A beautiful Minuett tune – from the masters of the zither – Bundaberg players Paul Ohlson and Robert Pukallus. This lovely zither piece was composed by Paul Ohlson. Press Play for song preview.
Author: Mark
Hoch Tirol – zither duet
A beautiful ‘Hoch Tirol’ zither tune – here played as a zither duet by the Bundaberg masters – Paul Ohlson and son-in-law Robert Pukallus. This rendition is equal to any of the masterful zither playing from the Europ[ean tradition. Press Play for song preview.
History of the Apostolic Church of Queensland and H F Niemeyer
A Brief History and Profile of the Apostolic Church of Queensland (An article provided kindly provided from the Apostolic Church of Queensland website) Cathedral of the Apostolic Church, Asfield Rd, Bundaberg, Dedicated for Divine Worship on 26th June, 1958 As the Apostolic Creed denotes, the Apostolic Church of Queensland’s original […]
A Musical match Made in Heaven: The von Vedels’
A Musical Match Made in Heaven Vera Grayson, whose mother was Martha Saal of Spring Creek, Clifton, was born in Warwick in 1889. With her parents she travelled to Perth, Western Australia, in 1902 and undertook schooling there. She was a talented young woman and assisted her father in […]
Keeping on God’s Right Side: Religion and the German-Queenslanders
Keeping on God’s Right Side: Religion and German Queenslanders Even though many of the German immigrants to Australia came from a culture steeped in superstition, formalised religion has played a critical role in the history and cultural identity of the German settlers in Queensland. Unlike the Silesian migration to South Australia […]
Dis und Dat – German Language & Words
Dis and Dat, or Dut un Dat ‘Unlike the flighty Pommeranians, the old Uckermarkers, they were very solid. Yes, nothing changed with them. Everyting was d’ same, dey hardly talked very much and vhen dey did dey talked like dat you know dey never said much you know. Yes, long […]
An Account of the German Baptist Church History in Queensland
German Baptist Churches in Queensland This historic account of the German Baptist Churches of Queensland is taken from Queensland Baptist Jubilee Record Volume 1855-1905, (Brisbane: W.R. Smith & Co, 1906) edited by William Higlett (who was well acquainted with and supportive of these churches). It gives a good picture […]
Lockyer ‘Deutsch’ and Strange Words
Dis and Dat, or Dut un Dat ‘Unlike the flighty Pommeranians, the old Uckermarkers, they were very solid. Yes, nothing changed with them. Everyting was d’ same, dey hardly talked very much and vhen dey did dey talked like dat you know dey never said much you know. Yes, long […]
Poem – Meine Mutter, die tut grumbeln
This is a very popular Barossa Deutsch ‘broken language’ poem – recited here by Norm Stiller. The Stiller brothers came to Queensland in 1909 from the Barossa district of South Australia. This ‘broken’ poem illustrates the mixing of English (Australian farm words) into a basic German poem structure. A fine […]
Poem – Nach Bethanien
This German poem originates in the Barossa valley, South Australia. It is spoken in the ‘Barossa Deutsch’ dialect. Norm Stiller of Gulugaba recited it to me. His family travelled from South Australia to Downfall Creek, northwest of Miles in 1909. This poem was a cultural remnant of their earlier pioneering […]
