John Oxley Library Germans in Queensland - History in Pictures By JOL Admin | 6 October 2015 From the 1850's onward many German migrants left their ancestral country to settle in the new colony of Queensland. According to the 1901 Commonwealth Census, 38,352 Australians had been born in Germany. Queensland, by far and away, held the majority of those Germany-born Australians with a total figure of 13,163. State Library of Queensland holds a number of photographs documenting these German settlers and their influence on Queensland society. Below is a sample... Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294 Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294 Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294 Von Senden family. Von Senden was born in Holstein, Germany in 1852 and came to Australia in 1865. The family were pioneers of the Logan Agricultural Reserve. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 188898 Von Senden family. Von Senden was born in Holstein, Germany in 1852 and came to Australia in 1865. The family were pioneers of the Logan Agricultural Reserve. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 188898 Von Senden family. Von Senden was born in Holstein, Germany in 1852 and came to Australia in 1865. The family were pioneers of the Logan Agricultural Reserve. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 188898 German family outside a farm building in the Bethania area, Queensland ca. 1871 German family outside a farm building in the Bethania area, Queensland ca. 1871. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294 German family outside a farm building in the Bethania area, Queensland ca. 1871. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294 Holzheimer farm at Bethania, Queensland ca. 1872. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20134 Holzheimer farm at Bethania, Queensland ca. 1872. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20134 Holzheimer farm at Bethania, Queensland ca. 1872. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20134 German settler and his family Rosewood Scrub ca. 1880. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 79545 German settler and his family Rosewood Scrub ca. 1880. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 79545 German settler and his family Rosewood Scrub ca. 1880. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 79545 Members of the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1890. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54065 Members of the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1890. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54065 Members of the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1890. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54065 Class portrait of the students of the German Community School, South Brisbane ca. 1890s. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 10122 Class portrait of the students of the German Community School, South Brisbane ca. 1890s. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 10122 Class portrait of the students of the German Community School, South Brisbane ca. 1890s. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 10122 Family of Carl Heuschele and his wife Anna in Middle Ridge, Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 142721 Family of Carl Heuschele and his wife Anna in Middle Ridge, Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 142721 Family of Carl Heuschele and his wife Anna in Middle Ridge, Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 142721 A. Wegener & Son, Cash Grocers, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba advertised to the German speaking population. Text is in German. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 102416 A. Wegener & Son, Cash Grocers, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba advertised to the German speaking population. Text is in German. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 102416 A. Wegener & Son, Cash Grocers, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba advertised to the German speaking population. Text is in German. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 102416 Featured image for blog post 1834602 Second German Clubhouse, East Brisbane ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 168483 Second German Clubhouse, East Brisbane ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 168483 Gentlemen seated around tables outside the German Club, Toowoomba ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library. Neg 168484 Gentlemen seated around tables outside the German Club, Toowoomba ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library. Neg 168484 Gentlemen seated around tables outside the German Club, Toowoomba ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library. Neg 168484 Advertisement for a cream separator in a German language publication, Queensland magazine 1898. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 62478 Advertisement for a cream separator in a German language publication, Queensland magazine 1898. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 62478 Advertisement for a cream separator in a German language publication, Queensland magazine 1898. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 62478 Herr Von Ploennies, the Queensland Consul for Germany, married on 9 April 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 177767 Herr Von Ploennies, the Queensland Consul for Germany, married on 9 April 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 177767 Herr Von Ploennies, the Queensland Consul for Germany, married on 9 April 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 177767 Audience photograph of a Liedertafel smoke concert held in the Exhibition Concert Hall, Bowen Hills 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 165980 Audience photograph of a Liedertafel smoke concert held in the Exhibition Concert Hall, Bowen Hills 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 165980 Audience photograph of a Liedertafel smoke concert held in the Exhibition Concert Hall, Bowen Hills 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 165980 Group of delegates to the Congress of German Baptist Churches, Marburg 1905. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APE-064-0001-0014 Group of delegates to the Congress of German Baptist Churches, Marburg 1905. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APE-064-0001-0014 Group of delegates to the Congress of German Baptist Churches, Marburg 1905. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APE-064-0001-0014 Wedding guests and bridal party at a German wedding, Ropeley ca. 1905. The bride was Miss Johanna Nauman, daughter of Mrs. M. Nauman, of Warwick, and the bridegroom Mr. Leopold Schultz, son of Mr. Charles Schultz, a farmer of Ropeley, near Gatton. Jo Wedding guests and bridal party at a German wedding, Ropeley ca. 1905. The bride was Miss Johanna Nauman, daughter of Mrs. M. Nauman, of Warwick, and the bridegroom Mr. Leopold Schultz, son of Mr. Charles Schultz, a farmer of Ropeley, near Gatton. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 96063 Wedding guests and bridal party at a German wedding, Ropeley ca. 1905. The bride was Miss Johanna Nauman, daughter of Mrs. M. Nauman, of Warwick, and the bridegroom Mr. Leopold Schultz, son of Mr. Charles Schultz, a farmer of Ropeley, near Gatton. