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 […]
Culture
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
