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From Berlin to South Australia: Rethinking the Princess Louise Migrants and the Legacies of 1848

In August 1849, the Princess Louise brought nearly two hundred German migrants to South Australia, many connected with the upheavals of 1848. While a few figures—such as Alexander Schramm and Richard Schomburgk—are well known, most of the cohort remain little studied. This seminar, part of an in-progress PhD thesis, presents emerging research into their identities, networks, and motivations, situating them within global migration patterns and South Australia’s colonial context. It asks how political ideals, economic pressures, and chain migration shaped their journey, and how their contributions in science, music, and public life complicate familiar narratives of assimilation and colonial entanglement.

Samuel Doering is a South Australian historian, public speaker, and author. He graduated from the New College of the Humanities, London, in 2021, is the State Runner-Up for the 2024 SA Rural Ambassador Program, and is the 2024 History Council of SA Emerging Historian of the Year. He serves as the President of the Professional Historians Association of South Australia. He works as a freelance researcher and as a tour guide and historian at Anlaby Station. He has a passion for German history in South Australia and has written three books.

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