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St. Paul's Church, Hahndorf

1965, Photograph, B 18226

St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Hahndorf.

St. Paul's Church, Hahndorf

1890, Photograph, B 18227

St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Hahndorf.

St. Paul's Church, Hahndorf

c. 1858, Photograph, B 18228

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hahndorf.

St. Michael's, Hahndorf

c. 1859, Photograph, B 18229

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church as it was when dedicated in 1859.

St. Michael's, Hahndorf

c. 1900, Photograph, B 18230

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Hahndorf.

St. Michael's, Hahndorf

c. 1910, Photograph, B 18231

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Hahndorf.

St. Michael's, Hahndorf

c. 1930, Photograph, B 18232

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Hahndorf showing the addition of a Bell Tower.

St. Michael's Lutheran School

1952, Photograph, B 18234

St. Michael's Lutheran School at Hahndorf.

St. Michael's Lutheran School

1965, Photograph, B 18236

St. Michael's Lutheran School at Hahndorf.

Evangelical Chapel

1925, Photograph, B 2802

Evangelical Lutheran Zion Chapel, Hectorville.

Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Church was started by Pastors Kempe and Schwartz in 1880. In 1894 the Finke River Mission was taken over by the Lutheran Immanuel Synod. Missionaries started to arrive including CFT Strehlow who published the New Testament in Dieri and later Aranda language. A new church was built in 1897. HA Heinrich took over upon the death of Strehlow, then Albrecht arrived in 1926 and oversaw the advent of a permanent water supply, new buildings, education and training schemes.

Hermannsburg Mission Station -

c. 1910, Photograph, B 15387

Hermannsburg Mission Station - Compound : l-r. Missionary's residence, Church, Teacher's residence, Meathouse, School. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley. By the time this photograph was taken several missionaries had left due to ill health

Timber wagon, Hermannsburg

1910, Photograph, B 15389

Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley. The photograph shows timber being loaded onto a horsedrawn wagon.

Camp, Hermannsburg

1910, Photograph, B 15390

Woodcutters' camp near Hermannsburg - Gerhardt Andreas Johannsen standing near his tent, dressed in white, with his wife Marie Ottilie (Tilly), daughter Elsa Margaret and Aboriginal people. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

Timber felling, Hermannsburg

1910, Photograph, B 15391

Sawing down a tree for stockyard timber under the supervision of Gerhardt Andreas Johannsen, right. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

School, Hermannsburg

1923, Photograph, B 15392

An official visit to the Hermannsburg School by the Governor of S.A., Sir Tom Bridges in June 1923. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

Sports Day, Hermannsburg

c. 1930, Photograph, B 15394

Schoolchildren in a wheelbarrow race on Sports Day. Teacher's residence in the background. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.

Hermannsburg

c. 1935, Photograph, B 15396

Lady visitors to the Mission, (possibly Miss Ernestine Hill and companions) about to take a camel ride. Aboriginal thatched huts in the background. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley. Ernestine Hill was an Australian journalist, travel writer and novelist. During the 1930s she travelled extensively around Australia and became a close friend of Daisy Bates

Camels, Hermannsburg

c. 1935, Photograph, B 15397

Lady visitors to the Mission, loading their camels near the wagon shed. Possibly the same lady visitors as shown in B15396. Hermannsburg was established in 1877 at a sacred site known as Ntaria. It was conceived as an Aboriginal mission by two Lutheran missionaries - A Hermann Kemp and Wilhelm F Schwarz. who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley.