Person

Holtermann, Bernhardt Otto (1838 - 1885)

Born: 29 April 1838
Hamburg, Germany
Died: 29 April 1885
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Prospector

Summary

Bernhardt Holtermann was a successful gold miner, who had an interest in medicine. He is known to have produced papers re patents for medicines 1875-1884 and formulae for medicines 1885. his "Life Preserving Drops", compounded from the formula of a German doctor, were very popular. Holtermann arrived in Australia 1858 and did a variety of jobs while prospecting around Hill End and Hawkins Hill, where a 630 lb nugget was discovered. Later he sponsored a series of photographs of the settled areas of New South Wales and Victoria to be sent abroad to encourage migrants.

Published resources

Book Sections

Burke, Keast, 'Holtermann, Bernhardt Otto (1838-1885)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 415-416. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040467b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4894252. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/1871104. Details
'Holtermann, Bernhardt Otto (1838-1885)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462967. Details

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