• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0672

Homann, Luise

(1837 – 1932)
  • Born 21 July, 1837, Hanover Germany
  • Died 31 December, 1932
  • Occupation Missionary

Summary

Luise Homann was born on 21 August 1837 in Hanover Germany. She married Wilhelm Wendtlandt, a Lutheran missionary on 13 July 1855 and had 4 children. They travelled widely, first to Madras then to South Africa, South America, England and then back to Germany. Wendtlandt died in 1861. After his death, Luise became a missionary in Germany. She remarried Ernst Homann 3 October 1867 and followed her husband to South Australia, where they worked at Hermannsburg Mission station.

Published resources

  • Book
    • Journal of a life of many moves, Homann, Luise, 1837-1932, 1965
    • Like a bird on the wing : the story of Luise Homann, based on her journal and other sources, Hardy, Olga, 1917- [compiled by], 1984
  • Resource

Archival resources

  • Lutheran Church of Australia
    • Diary of Luise Wendtlandt – Homann
  • State Library of South Australia
    • A life of many moves (biography)
    • A journal of a life of many moves by Luise Homann (autobiography)