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--- employees_stores [2024/08/09 16:04] – [Employees at Hawkwood Station 1854-1858] judith
+++ employees_stores [2025/03/16 21:09] (current) – [German migrants] judith
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 ==== German migrants ====
-There are a number of German-sounding names in these ledgers, and others who were listed as German. This reflects the influx of Germans who settled in south-west Queensland mostly from the 1850s onwards. The 1901 census found that 38,352 Australians (of a total of 3,788,123) had been born in Germany. Of these, 13,163 lived in Queensland. Some of the possible or known German employees given below are\\
+There are a number of German-sounding names in these ledgers, and others who were listed as German. This reflects the influx of Germans who settled in south-west Queensland mostly from the 1850s onwards. TLM-P wrote to the Colonial Secretary from Bromelton station on 10 November 1851 'For permission to import' three families of Germans under the Regulations of 7 April 1847. Permission was granted but it seems that the families did not arrive until 12 January 1852.((Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, no.? 33054,Queensland State Library))
+The 1901 census found that 38,352 Australians (of a total of 3,788,123) had been born in Germany. Of these, 13,163 lived in Queensland. Some of the possible or known German employees given below are\\
 **Kinbracker and his wife**\\
 **Eza(?) Woolfadl(?)** \\
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 **Henry Van Homerigh**\\
 **Andreas Rücker and his wife**\\
+**Maēr**(German)\\
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 **Brady**(?) driving cattle\\
 **Achen** (Chinaman) (or Achow?) see above under Chinese indentured labourers (Darnell list) and above at Bromelton\\
-**Maēr** (German)\\
+**Maēr** (German), shepherd or hutkeeper at £25 or £30 pa.\\
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 In his private journal for 1858-60((MLMSS 3117/Box 7X)), TLM-P noted another employee:\\