Bethany - Village south west of Tanunda known as Bethanien prior to 1917 when it was changed to Bethany under the Nomenclature Act of 1917.

In 1842, Bethanien (Bethany) was the first village to be established in Neuschlesien (New Silesia - the Barossa Valley) by a group of German Lutheran migrants many of whom had arrived with Pastor Gotthard Daniel Fritzsche on the Skjold in 1841.  First services were held in the open or under a tree, then in the School Room built ca 1843.

1. •Lutheran congregation from 1842.  School built ca 1843.  First Herberge Christi Lutheran Church built 1845.  New Church built 1883 (Bethany Rd, Bethany).
   Herberge Christi Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church of Australia)
   Herberge Christi Lutheran Church (Church Organ)
   Lutheran Church, Bethany, S.A.
   

Cemeteries

1. •Pioneer Cemetery (Bethany Rd, Bethany).

   

   
   Bethany Old Pioneer Cemetery (Australian Cemeteries)
   Bethany Pioneer Cemetery (OzBurials)
   Bethany Old Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery (Flinders Ranges Research)
   

2. •Bethany New Cemetery (Lutheran) (Basedow Rd, Bethany).
   Bethany New Lutheran (Australian Cemeteries)
   Bethany General Cemetery (OzBurials)
   Bethany New Lutheran Cemetery (Billion Graves)
   Bethany New Lutheran Cemetery (Flinders Ranges Research)
   

3. •Habermann-Mengler Private Cemetery (Light Pass Rd, Bethany).
   Haberman and Mengler Private (Australian Cemeteries)
   Bethany Private Cemetery (OzBurials)
   

Links

History - Early Settlers

Bethany (Flinders Ranges Research)

Bethany - the first settlement in the Barossa Valley (German Australia)

References

Proeve, H.F.W. A Dwelling Place at Bethany Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1983.