The History of the Hoschke Family in Australia
1863 to around 1920
The Early Days as Settlers in the Orara Scrub
Table of Contents.
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
Hoschke Family Beginnings in Australia
Drew Family Beginnings in Australia
Orara Prior to Settlement
(Cedar, Background to Settlement, Land Selections)
The First Years at Orara
(The Move to Orara, Land Clearing, Initial Farming, Transport, Food, Timber and Houses, Family Life in the Early Days, Alternative Sources of Income, Gold Mining, Later Settlers)
Later years at Orara
(Grass, Dairy Farming, Infrastructure, Family Life in Later Times, Associations and Clubs, Farms at Orara)
The Parents
(Amandus, Mary Ann)
The Thirteen Children
(George, Frank, Frederick, Jessie, Annie, Albert, Ted, Harold, Amandus, Ernest, Mary, Minnie, Arthur)
Bibliography
Glossary
Appendices
Appendix A – Family Tree
Appendix B – My Excuse by Amandus
Appendix C – Auntie’s Garden
Appendix D – German Connections
Appendix E – The 1986 Reunion
Appendix F – The 2013 Reunion
Appendix G – Coramba Show
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