- Bethany, South Australia
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bethany
state = sa
caption = Bethany as viewed fromMengler's Hill
lga = Barossa Council
postcode = 5352
pop =
est = 1842
region = Barossa Valley
elevation= 283
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Schubert
fedgov = Wakefield
dist1 = 2
location1= TanundaBethany (coord|34|28|S|138|58|E|region:AU-SA_type:city(3000), postcode 5352) is a small village located about 2 km south east of Tanunda in the
Barossa Valley . It was originally named "Bethanien", but was changed duringWorld War I in an attempt to remove all German place names from Australia.Bethany was the first settlement in the Barossa Valley area. It was settled in 1842, by Prussian immigrants who had leased land from
George Fife Angas . The large portion of these initial settlers had arrived in 1841, with PastorGotthard Fritzsche on the Skjold.External links
* [http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/bethany.htm History of Bethany]
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