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From: "Kerry Raymond" <>
Subject: Re: [SEQ] Where is Stegelit
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:48:40 +1000
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Also, in what time frame did you find this name? If it was before WW1,
remember that many places with German names were renamed in WW1. Look here
for some of them:

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/dnutting/germanaustralia/e/ortsnamen.htm

There is one that might be of relevance to you:

* Stegeht (now Woongoolba , south of Brisbane)

It seems to me that when hand-written, the "h" in "Stegeht" could easily
look like "li" turning it into "Stegelit".

Aside, I tried looking up a few of the old German place names in the
Australian Govt Place Name Search

http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/

but with mixed results. Mostly it failed to find the old German name, e.g.

* Bismarck (now Maclagan)
* German Station (now Nundah)
* Blumbergville (now Boonah)

But for some old names, it did return the right place (but always using the
new name) e.g.

* Engelsburg (now Kalbar)
* Roessler (now Applethorpe)

Kerry

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