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| Keywords: Bernhard otto holterman with 630lb gold from Hill End.jpg Hill End New South Wales by German prospector Bernhard Otto Holtermannon 19th October 1872 More than half of the 630 lbs weight was pure gold at that time having the value of 12 000 pounds 24 000 Today with gold worth say 1400 per ounce the value today would be over 10 million Three photographs were used to create this image of Holtermann supposedly holding the worlds' largest accumulation of rock and gold ever brought to the surface in one piece He was posed in the studio with his hand on a headclamp the nugget was inserted and both placed on a photograph of the verandah of his mansion built from the proceeds of his goldmine <ref>https //www flickr com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/4397634202/ Information supplied by the State Library of New South Wales </ref> 1874-1876 https //www flickr com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/4397634202/ American Australasian Photographic Company PD-Australia References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Holtermann 1872 History of Australia Australian gold rushes Native gold Hill End New South Wales New South Wales in the 1870s | ||||
