The Holtermann Collection is the name given to a collection of over 3,500 glass-plate negatives and albumen prints, many of which depict life in New South Wales goldfield towns. It also includes numerous photographs of Australian rural towns and the cities of Sydney and Melbourne taken between 1871 and 1876. The collection is held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Mayne Street Gulgong, 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company.
Berrys Bay and Goat Island, Sydney, 1875, Charles Bayliss and Bernhardt Holtermann from negative, 136 x 95 cm (4.4 x 3.1 feet
Charles Bayliss, was an Australian photographer, who is best known for photographs that he took during the 1870s, which form a large part of the Holtermann Collection.
Charles Bayliss (left) and Henshaw Clarke, outside A & A Photographic Company premises, Hill End, New South Wales, 1872.