John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844

John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844 - 1916)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ (1882 - 1962) John David Randolph VON STIEGLITZ (1887 - ) Bertine Pearl VON STIEGLITZ (1889 - 1890) Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ (1893 - 1967) Nora VON STIEGLITZ (1900 - 1985)	John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844 - 1916) + Mary Jean MCKENZIE (1853 - 1885) Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (1864 - 1903)	Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ (1808 - 1876)	Heinrich Ludwig Henry Lewis Baron VON STIEGLITZ (1762 - 1824)	Christian Ludwig Baron VON STIEGLITZ (1724 - 1772)
				Christiane Friederike RICHTER (1736 - )
			Charlotte ATKINSON (1784 - 1852)	John ATKINSON (1752 - 1824)
				Eliza HENDERSON (1750 - )
		Helen AMOS (1811 - 1890)	Adam AMOS (1774 - 1845)	James AMOS (1750 - 1791)
				Helen (Nellie) HOY ( - 1785)
			Mary TAIT (1786 - 1854)

b. 18 Nov 1844 at St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia

m. (1) 20 Jan 1881 Mary Jean MCKENZIE (1853 - 1885) at Longford, Tasmania, Australia

m. (2) 22 Sep 1885 Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (1864 - 1903) at Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England

d. 26 Aug 1916 at Springwood, New South Wales, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844 - 1916)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Heinrich Ludwig Henry Lewis Baron VON STIEGLITZ	1762	Saxony	08 Jun 1824	Cookstown, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland	62
Grandmother	Charlotte ATKINSON	abt 1784	Lewis Hill, Co Armagh, Ireland	22 Nov 1852	Ballan, Victoria, Australia	68
Grandfather	Adam AMOS	04 Mar 1774	Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland	16 Jan 1845	Great Swanport, Tasmania, Australia	70
Grandmother	Mary TAIT	1786	Berwickshire, Scotland	31 Aug 1854	Swansea, Tasmania, Australia	68

Father in Law	Alexander MCKENZIE
Father in Law	David STEAD			1886	London, Middlesex, England
Mother in Law	Marie Jane BELCHER	04 Aug 1824	Dublin, Ireland	Y	England

Father	Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	13 Jan 1808	Eglish, Co Armagh, Ireland	06 Jul 1876	Nile, Tasmania, Australia	68
Mother	Helen AMOS	23 Dec 1811	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	24 Sep 1890	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	78

Self	John Charles VON STIEGLITZ	18 Nov 1844	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia	26 Aug 1916	Springwood, New South Wales, Australia	71

Wife	Mary Jean MCKENZIE	1853	Scotland	26 Feb 1885	Longford, Tasmania, Australia	32
Wife	Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD	1864	Ireland	06 Sep 1903	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	39

Son	Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	18 Oct 1882	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	13 Nov 1962	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	80
Son	John David Randolph VON STIEGLITZ	30 Oct 1887	Tasmania, Australia
Daughter	Bertine Pearl VON STIEGLITZ	03 May 1889	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	04 Oct 1890	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	1
Son	Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ	19 Aug 1893	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	26 Mar 1967	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	73
Daughter	Nora VON STIEGLITZ	19 Jul 1900	Tasmania, Australia	1985		85

Brother	Richard VON STIEGLITZ
Sister	Jessie VON STIEGLITZ	12 Oct 1835	Avoca, Tasmania, Australia	28 Dec 1913	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	78
Brother	Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	31 Mar 1837	Avoca, Tasmania, Australia	16 Dec 1913	Prospect, Tasmania, Australia	76
Brother	Henry Gordon VON STIEGLITZ	05 Feb 1839	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia	21 Feb 1906	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	67
Sister	Charlotte Mary VON STIEGLITZ	29 Jul 1840	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia	14 Nov 1906	Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia	66
Brother	Adam Douglas VON STIEGLITZ	07 Jun 1842	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia	17 Oct 1899	Longford, Tasmania, Australia	57
Brother	William Robert VON STIEGLITZ	01 Sep 1846	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia	14 Feb 1910	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	63
Sister	Helena Margaret VON STIEGLITZ	08 May 1848	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia
Brother	Walter Francis VON STIEGLITZ	1850		11 Jul 1852	Victoria, Australia	2
Sister	Emma Selina VON STIEGLITZ	1851	Swansea, Tasmania, Australia	09 Nov 1950	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	99

