# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_M rz 1862_S90
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90    The German Congregations of Australia.

II. The Lutheran congregation at South Hamilton, vacant.

III. Pastor Schürmann in Hochkirch serves the Lutheran congregations at Hochkirch near Hamilton, Penshurst, and Waldkirch. — Under Pastor Schürmann's supervision stand two Christian day schools.

NB. The congregations of Hochkirch, Penshurst, and Waldkirch stand in fellowship with the Synod of South Australia.

C. New South Wales.

In New South Wales there exists as yet no organized German congregation; Mr. Schleicher, a clergyman of an Anglican congregation at Hunter's-Hill near Sydney, endeavors to preach the Gospel in their mother tongue to the evangelical Germans in Sydney and its surroundings.

D. Queensland (Moreton Bay).

Pastor Schirmeister, in Brisbane since 1856, serves the Lutheran congregations at Brisbane, Ipswich, and Towoomba, and stands in connection with the Synod of Victoria.

List of the Lutheran Preachers in Australia.

It is perhaps necessary to note that we pass no judgment on the doctrinal soundness of the various preachers, but leave the examination and decision to others.

Appelt, Waldkirch, Victoria.
Auricht, Langmeil, South Australia.
Fiedler, A., Hahndorf, South Australia.
Fritzsche, G. D., Lobethal, South Australia.
Göthe, M., Melbourne, Victoria.
Hausmann, J., Castlemaine, Victoria.
Hensel, H., Blumberg, South Australia.
Kappler, A., Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Keppler, W., Lights'-Pass, South Australia.
Maschmedt, Klemzig, South Australia.
Meischel, J. F., Adelaide, South Australia.
Meyer, H. A. E., Bethanien, South Australia.
Niquet, J. P., Ballarat, Victoria.
Oster, J. Ph., Hoffnungsthal, South Australia.
Schirmeister, F., Brisbane, Queensland.
Schürmann, C. W., Hochkirch, Victoria.
Staudenmayer, W., Lights'-Pass, South Australia.
Strempel, A., Hahndorf, South Australia.

From a letter of Pastor Meischel in Adelaide to Ehlers, which the latter shares in his "Kirchliches Zeitblatt" of December 15 of the previous year, we take the following further excerpt:

"The religious and churchly degeneration of the Germans in Australia has grown to a lamentable extent. Many Germans live