Location: South Australia, Australia

Surnames/tags: South_Australia Germany Migration
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Prussian and German Settlement in South Australia
Settlement in South Australia by German speaking Prussians began in 1837
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Klemzig on the Torrens in 1846. |
Migration of religious refugees began in 1838, when a group from Klemzig, Brandenburg, led by Pastor A. L. C. Kavel, made the journey on the ship Prince George with the assistance and blessing of George Fife Angas of the South Australian Company. They were seeking religious freedom at a time when the King of Prussia tried to ban their traditional Lutheran practices. They settled on the banks of the Torrens River, establishing a German style hamlet they named Klemzig. The Zebra arrived with religious objectors from Silesia in 1839. They settled in the Adelaide Hills, founding Hahndorf, a town which still retains its German character.
Over time, religious immigrants from Prussia became fewer and German Immigration was of a more general kind - migrants hoping for the opportunity to own land, or to prosper in new enterprises such as wine growing in the Barossa, copper mining, or grazing sheep.
- Descendant's Story -My Sudholz ancestors were Prussian. They moved through Adelaide to the Wimmera, which is solidly populated with their descendants. They had a very large hay farm at Gilles Plains, accessed by Sudholz Road, of course.
Main Areas of Settlement in South Australia
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- Klemzig
- Hahndorf, Lobethal
- The Forty-eighters and Buchsfelde / Buchfelde
- The Barossa Valley - Bethanien
- Adelaide
- The Mines Moonta Mines, Wallaroo Mines,
South Australian Name Studies on WikiTree
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- Migrants from Prussia to South Australia
- South Australia, Pioneers
- Migrant Ships from Germany to South Australia
- Skiold/Skjold 1844 to New Zealand Despite originally migrating to New Zealand, some of these passengers ended up in South Australia.
- Wine Districts in South Australia Also South Australia, Winemakers and Australia, Wine Districts and Wineries
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Useful External Links
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- Wikipedia - List of Australian Place Names Changed From German Names
- Geni.com Projects - Prussian Settlement in South Australia
- The Ships List - German Emigrants to South Australia, 1837-1866
- State Library of South Australia - German Immigration to South Australia
- Prussian Immigrants to S.A. With Surname Hellwig
- The German Club - German History in South Australia
- The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc.
- Adelaidia Germans
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State Library of South Australia https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410226&p=2796017
Also, Your above State Library of South Australia of the same name goes to a different section of the link I posted above. I don't quite understand the difference but both are excellent reading. I need to link this page to my Special inventory of German emigrants from Kingdom of Hannover page Special Inventory of German Emigrants.