In 1842, Bethanien (Bethany) was the first village to be established in Neuschlesien (New Silesia - the Barossa Valley) by a group of German Lutheran migrants many of whom had arrived with Pastor Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche on the Skjold in 1841.  First services were held in the open or under a tree, then in the School Room built ca 1843.

1. •Lutheran congregation from 1842.  School built ca 1843.  First Herberge Christi Lutheran Church built 1845.  New Church built 1883 (Bethany Rd, Bethany).
   Herberge Christi Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church of Australia)
   Herberge Christi Lutheran Church (Church Organ)
   Lutheran Church, Bethany, S.A.
   

Cemeteries

1. •Pioneer Cemetery (Bethany Rd, Bethany).
   Australian Cemeteries
   Bethany (Bethanien) Pioneer Cemetery (German Headstones)
   

2. •Bethany New Cemetery (Lutheran) (Basedow Rd, Bethany).
   Australian Cemeteries
   Bethany (New) Cemetery (German Headstones)
   

3. •Habermann-Mengler Private Cemetery (Light Pass Rd, Bethany).
   Australian Cemeteries
   Habermann Private Cemetery (German Headstones)
   

Links

History - Early Settlers

Bethany (Flinders Ranges Research)

Bethany - the first settlement in the Barossa Valley (German Australia)

References

Proeve, H.F.W. A Dwelling Place at Bethany Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1983.