Daughter in Law	Mary Vernon GRIFFIN	21 Jan 1899	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	04 Sep 1991	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	92
Daughter in Law	Mary Maynard JONES	1888		06 Jan 1959	Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia	71
Daughter in Law	Eileen Bessie HELSHAM	19 Jul 1893	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	23 Dec 1981	Tasmania, Australia	88
Son in Law	Harlin Montigue Dundas BUTTERLEY	1881

Granddaughter	Mary Joyce VON STIEGLITZ	28 Oct 1922	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Granddaughter	Biddy Ethel VON STIEGLITZ	07 Apr 1925	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	25 Nov 2012	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Grandson	Peter John Vernon VON STIEGLITZ	20 Jul 1927	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	13 Jan 1980	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	52
Grandson	MacDonald Helsham VON STIEGLITZ	01 May 1921	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	01 May 1921	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	0
Grandson	Charles David William Helsham VON STIEGLITZ	1925	Tasmania, Australia	23 Nov 2014	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	89
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	John VON STIEGLITZ	1931		1931	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0

Uncle	Frederick Lewis Ludwig VON STIEGLITZ	13 Oct 1803	Eglish, Co Armagh, Ireland	14 May 1866	Glen, Co Armagh, Ireland	62
Aunt	Catherine Christiana MCNALLY	abt 1789		17 Aug 1857	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	68
Aunt	Hester Anne BLACKER			Jan 1899
Aunt	Elizabeth Caroline VON STIEGLITZ	1805	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	1870	Victoria, Australia	65
Uncle	Francis Morton (Captain) ATKINSON	1783	Ireland	11 Aug 1850	Beremboke, Victoria, Australia	67
Uncle	John Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	1809	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	22 Aug 1868	Ireland	59
Aunt	Emma COWIE	13 Nov 1807	Middlesex, England	01 Nov 1880	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	72
Uncle	Francis Walter VON STIEGLITZ	bef 29 Dec 1811	Eglish, Co Armagh, Ireland	14 Apr 1889	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	77
Aunt	Anne RANSOM	1817		01 Oct 1892	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	75
Aunt	Charlotte Christine VON STIEGLITZ	1812	Eglish, Co Armagh, Ireland	03 Apr 1879	Tasmania, Australia	67
Uncle	John Anthony COWIE	13 Apr 1806	England	07 Jan 1875	Ireland	68
Uncle	Robert William VON STIEGLITZ	04 Aug 1816	Cookstown, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland	18 Mar 1876	Drumindony, Co Down, Ireland	59
Aunt	Marcella BELCHER	11 Sep 1828	Dublin, Ireland	1922	Rostrevor, Co Down, Ireland	94
Uncle	Charles Augustus VON STIEGLITZ	1819	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	26 Jul 1885	Rostrevor, Co Down, Ireland	66
Aunt	Sophia Louise BELCHER	21 Oct 1825	Dublin, Ireland	25 Nov 1891	Warrenpoint, Co Down, Ireland	66
Uncle	James AMOS	21 Oct 1804	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	18 Jul 1864	Swansea, Tasmania, Australia	59
Aunt	Ellen AMOS			24 Jun 1861	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia
Aunt	Harriet S HEPBURN	07 Mar 1813	South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland	12 Mar 1898	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	85
Uncle	John AMOS	04 Jan 1806	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	22 Apr 1880	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	74
Aunt	Elizabeth HEPBURN	02 Jan 1809	South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland	15 Apr 1904	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	95
Uncle	Adam AMOS	13 Jul 1807	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	18 May 1874	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	66
Aunt	Susannah LYNE	09 Jul 1821	Coombend, Gloucestershire, England	27 Aug 1894	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	73
Aunt	Margaret AMOS	12 Mar 1809	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	27 Feb 1896	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	86
Aunt	Mary AMOS	26 Mar 1814	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	30 Sep 1876	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	62
Uncle	Henry Richard LYNE	1819	Lambeth, Surrey, England	11 May 1875	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	56
Aunt	Janet (Jessie) AMOS	26 Jun 1818	Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland	28 Jul 1895		77
Uncle	Alexander John ROBERTSON	1819		abt 07 Jul 1867	Port Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia	48

