Prototype light table in action As we await the arrival of our custom built light table, the digitisation of the 10x12 inch [254x305mm] Holtermann glass plate negatives is continuing on our prototype light table. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
"An immense photographic directory of all Australia" One of our readers recently made mention of using Trove to find information about his ancestor. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Global Digitisation With digitisation of the larger Holtermann glass plates quickly progressing our focus has moved to the development and implementation of a custom light table set up for digital capture of the plates beyond 10x12 inches in size. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Death of a sinner Even in the nineteenth century, photographic studios regularly copied photographs and artworks for their clients. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
A digitisation milestone For the last 9 months we have been steadily digitising and archiving the approx. 2,600 quarter plate sized (83x108mm) negatives that make up the majority of the Holtermann glass plate negative collection. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Finders keepers, losers weepers... Edward Hammond Hargraves didn’t find the first payable gold in Australia, but it’s difficult to erase that fallacy, as he actively promoted his claim until it became ‘fact’ and he collected the Government reward of £10,000 and a pension. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Home Rule! (Not a call to arms) Today, it’s difficult to comprehend the speed with which gold rush towns appeared and disappeared in the nineteenth century. When a new rush occurred, miners simply packed up and moved and the storekeepers soon followed. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project
Holtermann and the A&A Photographic Company We recently received a comment about authorship of the Holtermann Collection. Read more Holtermann Collection Digitisation Project