Volkhard Wehner was the guest speaker at our "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" on Sunday 3 April 2011. He spoke about his newly-published book Heimat Melbourne: A History of the German-speaking Community of Melbourne, 1855-1865. The "Pleasant Sunday Aft...

This year's tour, organized for those who are interested in the history of German and Wendish people, focussed on the districts of Warracknabeal and Minyip. The tour is traditionally held on the Victorian Labour Day weekend which this year was from 1...

The year 2010, was Westgarthtown's 160th Anniversary and celebrations took place on Sunday 21 November 2010 as part of the City of Whittlesea's Cultural Heritage Program. The Friends of Westgarthtown and the City of Whittlesea hosted an afternoon ...

Time: Saturday 19 June 2010 at 12.00 noon Venue : German Club Tivoli, 291 Dandenong Road, Windsor, Victoria. Speaker: John Noack on "The 1860 Hamburg Ships and their Passengers to Australia". A very warm welcome was extended to all who gathe...

On April 11th 2011, our guest speaker, Heike Bishop, gave an excellent presentation on the topic "Survival in the Bush: German Homoeopathy (Homeopathy) in Australia". Heike Bishop, a homeopath from Adelaide, has written a thesis on this topic and ga...

Dimboola in Victoria's Wimmera Region celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2009 and new displays and features were prepared for those celebrating. Our Society's tour, which took place from Saturday 6 March at 12 noon to Monday 8 March 2010, include...

On Sunday November 1 the Friends of Westgarthtown offered guided tours of the Westgarthtown Heritage Trail. Tours started at 1.00 pm, 2.00 pm and 3.00 pm from the Ziebell Farmhouse, 100 Gardenia Rd, Thomastown (Melway Map 8 H5). This area of Melbo...

The Yarra Plenty Regional Library presented talks at the Mill Park Library, 394 Plenty Road Mill Park (Melway Map 10 C2) on Whittlesea's Cemeteries, followed at 1pm by a bus tour of the Yan Yean Cemetery on Saturday 31 October, 10.00am-4.30pm. The...

In 2008 the Rotary Club of Grovedale placed a commemorative rock and plaque in the cemetery adjoining St. David's Lutheran Church, Freshwater Creek, in memory of early German pioneer settlers. The first Lutherans settled at Freshwater Creek (near ...