Because of their beliefs : emigration from Prussia to Australia / W. Iwan ; translated and edited with additional material by David Schubert. (2 copies)

From the late 1830s to the early 1850s, shiploads of Prussian Lutherans came to Australia (mostly SA) and established villages in Klemzig, the Adelaide Hills, the Barossa and beyond. Many thousands of descendants are now scattered throughout Australia. This book is based on a 1931 work by W. Iwan ('To Australia for the sake of their faith'), largely translated from the German here for the first time, which tells the story of this emigration. Included are lists of the emigrants (about 1,400 names, with place of origin, ages, and occupations) from Prussian archival sources (many now lost). Iwan's material is here updated and supplemented, and comprehensive indexes are added.