THE public is invited to the launch of
Evanston Park author Judy Gillett-Ferguson’s
novel, The German Teacher,
at Gawler Civic Centre on Friday.
The fictional work is set against the
backdrop of Australia’s internment of
Germans during World War I. Judy will
unveil The German Teacher as part of
SA History Festival celebrations.
The book is set in a fictional town
near Angaston, during the Great War
during internment, anti-German legislation,
suspicion and prejudice.
While the story is fictional, Judy said
many Barossa Valley men of German
descent were interned for the duration
of the war.
The German Teacher will be
launched by Gawler Mayor Karen Redman,
while ABC Radio personality Peter
Goers will give a short talk.
Goers’s great-great-uncle, Herman
Carl Goers of Tanunda, was interned for
the duration of World War I with 7000
other Australians of German descent.
Judy will sign copies of her book, which
will be on sale at the event for $25.
Tickets to the launch, which are limited
because of COVID-189 restrictions,
can be booked through the SA
History Festival website (historyfestival.
sa.gov.au).
For those unable to attend, copies of
the book will also be available online
(at Amazon, Dymocks or Booktopia)
and at Alison’s Bookshop in Willaston.
Copies are also available on loan at
Gawler and Barossa libraries.
Meanwhile, bookings are still available
for Gawler History Team’s History
Month address by Allen Tiller on
Ghostly Gawler at Zion Lutheran Hall,
Gawler, tomorrow at 7.15pm.
History Team chairman Brian
Thom said many people had already
booked, “but we can now have 100 in
the Zion Hall”.
Bookings can be made by emailing
Brian Thom on bgthom@bigpond.com
or phoning 0412 015 990.
The Gawler History Team website is
gawlerhistory.com