German Converting Aboriginals

Despites the German’s best efforts to convert the Aboriginals, Governor Gipps decided to close the German Station in 1843. This was due to a report in 1842 by Handt, who was the Society’s agent at Moreton Bay. In Handt’s report, he noted that the German missionaries progress in converting the indigenous was “insufficiently encouraged” in the settlement (Gunson, 2013, p. 527). Handt’s comments on Zion Hill were derived from the fact that the settlement was still heavily reliant on the government’s funding. On top of this, the large amount of effort that the German were doing to break down the cultural barrier between the Aboriginals was perceived as sympathizing with the savages (Gunson, 2013, p. 527). Gipps agreed with Handt’s points this