Arrival of John Warneke in Australia
The first evidence of John Warneke’s arrival in Australia is on the 9th November 1905, in Sydney onboard the Ottensen from Hamburg Germany. The Ottensen was built in 1903 and…
Jervois – South Australia
Jervois is a small dairying community that sits on the banks of the River Murray in South Australia south of Murray Bridge and across the river from Tailem Bend. It…
Revaluation of Swamp Lands
From the Advertiser, Monday 18 January, 1932 RIVER IRRIGATION SETTLEMENTS REVALUATION OF SWAMP LANDS To the Editor Sir—In the Journal of Agriculture for December 15, 1931, Professor Perkins, Director, reviewed…
The Warneke Family
A family legend in our family says that my Grandfather John Warneke from Hamburg, was a ship’s engineer and jumped ship at Port Adelaide way back around the turn of…
Hard Trials of a “Spoon-Fed” People
Advertiser and Register (Adelaide, South Australia) Thursday 27 August 1931 Sir—The unjust attack on the River Murray settlers by Mr. Pascoe in the Legislative Council supports the statement of Mr.…
STOLEN TIMBER
At anytime when you are researching a family member, you have to expect the unexpected. But I have to admit to being gob-smacked when I came across this during some…
John H.D. Warneke, a potted history
JOHN HELMUTH DAVID WARNEKE (1881-1954) OLIVE PEARL SMITH (1886-1930) Great grandparents of Clancy James Paternal grandparents of Christine James John Helmuth David Warneke was born on September 9th, 1881, in…
The Move to Moorlands
Note: These photos are not of the Warneke family, but are of Moorlands at the time and have been included to show how harsh life was for the settlers. Possibly…
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