Monday, 28 March 2022
Maleny District Sport & Recreation Club Community Newsletter “”Local Authors release new book” "Teutoburg to Witta" the new book by local authors and historians Dale Lorna Jacobsen and Dr Steve Chaddock, is now published and available for you to purchase. "It has been a long process, pulling together, then teasing apart, the personal stories behind the settlement of the area that was once called Teutoburg” said Dale. Drawing on information sourced for the three highly successful Wittafest events held in 2015, 2016 and 2018, Dale teamed up with Witta archaeologist, museum expert and anthropologist Dr Steve Chaddock to record this fascinating history, the book including lots of illustrations and photographs. European settlers arrived on the Blackall Range in the 1880's to carve out a place to live among thick vine
scrub. The process of selection offered them a chance to establish a place of their own, clearing the land using hand tools, felling trees, sawing them into timbers to establish homes, and fencing small holdings which grew into established dairy farms. The predominantly German pioneers who selected their land in the area now known as Witta in 1887, originally named their new home Teutoburg, in memory of the forest they left behind. For 30 years they built a community centred around dairy farms and their Lutheran faith. All that changed in 1916 when, due to anti-German sentiment, Teutoburg was renamed Witta. The books arrived from the publishers late last week. And it looks terri c! You can purchase a copy from Rosetta Books Maleny, or The Crooked Fringe hairdressers and Sommer’s Fuel Supplies – both at Witta. You can also order your copy online at https://dalelornajacobsen.com/ dales_books__writing/ teutoburg_to_witta. The of cial launch will be held in May, at a date to be announced, at the Witta Recreation Club, a very tting location.
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