Date of Birth: 29/04/1838
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
Date of Death: 29/04/1885
Place of Death: St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Whaling Road, North Shore Committee No.46 |
06 May 1884 |
01 Nov 1884 |
5 months 27 days |
Chairman |
| Singleton Gas Bill Committee No.34 |
08 Feb 1884 |
21 Feb 1884 |
14 days |
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| Manly Gaslight and Coke Company’s Bill Committee No.33 |
07 Feb 1884 |
11 Mar 1884 |
1 month 5 days |
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| Patrick Hannan’s Mining Claim at Temora Committee No.27 |
20 Dec 1883 |
02 Jul 1884 |
6 months 13 days |
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| Windsor Gaslight Company’s Bill Committee No.12 |
25 Oct 1883 |
16 Nov 1883 |
23 days |
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| Member for St Leonards |
05 Dec 1882 |
29 Apr 1885 |
2 years 4 months 25 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
05 Dec 1882 |
29 Apr 1885 |
2 years 4 months 25 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Left Germany to avoid military service. Arrived in New South Wales on 12 August 1858. Went to goldfields from 1859 -1860. Supported himself with other jobs. By 1868 was a licensee of the All Nations Hotel. Floated Star of Hope Gold Mining Company in 1872 which founded the largest known specimen of reef gold. Retired and built a mansion at St Leonards in Sydney. Invested in Sydney real estate. Advocate of North Shore Bridge.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of Hill End Borough Council.
Personal
Son of John Henry and Anna Nachtigall. Married Harriett Emmett on 22 February 1868 at Bathurst and had issue 2 daughters and 3 sons.
Additional Information
Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: 1.
Bernhard Otto Holtermann - papers, 1864 - 1876 (MLMSS 968) photographs in the
PICMAN Database. 2. Holtermann family - papers, 1870 - 1910 (MLMSS 6519)
photographs in the PICMAN Database.
Biography and portrait in ‘Australian Men of Mark’, Volume 1. Sydney, [?1889] ,
page 396
