Johann Leopold Zillmann
Johann Leopold Zillmann (* 1813 in Neu-Ulm ; † 1892 ) was a German missionary in Australia .
Born in Neu-Ulm and a blacksmith by trade, he joined the Zion Hill Mission of Carl Wilhelm Schmidt and Christopher Eipper . He arrived in Moreton Bay in 1841 with his wife Clara (born 1817), a Berlin teacher. After the mission closed, Zillmann stayed in the area and turned to farming.
The Zion Hill Mission is now the Nundah neighborhood of Brisbane . The Zillmere district of Brisbane was named after Zillmann, as were the Zillman Waterholes and Zillman Road in Brisbane.
credentials
- ^ Neil Gunson: Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp. 421-423 (accessed Aug. 20, 2013).
- ^ Zion Hill Mission (1838-1848) . Griffith University. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zillmann, Johann Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missionary in Australia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1892 |