From the edge of oblivion : history of the Stehbens family in its social context 1600-1900

Narrative history of a family (Stehbens) commencing in Thirty Years War in Mecklenburg, following its migration to Schleswig-Holstein thence to Queensland. The migration voyage on Sophie from Germany to Australia is reconstructed in detail from oral history and objective research. Social history of early settlement in Maryborough and Bundaberg interacts with the family and the German/Danish migrants before they disperse to goldfields, to NZ, Edithburgh, Hunter Valley and the pastoral inland.