Hermannsburg was a Lutheran mission. Originally it was run directly from Germany before it came under an Australian Diocese - Adelaide I think.

At one stage there was a fully operational tannery and a leather products industry. This is the old tannery.

A plaque in front of the stockman's house explained that when the government took over the mission they sold all the cattle and put the workmen on the dole.

There was even a mortuary at the rear of the church.