The Holtermann Photographic Collection at the State Library of NSW
We are very fortunate to have a significant photographic record of people and places in Hill End & Tambaroora between 1872 and 1875. The full story of the collection and biographies of those associated with it can be found at the website dedicated to Keast Burke . His initial work with this collection has helped make it available to us today.
The State Library of NSW has provided an overview of the collection in one of their Discover collections. This is well worth a look.
To ensure that you receive the best results for your search for photos in this collection it is suggested that you print out the following instructions and then follow them, step by step.
Accessing specific photographs in the Holtermann collection
- Open the main State Library of NSW home page (www.sl.nsw.gov.au).
- To ensure that you receive the best results for your search for photos in this collection it is suggested that you follow these instructions step by step.
- In the first “search box” (where it says “Anywhere” on the left) type the word you are searching in the blank space …eg “Tambaroora”, “Hill End” or a particular family name, location or keyword. Don’t put any more initially as this will bring you up all the records which have the keyword in it anywhere. You can then include more search terms to refine your search if it brings up too many entries.
- In the search box below that, type “American Australasian” as theses keywords will reveal all the photos created by the A & A Photographic Company.
- Leave the rest of the boxes blank and scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Search”.
- Scroll down to see the results of your search. This should bring you up all the references pertinent to your enquiry.
- Click on the thumbnail photo and it will take you to the individual catalogue entry which may give you more information about the particular photograph
- Click on the thumbnail again to obtain a larger version which will open in a new window. At the bottom of this larger version is a link to a “Zoomable image”.
- Click on voysthis label and the image will open in a new window. Use your mouse scroll button or the buttons on the screen to move around and zoom in on the photograph where the most amazing details can be seen.
- Right click on the photo you can then “Save image as” and save it to your computer wherever you keep your photos for later viewing.
- This should bring you up all the references pertinent to your enquiry. You can click on the photos and it will take you to the individual catalogue entry which may give you more information about the particular photograph and then click on the photo again to obtain a larger version.
- At the bottom of this larger version is a blue label “Zoomable image”. Click on this label and the image will open in a new window. Use your mouse scroll button or the buttons on the screen to move around and zoom in on the photograph where the most amazing details can be seen.
- If you then right click on the photo you can then “Save image as” and save it to your computer wherever you keep your photos for later viewing.
