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FORTY-EIGHTERS IN THE USA In the United States, many "Forty-Eighters" sided with the Union because of their objection to Confederate Slavery . Several thousand Forty-Eighters enlisted in the Union Army . Many "Forty-Eighters" also settled in the Texas Hill Country in the vicinty of Fredericksburg , whose county voted heavily against Texas 's Secession . Famous US Forty-Eighters
FORTY-EIGHTERS IN AUSTRALIA In 1848 the first non-British ship carrying immigrants to arrive in Victoria was from Germany; the Goddefroy, on February 13 . Many of those on board were political refugees. Some Germans also travelled to Australia via London, for example those on the ''Parland'' who made the trip to Sydney in 1849. Many Germans became vinyers or worked in the wine-growing industry; others founded Lutheran churches. By 1860, for example, about 70 German families lived in Germantown, Victoria. (When the First World War broke out the town was renamed Grovedale.) In Adelaide, a German Club was founded in 1854 which played a major role in society. Famous Australian Forty-Eighters
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