Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Saturday 5 November 1927
30418MR. E. DIENELT.
Mr. Ernst Dienelt, late of Birdwood,
who died at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. R. Steen, Knightsbridge, on Satur
day, was born at Clansthal, Hanover, Ger-
many, in 1844. He landed at Port Ade-
laide in 1854 from the sailing; ship Joliann
Ceasar. He first lived with his parents
near the city, where his father carried
on a bootmaking business. He then
went to Gilles Plains, where he was em-
ployed on a farm- In 1859 he removed
to Birdwood, and was employed at Messrs.
F. Pflaum & Co.'s flour mills for more
than 40 years, except during the sheep
shearing season when, for 56 consecutive
seasons he received engagements from al-
most all the leading sheep station con-
trollers in the northern areas; Mr.
Dienelt was a good judge of horses.