Johann Gottlieb Josef Diebert

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<p>Scholz and Diebert found the area around Jindera to their liking and selected land. In their subsequent move from SA they were accompanied by 40 other families, who were travelling together in a wagon trek. This proved to be the first of many treks. A typical trek followed the Murray River and took about 6 weeks. On the trek the wagon carried not only the family's belongings, but it also servedas the family's home on the road, with the children sleeping in the wagon and the parents underneath. Upon arrival, the wagon served as residence until the first house had been built.""ECHOES of the German Experience" by Dirk H.R. Spennemann. Charles Sturt University</p>

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<p>They were listed as: Johann/31/from Diebelbruch/Prussian/Boecher Juliane/31/ "" /frau August/7/ "" /sohn Gustav/3/ "" /sohn". " By the 1860s, land in South Australia had become very expensive as land speculators controlled the majority of the market, asking up to 10 pounds per acre. In May 1866 Johann Gottfried Scholz and Johann Gottlieb Diebert travelled from Mt Gambia (SA) to the Riverina to investigate the options of acquiring land. In 1861 the NSW govt had changed the Land Act, permitting naturalised citizens to select up to 320 acres of land without survey, provided they pay a deposit of 5/- per acre upon selection and the Johann Gottlieb Euleus's trail Click to enlarge Diebert Web Site - MyHeritage Page 1 of 3 http://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-68454902/diebert?rootInd...... 20/09/2015 balance of 15/- within three years. </p>

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<p>At the end of 1883 it was sold with 400 acres [ 200 under wheat ] and described as a "well built house of 8 rooms, kitchen, stables et cetra which would readily let for One Pound a week as a roadside hotel. Also a private dwelling of 4 rooms."". Comment: Diebelbruch was a village in the Prussian province of Pommern, District Shneidemuel, Arnswalde county. Since 1945 this area belongs to Poland.(Church records: Ev. Zentralarchiv in Berlin. http://www.ezab.de/ ) Comment: Johann and Juliana migrated from Hamburg and departed on the "Henrich" on 23 May 1856 and arrived in Adelaide on 18 September 1856. </p>

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<p>Occupation. Occupation stated in the passenger list of the "Heinrich" as - butcher. Tinsmith, Cooper - making wine barrels, Farmer, Hotelier. Comment: " In 1873, Mr J.G.J. Diebert selected portionsof land in Morebringer Parish [ possibly Portions 100, 101, 102 ] and by 1979 he was renewing the licence for his "Morebringer Hotel" which was sometimes referred to as the Goombargana Hotel. It was situated on the main Howlong/Walbundrie Road about opposite "Lyndhurst". In 1880 it was described as being "kept by a German who appears to have things right. The house is built of stiff clay that is plentiful about, coloured and lined in an imitation of stone and giving a tidy and clean appearance. This is a German institution being common around Jindera and is a great improvement on the old slabhuts that have become so stereotyped.</p>