11 Facts About Hermann Homburg

Hermann Robert Homburg was a South Australian politician and lawyer.

Hermann Homburg's German-born father, Robert Hermann Homburg, was a prominent South Australian politician and lawyer.

Robert Hermann Homburg had served as Attorney-General of South Australia on three separate occasions, and, later, as a justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the first non-British migrant to be appointed to such a position in Australia.

Hermann Homburg was member and captain of the Glen Osmond Cricket Club and chairman of the North Adelaide Cycling Club.

Hermann Homburg became Attorney-General under Premier Archibald Peake in 1909 and Minister for Industry from 1912 to 1915.

Hermann Homburg soon fell victim to anti-German sentiment and resigned in early 1915 to avoid embarrassing the government in the forthcoming election.

In 1927, Hermann Homburg successfully contested Murray again and returned to parliament.

Hermann Homburg served as Attorney-General and Minister for Industry in the R L Butler ministry from 1927 until losing his seat in 1930.

Hermann Homburg was a leader of Adelaide's secular German community during the interwar period.

Hermann Homburg returned to Adelaide in 1942 and continued to practice as a solicitor until his death in 1964.

Hermann Homburg wrote about his experiences during both wars in South Australian Lutherans and War-Time Rumours.