DescriptionBernhard Otto Holtermann with 630lb gold from Hill End.jpg
English: Bernard Otto Holtermann with the world's largest "nugget" of gold, North Sydney, 1874-1876, albumen print from composite photographic negative, Charles Bayliss & Beaufoy Merlin (attributed), State Library of New South Wales P1/766
Date
between 1874 and 1876
date QS:P,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Bernard Otto Holtermann with the world's largest "nugget" of gold, North Sydney, 1874-1876
Bernard Otto Holtermann met de grootste goudklomp ter wereld, 285.8 kg zwaar. Ca. 1875
German prospector, Bernhard Otto Holtermann with a mass of nearly all solid gold, from w:Hill End, New South Wales, weighed 630lb & valued at 12,000 pounds. Australian history {{PD-Australia}}