RESEARCH NEWS – GRIBBLE’S SHADES
Mrs Gribble was renting this property from George Anthony Tissington, a photographer and commission agent in Gulgong, while he was chasing gold in Queensland. On 14 August 1872 a fire […]
October 2022
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – About McLaughlin’s Bakery
David Sciffer wrote the following to GHM: This carte-de-visite is of the first premises of McLaughlin’s Bakery in High Street, Maitland. (Handwritten note on reverse says “business near Town Hall, […]
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – About Mary McKillop’s Cottage
Trevor Williams wrote the following to the GHM: To the Wonderful Staff, I found the Holtermann photo of Mary Mackillop’s Cottage on the State Library web site. Photo and catalogue information […]
RESEARCH NEWS – Sun Tong Lee
When the great, great grandson of Sun Tong Lee visited the Gulgong Holtermann Museum he said, “Apparently Sun Tong Lee owned many stores in NSW and it is unlikely that […]
RESEARCH NEWS – Crystal Fountain
The Crystal Fountain Cordial Factory was located on Herbert Street next to John Hunter’s Boot Store on the corner of Herbert and Mayne. In addition to selling cordial, the premises […]
RESEARCH NEWS – Rare “carte-de-visite”
This image is captioned by the State Library as “Mother and girls outside weatherboard house with bark roof, Gulgong area”. Long before selfies were a thing, in fact, before Gulgong […]
RESEARCH NEWS – Gondolf Family
You might wonder what a gold bible could have in common with the Holtermann Collection. Our Research Team has the answer. A German immigrant living in Woollahra, Peter Gondolf, purchased […]