Photographs
Depicting the people, the places, and the ministries of the LCANZ, the visual collection contains images of:
- Church buildings: including foundation stone laying, dedications, anniversaries, internal and external views of churches or halls.
- Congregation people and events: including celebrations; special services – Christmas, Harvest Thanksgiving, Confirmations; guilds and auxiliaries including women’s, men, youth, Sunday School, choirs, sporting groups, literary societies; mission or outreach events eg Sunday School picnics, fetes.
- Celebrations and commemorations: of milestones of the synod or church.
- Global Lutheran events: for example Lutheran World Federation conventions, Reformation celebrations.
- Missions: in New Guinea, Central Australia, Queensland, South Australia, India.
- Pastors, missionaries: and their wives and families.
- Schools and school life: students, classrooms, school grounds, school activities.
- Synodical conventions: delegates, speakers, venues and themes.
- Youth, Women, and Men’s auxiliaries: including guilds, rallies, retreats and conventions.
![Pastor F.K.G Blaess with his wife Doretta Magdalene n. Bensemann and their family [M01405 00555]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/M01405-00555-768x569.jpg)
![Perth, WA, St John Fitzgerald Street church
Confirmation group in front of altar [M00209 00042]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/M00209-00042-768x628.jpg)
![Tanunda, SA, Langmeil Harvest festival display [M00201 00025]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/M00201-00025-768x591.jpg)
![Family gathering at golden wedding of Pastor Carl Georg Hiller and his wife Christiane n. Petschel, at Murtoa, V, 6 January 1916 [M00107 00013]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/M00107-00013-768x576.jpg)
![Koonibba Aboriginal Mission Station - The stables and sheds [M00802 00375]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/M00802-00375-768x596.jpg)
![Hatton Vale, Q, St Paul Congregation outside church Convention, UELCA Q. Dist., May 12-17, 1927 [P00135 00161]](https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/P00135-00161-768x433.jpg)
CATALOGUE CODES EXPLAINED
Each image in our collection is identified by a unique catalogue number (e.g. P01412 02682).
The first half of the catalogue number (e.g. P01412) refers to the box (P014) and page (12) where the original photograph is stored.
The box number includes a prefix denoting the original format of the image:
- ALBUM = Photograph Albums
- GPN = Glass Plate Negatives and Lantern Slides
- M = Mounted photographs on card
- OS = Oversized photographs
- P = Photographs: black & white, sepia, colour, postcards
- S = Slides
The second half is the individual image number.
If you know the catalogue number of a specific image you are looking for, you can enter the image number into the catalogue search below.
Requesting Images
You can request higher resolution copies of images for personal use by emailing us at lutheran.archives@lca.org.au or by completing a Collection Material Request.
Fees of $8 per image apply. Note that images for personal use will be watermarked and not suitable for publication.
If you would like to publish an image from the Lutheran Archives collection, please contact us directly to apply for Permission to Publish (additional fees apply). Unwatermarked, high resolution images can be supplied for this purpose.
When requesting images, please provide the full catalogue number (e.g. P01412 02682) and the caption of the image you would like to order. Requested scans will be provided digitally in JPEG format.
All Lutheran Archives images should be cited with their full catalogue numbers (e.g. Lutheran Archives, P01412 02682).
photo identification and take-down
If you can identify someone in our collection who has not yet been identified in the caption, please let us know – we would love for names to be recorded so that others may easily search our photographs for that person in the future. Please send us an email at lutheran.archives@lca.org.au with the photograph details (box and photo number) and identification details.
If you see an image in our collection which you would like taken down for privacy or cultural / personal sensitivity reasons, please send us an email at the above address so that we can work with you to take the image down.
Search the photographic collection
Search images
Step 1: search the catalogue of photograph descriptions by entering your search terms in the field below. You can download these results as a PDF for you to save or print, or you can read on the screen.
Step 2. You have the option to view a low-resolution preview of the image by clicking the ‘view the image’ icon next to the caption. This will open the preview PDF for that particular box of photographs (e.g. P019). Previews are currently available for the P and M series only. You will need to scroll through to locate the relevant page and photograph number. Please be aware that the image captions within these PDFs contains wording that may cause harm: it is the language of the time of the image or in use when originally captioning the photographs. Language has been remediated in the catalogue search function.
Please note that there are no previews currently available for the slide collection, albums and glass plate negatives. We are working on this!
Caution: Please be aware that there may be images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed.
See above for how to request copies of images for personal use or publication.
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Lae Town
Bumbur village preparing for service – Rev Thiele (1968)
H135
Maimi QLD [kitchen]
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Kuku Kuku woman & children 1959
H280
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Schmutterer & Kuku Kukus Cessna in background 1959
H279
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Eidam & self [Ron Gerhardy] walking toward new station 1959
H277
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Eidam in front of mission bush house 1959
H276
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Eidam & evangalists 1959
H275
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Kuku Kuku boys Aseki 1959
H274
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Terrain between Wau & Aseki from the air 1959
H273
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Aseki towards mountains from air strip 1959
H272
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Terrain between Wau & Aseki from the air 1960
H271
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Aseki circuit
Terrain between Wau & Aseki from the air 1959
H270
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Landslide above Wau (1971)
H266
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Theo Stiller & landslide above Wau (1971)
H265
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Overlooking Wau from Bishop museum (1971)
H264
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Church hall (compound) at Wau (1971)
H263
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
DC3 on Wau airstrip
H262
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Wau town & KLS from airstrip
[Katherine Lehmann school]H261
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
KLS children on picnic 1955
[Katherine Lehmann school]H260
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Wau town from Edie Creek road 1958
H259
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
“Golden Ridges” behing Wau Mining centre 1959
H258
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism altar Gedisa compound pastor 1959
H257
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Baptism in progress side view
H256
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Baptism in progress Sievent, Horrolt, Doering assissting
H255
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism Wau side view feast area in background
H254
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism Wau candidates from back 1959
H253
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism Wau candidates seated 1959
H252
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism Wau candidates taking seat 1959
H251
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism procession of candidates Sievert 1959
H250
Ron Gerhardy Collection – New Guinea, Asia, Australia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Africa and more.
Wau
Compound baptism candidates coming for baptism 1959
H249