The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Friday 17 November 191669405

Our Balaklava correspondent writes:
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Steinwedel, of Balak-
lava, celebrated their diamond wedding
recently, and they received many expres-
ions of good wishes and congratulations.
About 100 friends and relatives were pre-
sent at the celebration, which was held
at the farm near Woods. Mr R Ashman
proposed the health of Mr. and Mrs. Stein-
wedel, and referred to the esteem in
which they were held by those who had
known them during their'residence in
the district. Mr. Steinwedel arrived in  
South Australia in 1852 by the ship
Dockenhudcn. He landed at Port Ade-
laide, and after spending a little time in
the city went to Burra, and from there to
the Victorian goldfields. On his return
to this State he settled near Tanunda,
where he married 60 years ago Miss Zeu-
ner, the officiating clergyman being the late
Rer. Dr. Mencke. About 50 years ago
Mr. Steinwedel settled in the Balaklava
district at Dalkey Plains, and has resided
there ever since. At that time Balaklava
as a township was not in existence, not
one building having been erected. Where
the town now stands. Mr. Steinwedel
farmed. There was a family of twelve, of
whom two son and six daughters survive.

The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Tuesday 12 February 192469404

Mr. A.-W. Steihwedel, whose death oc-  
curred near Woods, on February 2, was
one of the oldest residents of the district.
Mr. Steinwedel was born in Germany in
1834. He left that country for Australia
in 1851 in the ship Dockenhuden, under
Capt. Meyer, and after a voyage of 16
weeks, arrived at Port Adelaide in Feb-
ruary, 1852. After his arrival here, his
occupations were varied and his ex-
periences many. Among, the former were  
post-splitting on the Torrens, coppermin-
ing at Burra, and goldseeking in Victoria,
tn 1856 Mr. Steinwedel bought a small
farm near Tanunda, but later he left there
and for the last 58 years he had resided,
with his family, on a farm in the Dalkey
Districts. In his younger days he was
keenly interested in "crossing" varieties
of. wheat, and in experimenting with ar-
tificial manures suitable for wheatgrowing.
On the occasion of his resignation as a
member of the Agricultural Bureau in  
1902, appreciation of his services was ex-
pressed by branches from all parts of the
State. He married in 1856 Miss Elise
Zeuner, and had 13 children, six sons and
six daughters.. Four sons predeceased
him (three in their infancy). His wife
died three years ago. Mr. Steinwedel        
leaves two sons (Mr. W. Steinwedel, of
Balaklava, and Mr. H. Steinwedel, of  
Dalkey and Glanville), and six daughters
(Mrs. T. Belling, of Balaklava, and the  
Misses Steinwedel, of Dalkey). There
are five grandchildren and two great  
grandchildren.