Yearly Archives: 2022

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Blanchard The Butcher

ResearchDecember 2, 2022149Views

This story has enough intrigue for a Netflix biopic, but don't worry, Blanchard was an actual butcher and not a serial killer or blood-thirsty murderer. He was so nice, in fact, that he went on to be Mayor of Gulgong! Alfred Blanchard can be seen in at…

Thiodon’s Exhibition

ResearchNovember 11, 2022150Views

As Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss made their way around the streets of Gulgong in 1872 documenting the people and their homes and businesses, one mysterious figure kept cropping up: Thiodon!

Gondolf Family

ResearchOctober 14, 2022109Views

You might wonder what a gold bible on display in the Long Room could have in common with the Holtermann Collection. Our Research Team has the answer. A German immigrant living in Woollahra, Peter Gondolf, purchased the ornate bible with money earned from gold discovered…

Clay Gulgong 2022

EventsApril 15, 202277Views

The Gulgong Holtermann Museum is delighted to host the 2022 Clay Gulgong Masters’ Exhibition. This international ceramics exhibition features the works of artists who are leaders in their field. Although impacted by COVID, it has created a perfect opportunity to celebrate the outstanding ceramic artists…

Christopher Dingle – ‘Gulgong Then & Now’

EventsMarch 7, 202290Views

Sydney based graphic designer and photographer Christopher Dingle has created an interesting collection of transition images by using 1872 Gulgong Holtermann Collection photographs and photographs of his own taken to celebrate the arrival of Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss 150 years ago. The images…