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28 October, 2025

Living in Steele Rudd Country: the Lipps of Emu Creek

Emu Creek was often referred to in the past as “German Ridge” due to the large number of German migrants who took up land in the district. One of the most prominent of the German families, the Lipps, first came to Australia in 1871 when family patriarch George Lipp took up a selection.


This great old photograph (circa 1931) shows Bert and Madge in their youthful days on Bert’s Indian.
This great old photograph (circa 1931) shows Bert and Madge in their youthful days on Bert’s Indian.

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