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The unfortunate incident
Description
Every hoarder's nightmare… SMASHING an irreplaceable, precious antique. Annabel Crabb pieces together the tale of prospector Bernhardt Holtermann.
Gold Rush mogul. Early photography enthusiast. He found Australia's largest reef gold nugget (153kg!) and produced the world's biggest wet plate glass negative. Then something very bad happened.
This episode's speakers:
- Margot Riley - Curator
- Louise Anemaat — Executive Director, Library and Information Services and Dixson Librarian
The photo for this episode is courtesy of State Library of NSW.
Search for the Holtermann Collection in the SLNSW online catalogue.
Presenter: Annabel Crabb
Researcher: Julia O'Shea
Audio Engineer: Harvey O'Sullivan
Supervising Producer: Rachael Cusick
Executive Producers: Eric George and Carmel Rooney
Head of Audio on Demand: Jessica Radburn
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