Now within Gomersal, South Australia, Australia — map location from the modern place
German-Lutheran settlement and congregation in the Neu Mecklenburg district of the Barossa, officially named Schoenborn from 1854 (earlier Schonquell). Not itself in the 1918 gazetted rename list - it was the district name New Mecklenburg that became Gomersall (see #7280) - but the Schoenborn church is the Gomersal church: the Leader of 19 April 1945 headed its report 'SCHOENBORN CHURCH HAS 90th JUBILEE' and in the body called it the 90th jubilee of Gomersal Church. Linked 'within' present-day Gomersal, from which it inherits coordinates.
Leader (Angaston) · Angaston, South Australia, Australia · other
Reading desk and lectern were dedicated by Rev. J. Doehler at 90th jubilee of Gomersal Church on Sunday
The article is headed 'SCHOENBORN CHURCH HAS 90th JUBILEE' and its body calls the same occasion the 90th jubilee of Gomersal Church: the Schoenborn congregation is the Gomersal congregation, which is what fixes Schoenborn inside present-day Gomersal.
Leader (Angaston) · Angaston, South Australia, Australia · other
Earlier records give the name as "Schonquell", but from 1854 it was officially Schoenborn, derived from "beautiful spring" or "beautiful mountain". The pioneer families went from Port Adelaide to Blumberg (Birdwood), thence to Neu Mec'kelberg (Gomersal), before settling here.
Source of existedFrom 1854. The same article places the church 'near Tanunda' - present-day Gomersal lies about 5 km west of Tanunda - and glosses Neu Meckelberg as Gomersal, the district renamed in the 1918 gazette (tree row #7280).