Ernest Eugene Kramer

Ernest and Euphemia Kramer and their children in about 1924
Pastor Kramer building a shelter, likely alongside Arrernte Elder Micky Dow Dow. c. 1924

Ernest Eugene Kramer (10 May 1889 – 16 February 1958) was a non-denominational itinerant missionary who worked in Central Australia, mostly Alice Springs, from 1913 until 1934 who is known for his camel train caravan mission.[1][2] Kramer was responsible for building the first church in Alice Springs, the Ebenezer Tabernacle (which was commonly known as Kramer's Church).[3]

  1. ^ Markus, Andrew, "Kramer, Ernest Eugene (1889–1958)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2 May 2020
  2. ^ "Kramer, Ernst Eugen (1889–1958) | German Missionaries in Australia". missionaries.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. ^ Holmes, Kate; body.), National Trust of Australia (1990). Alice Springs, the first 104 lots : a project to document the ownership and building history of the original township of Stuart, now Alice Springs, from 1888 to the present. [Darwin] : National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory).