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Several descendants
of these Nieder-Weisel pioneers
plan to
have a small memorial erected in Nieder-Weisel as a
tribute to these courageous people
who travelled half-way around the world to start a new life on the Victorian
goldfields, and to the enormous contribution that they made to our society.
The memorial, which
has the blessing of the Nieder-Weisel civic authorities, will take the form of a bronze bas-relief by
Victorian artist Ross Bastiaan, whose work can be seen in several World War I
sites such as Gallipoli and northern France. Pictured below is a memorial
prepared him at Mouquet Farm in the Somme Valley
of northern France.
A story, written in
both German and English, will describe the adventurous and pioneering spirit of
these remarkable people.
Some funds have already been raised to meet
the cost of memorial, but more are needed - anyone who would like to support the
project should contact Don Hauser at
dlhauser@bigpond.com or Alan Haintz at
ahaintz@bigpond.net.au.
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