Full Description
Wunderbar Country (1982) examines the experiences of Australia's second largest migrant community, the Germans. Many Germans saw Australia as a land of social equality and mobility, with unlimited resources and economic possibilities. This book analyses Australian social legislation and the labour movement, the subject of much debate in Germany. Articles present both sides to an argument, with some stating that Australia was indeed a workers' paradise, the home of social progress; others point to miserable working conditions. It also deals with the experiences of immigrants from Germany to this new land: rural life in Bong Bong; a meeting with Ned Kelly; Adelaide in the 1850s; the wild gold town of Ballarat.
Contents
Part 1. The Land of Social Miracles 1. The Labour Movement in Australia, 1890-1905 Käthe Lux 2. Factory Legislation in Victoria Benno Karpeles 3. Australia Leads the Labour Fight: Two Letters 4. The Workers' Paradise Robert Schachner 5. Capital and Labour Alfred Manes 6. Workers' Conditions in Australia Max Schippel 7. The New Zealand Ideal Max Beer 8. The Backwardness of Socialism in Australia Andrew M. Anderson 9. A Quiet Backwater: Two Letters 10. Six Months in Brisbane Emil Hansel Part 2. The People and the Bush 11. By Royal Mail from Sydney to Albury Friedrich Gerstäcker 12. Travels in New England Theodore Müller 13. An Early Conservationist Count Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt 14. From Adelaide: A Migrant's Lament G. Listemann 15. Australian Women Dr A. Lurz 16. Australian Men: Two Opinions Emanuel Korff and Albert Daiber 17. Marvellous Ballarat Mishka Hauser 18. A Miraculous Escape Amalia Dietrich 19. A Meeting With Ned Kelly Count Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt 20. Love at Bong Bong Emil Hansel