Cousin	Edward ATKINSON
Cousin	Frederick ATKINSON
Cousin	Henry ATKINSON
Cousin	Marianne ATKINSON
Cousin	William ATKINSON
Cousin	Frances ATKINSON	1840		1852		12
Cousin	Charlotte ATKINSON	1841		1850		9
Cousin	Agnes Eliza ATKINSON	abt 1843		17 Mar 1909	Hawthorne, Victoria, Australia	66
Cousin	Lewis Frederick VON STIEGLITZ	09 Apr 1841	Tasmania, Australia	06 Apr 1869	Wedbly, Herefordshire, England	27
Cousin	Christina VON STIEGLITZ	01 Jun 1842	Tasmania, Australia	05 Aug 1888	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	46
Cousin	Augustus Francis VON STIEGLITZ	30 Dec 1844	Tasmania, Australia
Cousin	Edgar Boyne VON STIEGLITZ	01 Jul 1847	Tasmania, Australia	29 Jul 1918	Clayfield, Queensland, Australia	71
Cousin	Selina Anne VON STIEGLITZ	1849	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	15 Dec 1903	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	54
Cousin	Caspar Harry VON STIEGLITZ	17 Dec 1851	Tasmania, Australia	29 Dec 1891	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	40
Cousin	Florence Elizabeth VON STIEGLITZ	22 May 1853	Tasmania, Australia	20 Jun 1891	Tasmania, Australia	38
Cousin	Mary Jane VON STIEGLITZ	22 May 1854	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	1885	Longford, Tasmania, Australia	31
Cousin	Oscar Ernest VON STIEGLITZ	27 Sep 1856	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	27 Aug 1914	Queensland, Australia	57
Cousin	Tasman Blacker VON STIEGLITZ	06 Mar 1860	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	16 Apr 1919	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	59
Cousin	Adelaide Mary VON STIEGLITZ	1848	Ireland
Cousin	Elizabeth Charlotte VON STIEGLITZ	06 Dec 1855	Co Dublin, Ireland	20 Aug 1915	Norwich, Norflok, England	59
Cousin	Florence Marcella VON STIEGLITZ	28 Jun 1861	Ireland	12 Aug 1910	Germany	49
Cousin	Augusta Sophia VON STIEGLITZ	29 Aug 1866	Ireland
Cousin	Sarah Mary AMOS	21 Mar 1842	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	06 Mar 1844	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	1
Cousin	Jessie Elizabeth AMOS	24 Jan 1844	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia
Cousin	Norman Eugene AMOS	17 Apr 1846	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	08 Sep 1933	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	William Anthony AMOS	31 Aug 1847	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	28 Jun 1907	Victoria, Australia	59
Cousin	Susannah AMOS	02 Apr 1849	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	08 Mar 1875	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	25
Cousin	Louisa AMOS	26 Sep 1850	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	16 Dec 1929	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	79
Cousin	Miriam AMOS	01 Jul 1854	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	24 Feb 1855	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	0
Cousin	Lewis AMOS	04 Jul 1854	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	07 Feb 1901	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	46
Cousin	Rosina AMOS	06 Feb 1856	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	13 Jul 1934	Tasmania, Australia	78
Cousin	Owen Livingstone AMOS	28 Jun 1858	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	26 Feb 1930	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	71
Cousin	Ada Margaret AMOS	25 Apr 1860	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	14 Dec 1940		80
Cousin	Henrick Howard AMOS	1863	Tasmania, Australia
Cousin	Mabel Constance AMOS	31 Oct 1865	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	1931	Tasmania, Australia	66
Cousin	Adam Clarendon AMOS	09 Sep 1869	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	May 1934	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	64

