When did the Germans immigrate to Australia?

Answer 1

Germans first came to Australia early in the nineteenth century. The first group of German settlers were Lutherans escaping from persecution of King Friedrich Wilhelm in Prussia. 21 German refugees arrived on the ship 'Bengalee' on 18 November 1838, followed two days later by the main group on the 'Prince George'. They first settled at the town of Klemzig in South Australia.

Answer 2

Many Germans migrated to Australia from about the 1840s onwards. Their rich culture lives on in regions of South Australia such as the Barossa Valley, and many other areas along the Murray River in that state, and in Victoria/ New South Wales.

Answer 3

The first group of Germans arrived on the ship 'Bengalee' in November 1838, followed two days later by a much larger group on the 'Prince George'. They first settled at the town of Klemzig. Many more ships followed over the next three years.

Answer 4

The first group of 21 German Lutherans arrived on the ship 'Bengalee' on 18 November 1838, followed two days later by the main group on the 'Prince George'. They first settled at the town of Klemzig.

Many more Germans have continued to migrate to Australia since those first early days.

Answer 5

Germany never migrated to Austalia. Germany stayed exactly where it is.

The first wave of German immigrants in the 1830s came to escape the persecution of King Friedrich Wilhelm the third of Prussia who wanted them to join the state church rather than to carry on their own religion.

Thanks to a wealthy Scottish businessman and chairman of the South Australian Company, George Fife Angas, a deal was struck by Pastor August Kavel to start a new Lutheran settlement in South Australia. The first group of Lutherans arrived on the ship 'Bengalee' in November 1838, followed two days later by the main group on the 'Prince George'. They first settled at the town of Klemzig. Many more ships followed over the next three years. Immigrants continued to arrive in the 1850s, when the persecution had already ceased, because the farmland was producing poorly and becoming overcrowded and famine conditions prevailed in the 1840s. Greater opportunities for affordable land ownership were available, especially in South Australia, and also in area of the Riverland in New South Wales. Good reports had been received by then from the earlier immigrants. Many also had memories of the warfare occurring at that time. Some wanted to avoid the compulsory drafting into the military.

Answer 6

The primary Eason why Germans left their country and migrated to Australia during the 1800s was because they had lost basic religious freedoms in their own country. The first wave of German immigrants in the 1830s came to escape the persecution of King Friedrich Wilhelm the third of Prussia who wanted them to join the state church rather than to carry on their own religion.

Thanks to a wealthy Scottish businessman and chairman of the South Australian Company, George Fife Angas, a deal was struck by Pastor August Kavel to start a new Lutheran settlement in South Australia. The first group of Lutherans arrived on the ship 'Bengalee' in November 1838, followed two days later by the main group on the 'Prince George'. They first settled at the town of Klemzig. Many more ships followed over the next three years.

Immigrants continued to arrive in the 1850s, when the persecution had already ceased, because the farmland was producing poorly and becoming overcrowded and famine conditions prevailed in the 1840s. Greater opportunities for affordable land ownership were available, especially in South Australia, and also in area of the Riverland in New South Wales. Good reports had been received by then from the earlier immigrants. Many also had memories of the warfare occurring at that time. Some wanted to avoid the compulsory drafting into the military.

Answer 7

More than 1.