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Hoffnungsthal (Valley of Hope) is the location of a former German pioneer settlement, located in South Australia's Barossa Valley. Founded in 1847, it was located in an ephemeral lagoon which was dry for the first years of settlement. Local Peramangk people warned the settlers that the area was prone to flooding, but this advice was ignored. In October 1853, after a week of heavy spring rains, the village was flooded and many of the houses were evacuated. After the cost of a proposed drain was seen as prohibitive, the village was eventually left deserted. Most of the settlers moved to the Barossa village of Bethanien as well as further afield.

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  • Der kleine Ort Hoffnungsthal wurde 1847 von deutschen Aussiedlern in South Australia etwa 70 km von Adelaide entfernt im Barossa Valley gegründet. Der Ort wurde infolge einer heftigen Überflutung im Oktober 1853 zerstört und musste aufgegeben werden. 214 Immigranten, darunter 40 Bauern und 14 Bergleute, kamen am 17. März 1847 in Port Adelaide in Australien auf dem Schiff Heloise an, das von der South Australia Company gechartert worden war und in Bremen abgelegt hatte. Die Immigranten waren lutherischen Glaubens und von ihnen hatten sich 30 für eine Pacht von Land im Hoffnungsthal entschieden. Innerhalb kurzer Zeit hatten die neuen Siedler dort Hütten aufgebaut, etwa 200 Acres zu Farmland verwandelt und bereits im Oktober eine Kirche erbaut. Sie siedelten in diesem Gebiet, obwohl die dort lebenden Aborigines vor auftretenden Fluten gewarnt haben sollen. Der Ort hatte in seiner Hochzeit 37 Bauernhäuser mit Nebengebäuden, eine Kirche, Schule und einen Friedhof. Die Kirche, die auf einer Geländeerhöhung aufgebaut war und deswegen die Flut überstand, wurde bis 1867 genutzt. Das ursprüngliche Siedlungsgebiet wurde ab dem 14. November 1862 Gottlieb Miebus zugeschrieben. Während des Ersten Weltkriegs erhielt das Gebiet den Namen Karrawirra und wurde 1975 wieder in Hoffnungsthal zurückbenannt. (de)
  • Hoffnungsthal (Valley of Hope) is the location of a former German pioneer settlement, located in South Australia's Barossa Valley. Founded in 1847, it was located in an ephemeral lagoon which was dry for the first years of settlement. Local Peramangk people warned the settlers that the area was prone to flooding, but this advice was ignored. In October 1853, after a week of heavy spring rains, the village was flooded and many of the houses were evacuated. After the cost of a proposed drain was seen as prohibitive, the village was eventually left deserted. Most of the settlers moved to the Barossa village of Bethanien as well as further afield. Built on higher ground, the Lutheran church was still used until 1867, when the building was also abandoned. In the local Peramangk language, Hoffnungsthal was named Yertalla-ngga (flooding land) and between the years 1917 to 1975, it was called Karawirra as part of the changes to German sounding place names during World War I. All that remains of the village today are the foundations of the church with a commemorative plaque honouring those buried in the now unmarked cemetery. (en)
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  • Der kleine Ort Hoffnungsthal wurde 1847 von deutschen Aussiedlern in South Australia etwa 70 km von Adelaide entfernt im Barossa Valley gegründet. Der Ort wurde infolge einer heftigen Überflutung im Oktober 1853 zerstört und musste aufgegeben werden. 214 Immigranten, darunter 40 Bauern und 14 Bergleute, kamen am 17. März 1847 in Port Adelaide in Australien auf dem Schiff Heloise an, das von der South Australia Company gechartert worden war und in Bremen abgelegt hatte. Die Immigranten waren lutherischen Glaubens und von ihnen hatten sich 30 für eine Pacht von Land im Hoffnungsthal entschieden. (de)
  • Hoffnungsthal (Valley of Hope) is the location of a former German pioneer settlement, located in South Australia's Barossa Valley. Founded in 1847, it was located in an ephemeral lagoon which was dry for the first years of settlement. Local Peramangk people warned the settlers that the area was prone to flooding, but this advice was ignored. In October 1853, after a week of heavy spring rains, the village was flooded and many of the houses were evacuated. After the cost of a proposed drain was seen as prohibitive, the village was eventually left deserted. Most of the settlers moved to the Barossa village of Bethanien as well as further afield. (en)
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