as an expert on the mythology and language of the Aborigines of that area. 1, May 1998.
Required fields are marked *. John, L. 'On collision course: Sir Baldwin Spencer and the Finke River Mission. Originally a German Lutheran mission in the 1880s, Hermannsburg retains some historic buildings including a stone church and schoolhouse giving it an unusual character. The Hermannsburg Mission was established on the banks of the Finke River by Lutheran missionaries from the Hermannsburg Missionary Society and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia in 1877. 32, no. Some people may find content on this website distressing.
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Come and share our stories, art and culture, and make sure to try some of our famous Apple Strudel, or some scones with jam and cream while you are here. After consulting with Pastor Posselt of the Berlin Missionary Society, who was stationed at New Germany outside Port Natal, they decided to concentrate on the Zulus of Natal instead. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
', To locate more journal articles, access the State Library's, Selected Australian newspapers, published prior to 1955, have been digitised as part of the National Library of Australia’s. volume 1, 1875-1910 : Frieda Keysser & Carl Strehlow, an historical biography, 2011. Hermannsburg was the home of renowned Aboriginal artist,
Hermann Heinrich. Aboriginal Australians-Missions-Northern Territory-Hermannsburg. +49-5052-69-0, "Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM)", Names of all Hermannsburg Missionaries in South Africa, Names of all Hermannsburg Mission colonists and farmers in South Africa, Map of Hermannsburg Missionstations in Natal, Map of Hermannsburg Missionstations in the Transvaal. The buildings that were the School House and boys' dormitory were still standing in 2014. Sources used to compile this entry: 'Australian Heritage Database Record for the Hermannsburg Historic Precinct', in Australian Heritage Database, Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Australian Government, 2006, http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105767;
The Hermannsburg Historic Precinct was included on the National Heritage List on 13 April 2006. The director is the overall head of the Hermannsburg Mission.
Since its establishment in 1877, Aboriginal people have lived at Hermannsburg, the former Lutheran Mission, located on Western Arrernte country. Your email address will not be published. and his work influenced anthropological studies in other parts of the world. After having investigated various possibilities for training missionaries and having found none suitable, he decided to open his own seminary in the town of Hermannsburg where he was the local pastor. ', Lutheran Theological Journal. On the other hand, the ELM is supported by the work of the mission through private donations from numerous people in the region.
to the Arrernte in 1933.
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Hans-Robert Wesenick who was born on 18 December 1904, and died on 15 November 1988 was the director of the mission from 1959 to 1974.
In 2017 Hermannsburg Mission celebrates its 140th anniversary in the 500th year of the Lutheran Church, it continues the tradition of holding open air… He Martina Helmer-Pham Xuan is the incumbent director since 2003. The HMS was renamed the "Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM)" to indicate the wider association.
In 1934 a Western Arrernte Aboriginal man by the name of Albert viewed an art exhibition at the Lutheran Mission of Hermannsburg, Central Australia. (ed.)
The Ludwig Harms House located in Hermannsburg and the original location of the mission seminary is present at a contemporary conference centre with many amenities such as a bookshop, a cafe, and One World Shop. Lutheran people and a group of visiting Luritja people at the Hermannsburg Mission, 1910s - photo by ANU Press.
To find further material relevant to this topic, try searching with these subject headings in the State Library catalogue: Hermannsburg mission 09 Jan 2017