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 96063 Portraits of members of the Brisbane German Club, Brisbane 1907. Neg 173122 Portraits of members of the Brisbane German Club, Brisbane 1907. Neg 173122 Portraits of members of the Brisbane German Club, Brisbane 1907. Neg 173122 Kalbar in the early 1900s. Kalbar has a rich German history dating back to 1876, which is reflected in many historic sites and buildings around the township. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APO-033-0001-0040 Kalbar in the early 1900s. Kalbar has a rich German history dating back to 1876, which is reflected in many historic sites and buildings around the township. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APO-033-0001-0040 Kalbar in the early 1900s. Kalbar has a rich German history dating back to 1876, which is reflected in many historic sites and buildings around the township. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APO-033-0001-0040 German Empire celebration at Enoggera, Brisbane 1908. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 39297 German Empire celebration at Enoggera, Brisbane 1908. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 39297 German Empire celebration at Enoggera, Brisbane 1908. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 39297 Images of the Lutheran Church in South Brisbane, St Andrew's Church in North Brisbane and the German Club in Woolloongabba. Also included are the German Imperial War Ensign, the British White Ensign and the Maltese Cross, 1912. John Oxley Library, St Images of the Lutheran Church in South Brisbane, St Andrew's Church in North Brisbane and the German Club in Woolloongabba. Also included are the German Imperial War Ensign, the British White Ensign and the Maltese Cross, 1912. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20711 Images of the Lutheran Church in South Brisbane, St Andrew's Church in North Brisbane and the German Club in Woolloongabba. Also included are the German Imperial War Ensign, the British White Ensign and the Maltese Cross, 1912. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20711 Social gathering at the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54068 Social gathering at the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54068 Social gathering at the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54068 Glindemann family of Holland Park, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 37027 Glindemann family of Holland Park, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 37027 Glindemann family of Holland Park, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 37027 Members of the Goethebund at Beenleigh ca. 1934. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 33869 Members of the Goethebund at Beenleigh ca. 1934. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 33869 Members of the Goethebund at Beenleigh ca. 1934. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 33869 John Oxley Library (1810) Collections (1600) Digitised content (658) Germans in Queensland (7) Germany (2) German Club (2) Comments Post a comment Add new comment We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. We also welcome direct feedback via Contact Us. You may also want to ask our librarians. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. 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Show comments (2) Submitted by Sandra Hass 3 August 2020 My husband's ancestry is mainly Prussian, with some German and Polish. The known names are: Hass, Ballin, Pioch, Giegler (paternal), and Roseberger, Eggert, Adam, Althaus, Krieg, Siebenhausen, Mauch. These people settled mainly on the Darling Downs (Oakey/Jondaryan, Toowoomba - Warwick), and the Lockyer Valley - Rosewood Scrub, Haigslea, Marburg, Minden. Reply Submitted by Sandra Hass 3 August 2020 I should have added that the Eggert family went to Tenterfield, but two of the daughters married in Brisbane when the family first arrived in Brisbane, and a third sister later also married in Queensland, Southern Downs. The eldest of these three was my husband's great-great- grandmother. Reply
Sketch of the German Mission Station at Nundah, Brisbane 1846. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 67294
Von Senden family. Von Senden was born in Holstein, Germany in 1852 and came to Australia in 1865. The family were pioneers of the Logan Agricultural Reserve. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 188898
Holzheimer farm at Bethania, Queensland ca. 1872. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 20134
German settler and his family Rosewood Scrub ca. 1880. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 79545
Members of the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1890. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54065
Class portrait of the students of the German Community School, South Brisbane ca. 1890s. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 10122
Family of Carl Heuschele and his wife Anna in Middle Ridge, Queensland. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 142721
A. Wegener & Son, Cash Grocers, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba advertised to the German speaking population. Text is in German. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 102416
Gentlemen seated around tables outside the German Club, Toowoomba ca. 1896. John Oxley Library, State Library. Neg 168484
Advertisement for a cream separator in a German language publication, Queensland magazine 1898. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 62478
Herr Von Ploennies, the Queensland Consul for Germany, married on 9 April 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 177767
Audience photograph of a Liedertafel smoke concert held in the Exhibition Concert Hall, Bowen Hills 1901. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 165980
Group of delegates to the Congress of German Baptist Churches, Marburg 1905. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APE-064-0001-0014
Wedding guests and bridal party at a German wedding, Ropeley ca. 1905. The bride was Miss Johanna Nauman, daughter of Mrs. M. Nauman, of Warwick, and the bridegroom Mr. Leopold Schultz, son of Mr. Charles Schultz, a farmer of Ropeley, near Gatton. Jo
Kalbar in the early 1900s. Kalbar has a rich German history dating back to 1876, which is reflected in many historic sites and buildings around the township. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image APO-033-0001-0040
German Empire celebration at Enoggera, Brisbane 1908. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 39297
Images of the Lutheran Church in South Brisbane, St Andrew's Church in North Brisbane and the German Club in Woolloongabba. Also included are the German Imperial War Ensign, the British White Ensign and the Maltese Cross, 1912. John Oxley Library, St
Social gathering at the German Club, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 54068
Glindemann family of Holland Park, Brisbane ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 37027
Members of the Goethebund at Beenleigh ca. 1934. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Neg 33869