1848 – 1990:  Christian & Karl Koenig and their descendants in Australia. Copies are available for $2.00 plus postage. Related surnames:  Lemm, Schmidt, Gladigau, Krosche...

Kevin Zwar, who has handled our research enquiries for many years, recently announced his retirement from that role for health reasons. Kevin was Foundation President of the Wendish Heritage Society Australia from 1986-1994, when ...

Congratulations to Robert Wuchatsch on being awarded equal first place in the Alexander Henderson Award for 2018 for his family history book Särka to Westgarthtown:  the Wuchatsch family in Germany and Australia.  The Book Launch was feat...

Congratulations to Kevin and Del Zwar, who are celebrating 50 happy years of marriage on 30 September. Delrose Zwar (nee Heinrich) grew up in World’s End, near Burra in South Australia. Kevin often says, “I had to go to the end of the world to fi...

We have moved from the Ivanhoe Lutheran Church (which has been sold) to St Aidan's, a former Anglican Church, which has a storage area for our Library, as well as a hall, meeting room and kitchen. We moved to this new venue in April. 2014. St Aidan's...

On Saturday, 25 January 2014, the Society was pleased to receive a visit from Jakob Gruhl, a young man from Bautzen, currently holidaying in Australia. Australia, with its open spaces, continues to attract many backpackers from Germany, including ...

The Lutheran Church property at 27 Livingstone Street, Ivanhoe, Victoria, was sold by auction on Friday, 11th October 2013. It goes without saying that this was a sad event for the small congregation of the church. It is also a signifiant event for o...

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