These people eminently filled the requirements that Dunmore Lang had established for his free settlers and he encourage Goszner to prepare a group for travel to Moreton Bay. Goszner had established a community in Germany where he trained lay people for missionary work. Lang had a vision for improving the calibre of Australia's settlers by encouraging people of good Protestant stock to emigrate. John Dunmore Lang who had heard of the works of their leader, Pastor Johannes Evangelista Goszner during his journey to England to recruit free settlers. The original group of settlers were recruited for the colony by the Rev. It was unveiled on Easter Saturday, Apas a part of Nundah's celebration of the centenary of Queensland's free settlement. The First Free Settlers Monument at Nundah, a blunt tapered octagon of rusticated sandstone blocks, commemorates the centenary of the arrival of free settlers in the Moreton Bay district which was later to become a part of Queensland. The place also has a special association with the life and work of John Dunmore Lang, as it commemorates the initiatives provided by him for the establishment in Australia of a community of people with strong religious beliefs and pioneer spirit. Criterion H The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland’s history. The place has strong associations with the Nundah and German communities, and others who attend the annual ceremony to commemorate the arrival of the first group of free settlers who established a community based on religious faith and hard work. Criterion G The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. It is also of aesthetic significance due to its design qualities and landmark presence within the streetscape.
Criterion E The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. The place demonstrates the principal characteristics of a memorial structure, by the use of materials and forms commonly associated with memorials and the formal layout of the surrounding park. Criterion D The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. The monument is significant as it commemorates an important part of the evolution of Queensland's history, of which little physical evidence remains. The first settlers were German Protestant families who were recruited by the Rev. The First Free Settlers Monument, Nundah, was erected in 1938 to commemorate the first free settlement within the area of Moreton Bay, later to become Queensland.
Significance Criterion A The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland’s history.
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