Nephew	Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	08 Nov 1876	Loy Yang, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia	14 May 1962	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	85
Nephew	Frederick Langhorne VON STIEGLITZ	14 Jun 1878	Loy Yang, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia	16 May 1880	Victoria, Australia	1
Nephew	William Stanley VON STIEGLITZ	19 Jan 1880	Victoria, Australia	04 Aug 1943	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	63
Niece	Helen Eliza VON STIEGLITZ	05 Apr 1883	Victoria, Australia	26 Feb 1963	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	79
Niece	Caroline Helen Una Lina VON STIEGLITZ	08 Mar 1876	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia
Niece	Aileen May Mary VON STIEGLITZ	02 May 1877	Tullochgorum, Tasmania, Australia
Nephew	Henry William Lyne VON STIEGLITZ	28 Mar 1879	Tasmania, Australia	25 Mar 1939	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	59
Nephew	Charles Frederick Lyne VON STIEGLITZ	10 Jul 1880	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	23 Sep 1910	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	30
Nephew	Gordon Lewis Lyne VON STIEGLITZ	1882		02 Mar 1903	Formosa, Tasmania, Australia	21
Niece	Fanny Lavinia VON STIEGLITZ	22 Feb 1886	Fingal, Tasmania, Australia	16 Sep 1915	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia	29
Niece	Mabel Josephine WILLIAMSON	1872	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	1954		82
Niece	Ethel Mary WILLIAMSON	1874		1958		84
Nephew	Maitland Stieglitz WILLIAMSON	1875		1966		91
Niece	Helen Estelle VON STIEGLITZ	29 Sep 1882	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	18 Feb 1957		74
Niece	Zilla Allanby Queenie VON STIEGLITZ	1887		04 Apr 1951	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	64
Nephew	Hugo William Allanby VON STIEGLITZ	12 May 1892	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	01 Aug 1959	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	67
Niece	unknown MACKENZIE

Sister in Law	Katherine Thomasina LANGHORNE	04 Oct 1851	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	25 Nov 1942	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	91
Sister in Law	Fanny Matilda LYNE	18 Jun 1843	Great Swanport, Tasmania, Australia	17 Dec 1912	Tasmania, Australia	69
Brother in Law	Robert Wilson WILLIAMSON	bef 14 Feb 1840	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland	20 Nov 1910		70
Sister in Law	Mary Flora MCKINNON	1845		11 Dec 1911	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	66
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Barbara ALLANBY	30 Apr 1854	Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia	29 May 1928	Newstead, Tasmania, Australia	74
Brother in Law	Alexander MACKENZIE	1850	Woolwich, Kent, England

Events in John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844 - 1916)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
18 Nov 1844		John Charles VON STIEGLITZ was born	St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia
06 Jul 1876	31	Death of father Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ (aged 68)	Nile, Tasmania, Australia
20 Jan 1881	36	Married Mary Jean MCKENZIE (aged 28)	Longford, Tasmania, Australia	1881/150
18 Oct 1882	37	Birth of son Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1882/C6617
26 Feb 1885	40	Death of wife Mary Jean MCKENZIE (aged 32)	Longford, Tasmania, Australia
22 Sep 1885	40	Married Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (aged 21)	Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England
30 Oct 1887	42	Birth of son John David Randolph VON STIEGLITZ	Tasmania, Australia
03 May 1889	44	Birth of daughter Bertine Pearl VON STIEGLITZ	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	35/1890
24 Sep 1890	45	Death of mother Helen AMOS (aged 78)	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	35/1800
04 Oct 1890	45	Death of daughter Bertine Pearl VON STIEGLITZ (aged 1)	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
19 Aug 1893	48	Birth of son Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
19 Jul 1900	55	Birth of daughter Nora VON STIEGLITZ	Tasmania, Australia
06 Sep 1903	58	Death of wife Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (aged 39)	Evandale, Tasmania, Australia	1903/205
26 Aug 1916	71	John Charles VON STIEGLITZ died	Springwood, New South Wales, Australia	12215/1916

Personal Notes:

