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20-November-2015 (John Huth)
20-November-2015 (John Huth)
20-November-2015 (John Huth)
20-November-2015
20-November-2015 (John Huth)

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The belltower marks the site of the first Lutheran church, school and cemetery in Australia. 

The first group of 21 Lutherans arrived on the Bengalee on 18 November 1838 followed two days later by the main group on the Prince George.  They arrived on 20 November with Pastor August Ludwig Christian Kavel who brought a much larger group of migrants to South Australia. They all came to escape religious persecution at home, and Kavel settled them at Klemzig, named after their home town in Prussia, with the help of George Fife Angas.

 

 

Location

Address:Spring Grove, Klemzig Memorial Gardens(Pioneer Cemetery), Klemzig, 5087
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.883236
Long: 138.643313
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Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 6th April, 1986
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Source: MA
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