SOUTH KILKERRAN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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A farming community, first settled by German migrants in 1838, where German is still spoken in the homes of Lutherans.
Location: 8 km south west of Maitland.
Origin of name: takes its name from the Hundred of Kilkerran which in turn was named after Governor Sir James Fergusson's family home in Scotland.
Brief history: The area was first settled by German settlers who had left their home land to avoid religious persecution. Brought out from Germany in 1838, they had first settled at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, then had spread out to the Barossa Valley. When this part of Yorke Peninsula was surveyed for settlement by farmers in the 1870's they came here to commence farming.
Natural features: Island Point (west); Reel Point (west).
Built features: Church of St Paul (1902); Pt. Pearce Mission; St John's church (1878)