(adapted from “Where the Beech Tree Grows”, by Harry Throssel, Binna Burra Lodge Limited, 1984) Tucked away in a wonderful book entitled ‘Where the Beech Tree Grows: The Story of Binna Burra’, by Harry Throssel, is a chapter on a real German-Australian character, ‘Old Bill’. He became the quintessential Australian […]
Biographies & Obituaries
Biographies & Obituaries
In Search of Professor Lau: Naturalist, Explorer and Musician
By Mark Schuster (St Ives, NSW) During the mid to late Nineteenth Century, many German adventurers, naturalists and scientists came in quest of ‘green treasure’ in the Land Down Under – seeking new and unique plant and animal species on the great southern continent. Perhaps the exploits of the great […]
Searching for Albert and Mick: The Hidden History of a German-Sydney Family
Hidden histories, that what I’m into and also that’s what makes my soul tick. Trying to make the past and its many dead come back to life, even putting the clothes and skin back on their decaying bones – and letting their lives be known to our current, media and […]
Frank Riethmuller – A Son of Toowoomba who Became King of the Roses
Frank Riethmuller – A Son of Toowoomba who became King of the Roses (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Frank Riethmuller (1884–1965) was an expert Australian rose breeder. Studio photo of Frank Riethmuller in Townsville about 1910, when he was 26. Riethmuller began to show roses in Sydney when he was […]
Brisbane’s Pioneering German Doctor – Frederick Staubwasser -article by Dr Owen Harris
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