Pages tagged “Mount Gambier”
A Heritage History of the South-East of South Australia
This essay first appeared as ‘The thematic and chronological history’ section of the report Heritage of the South East prepared by Danvers Architects for the Department of Environment and Planning and published in 1984. This was a report on the heritage survey of the South East of South Australia, a regional survey carried out as designated in the State Historic Preservation Plan. The study team comprised Ron Danvers, Robert Linn, Hamish Angas, Robert Martin and Michael Brock. The essay appears here by kind permission of the department with minor variations
This essay first appeared as ‘The thematic and chronological history’ section of the report Heritage of the South East prepared by Danvers Architects for the Department of Environment and Planning and published in 1984. This was a report on the heritage survey of the South East of South Australia, a regional survey carried out as designated in the State Historic Preservation Plan. The study team comprised Ron Danvers, Robert Linn, Hamish Angas, Robert Martin and Michael Brock. The essay appears here by kind permission of the department with minor variations
Kingston SE – An Overview History
Peter Bell and Susan Marsden, ‘Overview History’, ‘Chronology of Events’ and bibliography, Kingston Heritage Survey, report to District Council of Kingston, Adelaide, 2008, pp 7-52, 289-303.
Peter Bell and Susan Marsden, ‘Overview History’, ‘Chronology of Events’ and bibliography, Kingston Heritage Survey, report to District Council of Kingston, Adelaide, 2008, pp 7-52, 289-303.
National Trust of South Australia 50th year history
Carol Cosgrove and Susan Marsden, ‘Chapter 2 Groundwork, 1955-64’, in Challenging Times, National Trust of South Australia 50th Year History, National Trust of South Australia, Adelaide, 2005, pp 25–50.
Carol Cosgrove and Susan Marsden, ‘Chapter 2 Groundwork, 1955-64’, in Challenging Times, National Trust of South Australia 50th Year History, National Trust of South Australia, Adelaide, 2005, pp 25–50.
Sister Frieda Selma Klotzbücher (1899-1944) Lutheran Missionary in World War 2
Frieda Klotzbücher was one of 333 church missionaries were died during the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea in World War 2. The largest number were Roman Catholic (197) but all major denominations suffered losses. Some names are relatively well-known, such as the twelve Anglican ‘New Guinea Martyrs’ whom the Anglican Church in Australia commemorates each year on 2 September. Others such as Frieda Klotzbücher who was among the 17 Lutheran missionaries in the total, are little known. Originally from Poland, she lived in South Australia before becoming a nursing sister at the American Lutheran Mission at Amele near Madang in Papua New Guinea around 1936. She was captured and imprisoned with other missionaries by the Japanese army in December 1942. She was one of 63 killed on 7 February 1944 when American bombers attacked the Japanese ship on which they were being transported.
Frieda Klotzbücher was one of 333 church missionaries were died during the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea in World War 2. The largest number were Roman Catholic (197) but all major denominations suffered losses. Some names are relatively well-known, such as the twelve Anglican ‘New Guinea Martyrs’ whom the Anglican Church in Australia commemorates each year on 2 September. Others such as Frieda Klotzbücher who was among the 17 Lutheran missionaries in the total, are little known. Originally from Poland, she lived in South Australia before becoming a nursing sister at the American Lutheran Mission at Amele near Madang in Papua New Guinea around 1936. She was captured and imprisoned with other missionaries by the Japanese army in December 1942. She was one of 63 killed on 7 February 1944 when American bombers attacked the Japanese ship on which they were being transported.
