FoLA Meeting August 2026 The Plains Capital - Sedan 1870-2020 The town of Sedan on the Murray Flats was created in 1870 as a private town and as such holds an interesting place in the South Australian narrative. Johann Wilhelm Pfeiffer who established the town was the only German to do so. He helped many […]
FoLA Meeting March 2025 FoLA AGM (7pm) The Biar family divided: Emigrants on two continents (Geoff Saegenschnitter) (7.30pm) While researching and publishing the Biar family history in Australia in 1971, Geoff Saegenschnitter discovered that the Biar family were of Wendish origin rather than German, and that two Biar brothers left their home in Groditz, Saxony […]
FoLA Meeting February 2025 Mads Christensen: A Danish pastor in New Zealand During the 1870s there was a significant emigration from Scandinavia to the North Island of New Zealand. Some three thousand Danes, Norwegians and Swedes settled on land allocated by the government in Wairarapa and southern Hawkes Bay. To minister to them, the first […]
Lutheran Archives is located on Kaurna Country. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this Country and the Traditional Owners of the lands that have been documented or referenced in our collection throughout Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. We acknowledge their continuing connection to and care of Country, Culture and Community. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that names, records and images of deceased persons occur within our collection.
