Introduction

Biography

Alfred was the son of Her­mann Gus­tav Adolph Brau­er and Jo­han­ne Hel­ene Schae­pe, and hus­band of Ot­til­ie Ly­dia Strem­pel.

He stu­died law in Aus­tral­ia, then switched to theo­lo­gy and went to Am­eri­ca.

He gra­du­at­ed from Con­cor­dia Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, Spring­field, Il­li­nois, in 1890, then re­turned to Aus­tral­ia to serve as a pas­tor.

He ed­it­ed the Aus­tra­li­an Lu­ther­an, and con­trib­uted trans­la­tions to the 1925 Aus­tra­li­an Lu­the­ran Hymn-Book.

Works

• Under the South­ern Cross