Ballarat continues to be a convenient central location in Victoria for our Society’s Annual Luncheon.  The venue was the Barkly Motorlodge, 43 Main Road, Bakery Hill, Ballarat and its restaurant, which is now a Chinese restaurant, appropriately na...

The Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) held an Expo at Monivae College, Hamilton, Victoria on Saturday 1 June.  We are grateful to Betty Huf for booking and setting up a display table for our Society.  Colin Huf and Rober...

We are very pleased to report that our AGM on 6 April was very successful.  We thank those who attended the Meeting or appointed proxies and those who sent greetings and messages of support. We had 23 people in attendance, 5 apol...

This tour to the Mount Gambier area of South Australia, on 9-11 March and led by Betty Huf, was a resounding success.  A total of 24 people attended part or all of the activities on the itinerary.  It was wonderful to see some “first time...

The City of Ballarat welcomed some Wendish descendants as performing musicians to its impressive Festival of Fine Music from 8 to 17 January, 2016. The informative Program Notes contained information in relation to 25 Concerts, which included sing...

This special Luncheon featured Clay Kruger’s slideshow presentation on the Schürmann weekend held at Tarrington, Victoria in June 2015.  Clay also showed video relating to the upcoming 500^th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation...

Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (1815-1893) was the pioneer Lutheran missionary and pastor in Western Victoria, from 1854 to 1893. He was based at Hochkirch (later Tarrington), near Hamilton. A number of events were held on 6–7 June to celebrate the 200t...

We are pleased to report that our AGM on 16 May was very successful. We thank all members who sent strong messages of support in the lead-up to the AGM. We especially thank those who attended the Meeting or appointed proxies. We feel heartened by you...

Our afternoon began with a community lunch at 12.30 pm followed by a brief AGM before hearing our guest speaker at 2.00 pm. The guest speaker, Janice Stockigt, an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourn...

Our Labour Day Weekend Tour destination was the Warrnambool area in western Victoria. The Wendish Heritage Society thanks Betty Huf, and her husband, Colin, who were entirely responsible for the organisation of this highly successful event. The t...