Podcast: History Or Hoarding? With Annabel Crabb (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)
Episode: The unfortunate incident
Pub date: 2026-05-26

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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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