Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, "Herbig Family Tree", South Australia, c1980s
... ...caroline herbig...Herbig left Germany in 1855 and later that year arrived in South Australia. He went to work on a farm and made his home in a large hollowed-out base of a river redgum tree.
In 1858 Friedrich married Caroline...After the second child was born they moved to a two-roomed pine and pug hut that Friedrich built chatham-holmes collection friedrich herbig south australia river redgum caroline rattey hollowed-out base of tree elizabeth chatham philip chatham architecture housing caroline herbig family history genealogy Members of the Chatham family visit the "Herbig Family Tree" in South Australia "Herbig Family Tree", South Australia Photograph ...
Friedrich Herbig left Germany in 1855 and later that year arrived in South Australia. He went to work on a farm and made his home in a large hollowed-out base of a river redgum tree.
In 1858 Friedrich married Caroline Rattey and they lived together in the tree. They had sixteen children. After the second child was born they moved to a two-roomed pine and pug hut that Friedrich builtMembers of the Chatham family visit the "Herbig Family Tree" in South Australiachatham-holmes collection, friedrich herbig, south australia, river redgum, caroline rattey, hollowed-out base of tree, elizabeth chatham, philip chatham, architecture, housing, caroline herbig, family history, genealogy
