Dat first Soot! (From Norm Rachow,Beenleigh) Oh, dat first soot of trousers – dere vas sooch a fuss! Uncle Karl und Aunt Charlotte vas staying by us!- Und poor Grandpa sat up in his chair – he vas ill Mit his legs full of gout – I remember it […]
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Poem: Upon the Gowrie Plain
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Hoch Munchen – Zither Duet
The stirring march tune ‘Hoch Munchen’ – a real zither classic, here played by the Bundaberg String band with zither player Robert Pukallus leading the melody line. Press Play for song preview.
German march – Bundaberg Apostolic Church of Qld String band
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Zither Duet – Minuett
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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
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Keeping on God’s Right Side: Religion and the German-Queenslanders
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