C. M. H. Clark, A History of Australia, Vol. II: New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1822-1838 (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1968), pp. 364: $7.80

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-166
Author(s):  
K. J. Cable
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The Germans in Sydney

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgen Tampke
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
South Wales ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design And Construction

From the beginning German-speaking people have played a small but significant part in the history of Sydney. In fact the colony’s first governor, Arthur Phillip, was of German–English parentage: his father, a German teacher in London, came from the Hessian town of Frankfurt. Phillip Schaeffer, the Supervisor of the First Fleet, was also of Hessian background, and so was Augustus Alt, the first Surveyor of Lands in New South Wales. Alt played an important part in the design and construction of Sydney during the first ten years. On retirement both men joined the ranks of the colony’s early free settlers.

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