Ebenezer, South Australia

Ebenezer
South Australia

Ebenezer St John's Lutheran church
Ebenezer
Coordinates 34°25′20″S 139°2′0″E / 34.42222°S 139.03333°E / -34.42222; 139.03333Coordinates: 34°25′20″S 139°2′0″E / 34.42222°S 139.03333°E / -34.42222; 139.03333
Established 1852
Postcode(s) 5355
Location
LGA(s) Light Regional Council
State electorate(s) Stuart
Federal Division(s) Wakefield
Localities around Ebenezer:
Koonunga St Kitts
Moppa Ebenezer Truro
Nuriootpa Light Pass Stockwell

Ebenezer is a locality in the northern Barossa Valley of South Australia. It includes the historic Ebenezer settlement settled by 72 Wendish Lutherans who had migrated from Silesia in January 1852.[1] It also includes the nearby Neukirch settlement founded in 1854 by another group of Lutheran immigrants.[2]

Neukirch Lutheran church in March 2015

The town of Walla Walla in the Riverina area of New South Wales was settled in 1868 or 1869 by 56 German settlers who travelled 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from Ebenezer in 14 covered wagons and two spring carts in search of newly available farmland.[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ebenezer, South Australia.
  1. "Ebenezer Lutheran Church". Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. "Neukirch Lutheran Church". Nuriootpa Lutheran Parish. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. "Walla Walla". Greater Hume Shire. Retrieved 9 February 2016.


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