We are pleased to bring you the June edition of Das Blatt. We thank everyone who provided content for their contribution to making this edition possible. Thank you Gerlinde and Sarah for putting together the German and English newsletter of the Barossa German Language Association. Printed copies can be collected at our next Kaffee und Kuchen… Continue reading Das Blatt Winter 2023
by John Clarke When experts speak with a passion for their subject, their topic comes alive. “SA – German Connections” was the topic at a day long History Month seminar, presented by the Barossa German Language Association, the German Heritage Research Group, Lutheran Archives and Friends of the Lutheran Archives, and held in the historic… Continue reading History Comes Alive
Please join us for a BGLA lunch before Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday, 26th June at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria St in Tanunda. We will have lunch, followed by a presentation by our guest speaker and the chance to chat in German and enjoy Kaffee und Kuchen. The lunch starts at 12 noon and… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen + Lunch June 2023
SA-German Connections: Networks, Travel, Business and Communications South Australia’s History Festival program is out and the Barossa German Language Association and German Heritage Research Group are hosting another one-day seminar “SA-German Connections: Networks, Travel, Business and Communications”. Migrants to South Australia kept connections with people and institutions in Europe. Interchange of people and goods, knowledge… Continue reading South Australia’s History Festival: Seminar SA-German Connections
The next Kaffee und Kuchen meeting of the Barossa German Language Association will be held at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria Street, Tanunda on Monday, 24 April, starting at 1pm. We invited Helena Weyland to be our guest speaker this month. Helena is the DAAD German Language Teaching Assistant in the German Department of the… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen April 2023
We are pleased to bring you this March edition of Das Blatt. We thank everyone who provided content for their contribution to making this edition possible. Thank you Gerlinde and Sarah for putting together the German and English newsletter of the Barossa German Language Association. Printed copies can be collected at our next Kaffee und Kuchen… Continue reading Das Blatt Herbst 2023
by John Clarke When asked why she brought her daughter Charlotte to the Tuesday afternoon playgroup at the Langmeil Centre, Justine replied, “Because it is different.” The difference is that Spielgruppe and Kinder Klub, a club for slightly older children which takes place at the same time, are conducted principally in German. While Justine’s partner… Continue reading Spielgruppe – A playgroup with a difference
BGLA Lunch and Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday 27th March – Booking closes soon! Please join us for a BGLA lunch before Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday, 27th March at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria St in Tanunda. We will have lunch, followed by a presentation by our guest speaker and the chance to chat… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen +Lunch March 2023
A Playgroup with a Difference – by John Clarke When asked why she brought her daughter Charlotte to the Tuesday afternoon playgroup at the Langmeil Centre, Justine replied, “Because it is different.”The difference is that Spielgruppe and Kinder Klub, a club for slightly older children which takes place at the same time, are conducted principally… Continue reading Spielgruppe + Kinderklub 2023
At the next meeting of the Barossa German Language Association’s Kaffee und Kuchen EH Coombe will be the subject of a presentation in English by Helen Hennessy and Patricia Booth, Harry Coombe’s great-granddaughter. They are co-authors of The Defiant Anti-conscriptionist, a biography of EH Coombe. The meeting will be held at the Langmeil Centre, 7… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen February 2023