This well known Lockyer Valley schottese tune was a favourite amongst many accordion players. This version is after the playing of Alf Staatz of Glenore Grove – Laidley, Queensland. Accordion played by Mark Schuster. Press Play for song preview.
Author: Mark
Zither Duet -The Third Man
Zither Duet of Paul Ohlson and Robert Pukallus. This father and son-in-law duet were masters of the zither and came from Baffle Creek area north of Bundaberg where they were cane farmers. This tune was made famous in the 1930’s German movie the Third Man. Press Play for song preview.
Zither Duet -Old German Schottese
Zither Duet of Paul Ohlson and Robert Pukallus. This father and son-in-law duet were masters of the zither and came from Baffle Creek area north of Bundaberg where they were cane farmers. Press Play for song preview.
Article by Anna Haebich (from Griffith Review)
Essay: A long way back – reflections of a genealogical tourist Author: Anna Haebich Earlier this year I made a brief visit to my mother’s family homeland in Germany on the edge of the North Sea. Since I was a child I had dreamed of this country but as an adult had […]
Tales of Otta’ – from the Lockyer Valley
Tales of ‘Otta’ (Otto) ‘S…….’ ‘And of course Grandfather used to explode and order him off the property and tell him he was ‘nuttin’ but a bleddy liar’. “You’re a bleddy liar, Otta, you better yet home go”, and Otto would reply, “No, Max, dat’s vat happened you know, dat’s […]
All the Vicious Women – The German Song in Queensland
All the Vicious Women! The German Song in Queensland German and ‘broken’ German-Queensland songs are a relict of the pioneering heritage of the ‘very German’ regions of southern Queensland – particularly the Lockyer Valley – the heartland of the German pioneers and their customs and traditions. Unlike the hundreds of […]
In Search of Hermann Lehfeldt
In Search of Hermann Lehfeldt Lonely grave of Hermann Lehfeldt, located in the bush near the Alice River, Barcaldine. Typical of the tragedy and lonely resting places of many our German pioneers is that of young Hermann Lehfeldt. Twin brothers, Hermann and Carl Lehfeldt, both 18 years of age, arrived […]
A Family Tragedy – The Wanka Family
A Family Tragedy Many German pioneering families had very hard and tragic times, but perhaps the most tragic cases of all concerns the Wanka family. Inthe Old Church of England Section 2 portion of the extensive Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery are four unmarked burial plots – the last resting place […]
The Sad Tale of a Lonely Rose Bush – ‘Heidenroslein’
The sad tale of a Lonely Rose Bush – The’ Heidenroslein’ of the Downs ‘Roslein, roslein, roslein rot, Roslein auf der Heide’ Photograph showing the lonely rose bush at Headington Hill – the young Elsie Nichterlein is buried beneath this rose bush. Toowomba Centenarian Gladys Huf planted the rose bush in […]
The Master Player – Alf Radunz
The Master Player – Alf Radunz Alf Radunz (1910-1996) was arguably the greatest button accordian player in Queensland. Fifteen out of his sixteen brothers and sisters could play an instrument- the other could only play the gramophone! Alf grew up in the Coolabunia district, just outside Kingaroy, in southeast Queensland. […]
