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Tabor Lutheran Church & Cemetery

135A Murray St, Tanunda SA 

 In 1850, in Tanunda, an independent group of Lutherans established their church, calling it Tabor after the mountain referred to in the Old Testament.  

A school was immediately organised, using the first church building during the week.  Prominent South Australian, Theodor Scherk, taught at the school from 1867-1872 before it finally closed in 1873.

The church was rebuilt in 1870 to be further enlarged in 1910, with the addition of a choir gallery within and the tower without.  The belfry carries a three-bell peal, the largest in the region.  The bells were imported from Apolda, Thuringen, Germany in 1910, the largest of which weighs more than 6 cwt. 

Tabor did not acquire a pipe organ until late in the 20th century.  Early in 1977, it was decided that their current instrument should be replaced.  A committee was formed, and Mr. Ross Waters was given the task of building the organ at a cost of $10 0

5.6 Carl Friedrich Arnold

Born: 3 May 1875

Died: 16 July 1963

Carl was the sixth child of Carl Friedrich and Johanne Karoline Arnold. He was called Charlie and married Ida Emma Yates on 24 October 1901 at Angaston Congregational Church. Charlie worked at the Chateau Tanunda for fifty years as a brandy distiller