Fassifern Scrub, Queensland, Australia

Historical place city AU -27.933, 152.617

Renamed Kalbar, Queensland, Australia — map location from the modern place

'Fassifern Scrub' was the original name for the settlement that grew around August Engels' store; it became Engelsburg (the provisional school was renamed Engelsburg State School on 4 Sep 1879) and then Kalbar in 1916. Linked to the existing Kalbar row (#180). No existedTo set deliberately: the six births recorded here run 1884-1896, i.e. the district name stayed in everyday and registration use for a decade or more after the settlement itself was renamed.

Event type From year To year 3 of 3 events

Timeline

Died 22 JUL 1882

Hiendricke Margarethe Lauer

Death Date: 22 Jul 1882 Death Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 001010 Page Number: 13241
Born 30 NOV 1884

Mary Elisabeth Raabe
Born 29 JAN 1889

Jacob Raabe

People here

Sources for this place

Queensland Places — Kalbar; Stuart Kalbar Secondary

Queensland Places — Kalbar; Stuart · Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland

"Fassifern Scrub was the initial name for the settlement around August Engels' stores, which later became known as Engelsburg. The name was changed to Kalbar in 1916 due to anti-German feeling." Fassifern Scrub Provisional School opened 3 Feb 1879 and was renamed Engelsburg State School on 4 Sep 1879.