‘I tink I’ll haf Annuder Vone!’ – The love of Wine Mac Scharfstein Max Scharfstein comed from Deutcherland Vence comes der larger beer Had Scharfstein stoped in Deutcherland Den he never vos been here! Old Max could not be here und dere Ve all must own vhats true As true […]
Folklore
The Story of Will H Lister – An Article by Warren Fahey, Australian Folklore Unit
The story of Will H. Lister – Australian Bush Humorist An article by Warren Fahey, Australian Folklore Unit I am an inveterate explorer of second-hand bookshops and book fairs. In 2002, at a Kings Cross antiquarian book fair I found a slightly damaged copy of a book titled Me – Und […]
Exorcising the Swine!
Exorcising the Swine Many of the early settlers had troubles with their pigs – particularly with differences from the ‘old country’ and getting used to farming ways and techniques more suitable for the new land. One well known incident concerns the Marburg congregation and the well-loved Pastor Temme who ministered […]
Snakes Alive!
Snakes Alive – Serpents and the German-Queensland Settlers The new settlers to Queensland were not at all familiar with snakes, Germany being home to only a few small and harmless species. In the bush of Queensland I’m sure they thought they must be surviving in a ‘living hell’, populated […]
Gott ist Gute
Dances, Crossroads, Hexen and Healers – ‘Gott ist gute, but the divil’s not too bad either’! ‘In a storm, you know why they covered mirrors? Because if you looked in a mirror during a storm quite often you could see the devil, that’s what my grandmother said, so you […]
Music From my Heimatland- Queensland is Different!!
Music from my Heimatland: Queensland is Different!! By Mark Schuster (Toowoomba, Qld) Although it was early June 1999, the familiar pale blue glare stung the eyes and the slanting rays of late afternoon sunlight still held their characteristic sting. Shedding my coat at Brisbane airport the soft light and verdant […]
‘Chain Bluey Loose’
‘Chain Bluey Loose’ My very good friend Rudy Manz of Laidley, retired farmer, button accordian enthusiast and terrific yarnteller has the following great tale: ‘I vos out in der paddock vorking and I haff a spell so I sits me downs unter the shades of de barbed vire fence’ and den […]
