Bernard Otto Holtermann papers, 1864-1876
Bernard Otto Holtermann papers, 1864-1876
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Author / Creator
Date
1864-1876
Call Numbers
MLMSS 968
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Physical Description
Contents
2 volumes of textual material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1089, frames 1-80 (MLMSS 968)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1876; Biographical notes on Bernard Otto Holtermann; with reference to his mining activities and his interest in photography (Call No.: CY 1089)
1864-1872; Correspondence and other papers, includes papers on Tambaroora claim, 20 Aug.l864; miner's right, Jan. 1866; Hawkins Hill claim, 14 Oct. 1871; and 2 letters from Holtermann to the edito...
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Full title
Bernard Otto Holtermann papers, 1864-1876
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Notes
General note
This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-270B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr Holtermann in 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Bernard Otto Holtermann (1838-1885), gold miner, merchant and parliamentarian, was born at Hamburg, Germany. He arrived in Sydney in August 1858 and unable to find work due to his lack of English took a job on a schooner out of Sydney. He returned in 1859 and met Polish miner Ludwig Hugo Louis Beyers with whom he travelled to Tambaroora in the...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 968
Record Identifier
Y0KDm8P1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KDm8P1
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Reference code
422078
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