The German Immigrants at Hill Plains

Scarce colonial engraving of the failed religious community at Hill Plains, near Benalla, Victoria led by Maria Heller, a self-styled prophetess in early 1875. The Hills Plain commune failed in its first year, eight of its members dying of famine and other related ailments.

Titles: Some of the women, Some of the children, Mr. & Mrs. Scholtz, Maria Heller. The “Prophetess”, Other settlers (Scholtz Jr.[?] engaged to Maria Heller), Settlement at Hill Plains.

From the original edition of the The Australasian Sketcher.

Collections:
State Library Victoria: Accession no: A/S 25/12/75/153