As miners came to Gulgong so too did the traders in search of their fortune.
These are but a few of the stunning Holtermann Collection photographs that tell the story of the men and women who started out on the Gulgong goldfields to try and […]
NEWS & RESEARCH
Exciting Holtermann news from Germany
An exciting way to start a New Year! The Gulgong Holtermann Museum is proud to announce its association with the BallinStadt Emigration Museum which was brought about by the installation […]
Women of the Gulgong Goldfield
Today, 8 March, is International Women’s Day, so let’s take a look at some of the women of the Holtermann Collection. Many are working class women who raised children and […]
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – PULLEN
Imagine having such a trail-blazing life as a pioneer that when summing it up you barely mention that you were the Pullen – of Pullen & Rawsthorne fame – who […]
RESEARCH NEWS – MELKJOER MYSTERY
A number of photos in the Holtermann collection have not been identified. Some are attributed to Gulgong or Home Rule but captioned by the State Library with an additional question […]
RESEARCH NEWS – WATER WOES
The approaching summer of 1871 was an unpleasant time on the Gulgong goldfield. Two aspects of the dry hot weather caused major problems for miners and townsfolk – dust and […]
MUSEUM CONNECTIONS – SPIRO BENNETT
When Spiro and Ann Bennett (nee Carroll) posed for this photo in front of their shop in 1872, they can hardly have imagined that life-sized cut outs from the same […]
RESEARCH NEWS – GOLDEN AGE
With the discovery of payable gold on Red Hill in 1870, came opportunities for all. No matter who you were or where you came from, if you could get to […]
RESEARCH NEWS – HOLTERMANN
The following article – about the value of persevering – was written by the photographer, Beaufoy Merlin, describing his friend, Bernard Otto Holtermann. Ironically, this article was written and published […]
RESEARCH NEWS – CHRISTMAS ON THE GOLDFIELDS
Gulgong is so lucky to have been recorded in both the photographs of Beaufoy Merlin (known as the Holtermann Collection) and in the poetry and stories of Henry Lawson. There […]