From 'The Short History of Thuringowa' by Peter Bell pp 32-33
"The growth of a population centre in the middle of Thuringowa's coast brought about a change in agricultural practice away from broad-acre grazing to small farming, to supply produce for the local market. The large pastoralists were still powerful - Edward Cunningham, now the owner of Woodstock, and John Carr his manager were both on the Divisional Board - but most of the other members described themselves as selectors or freeholders. Farms subdivided out of the first generation of pastoral leases were filling up the coastal plain and extending up the river valleys. Small holdings like Jorgen Rasmussen's dairy were established on the plains of the Upper Ross by 1871.
A good example of the smaller landholders who followed after the first generation of graziers is John von Stieglitz, and we know a fair bit about him because his letters and family papers have been preserved. He was born in Tasmania in 1844, the son of a wealthy landowner in the Midlands. After training in surveying, he moved to Queensland in 1868, practising as a private surveyor for several years. He was attracted north by the gold rushes, tried his hand at mining on the Ravenswood goldfield without much success, but was given the government contract for surveying the town plan of Ravenswood in 1870. This led to a succession of government jobs which were obviously satisfactorily carried out, for he was appointed as District Road Inspector and Engineer for Roads, Northern Division in 1871, and subsequently became Government Surveyor for the Townsville district in 1873, an important public service position. He took up an area of grazing land which he called Bereberinga on the south bank of the Ross River under the face of Mount Stuart in 1872, and later bought another property which he called Saint Heliers on Cape Cleveland in 1876. He bred draught horses on Bereberinga and grazed beef cattle on Saint Heliers. (Stieglitz 1994)
In one of his letters home to his family shortly after his arrival in Thuringowa, von Stieglitz described the view from Bereberinga:
There is a very nice view from the top of this little hill, looking north at the foot ofit there is a plain for about a mile, with just a nice number oftrees on it. From there to the Town it is timbered country, flat, with a river running through it, called the Ross. Over the timber, one can see the houses in Townsville. The one that can be seen best is the Church of England which is on the top ofa rise, and over this there is a high island in the sea. All this is looking Northward, and South there is a high rocky mountain, which is not unlike Mt Wellington at Hobart, only there is no snow on it. (von Stieglitz letters 21 May 1873)
Of particular interest in this correspondence are von Stieglitz's comments on the house he built at Bereberinga, as they are among the few written descriptions we have of the first generation of houses in the north. In an early letter actually written from his property he wrote, "there is a nice stony hill where I am at this moment, and here I intend to put up a bit of a cottage." His plans were delayed by the wreck of the schooner Alma which was bringing the timber, but two months later he reported that work was in progress. He described the distinctive North Queensland house that was evolving in the first decade of settlement: simple, symmetrical, built of sawn timber with a corrugated iron roof, raised on stumps, with verandahs on the front and back walls and a detached kitchen at the rear:
I have not done much to my cottage yet, only the foundation laid, as the vessel that was bringing the timber was wrecked, but there is another due here now, so trust will soon have it up. I dare say you would like to have an idea of what it is to be like, so will give you an idea of it. The front is to be twenty four feet long and twelve back, divided into two rooms, the parlour will be about two feet longer than bed room. In front of these two rooms there will be a verandah, six feet six inches broad, at the back there will be a similar verandah, but instead of leaving it open, there will be a bedroom nine feet long on the west end and an office six feet six inch square on the other end, so there will be only a little porch left open between the two. The roof will not be hipped, as it will be roofed with iron. The whole of it will be raised off the ground about one foot and a half, and all built of sawn timber. It will cost about seventy five pounds, painting it and all. (von Stieglitz letters 13 July 1873) As a public official and a landholder, von Stieglitz played a prominent part in the community and took part in many business and civic activities. He was one of the members elected to the first Thuringowa Divisional Board, and we have seen that he probably suggested its name. He was one of the founders of the Townsville Show Society Committee, and was a shareholder in the North Queensland Meat Preserving and Boiling Down Works. He lived at Bereberinga until 1885, for the first eight years as a bachelor, then early in 1881 he married in Tasmania and returned with his wife to live at Bereberinga, where a son was born in 1882. However, his wife Mary contracted tuberculosis, and died early in 1885. By that time von Stieglitz's meatworks investment had failed, and he began selling off some of his interests in the Townsville district. He moved back to Tasmania in 1887, where he continued in public life as a member of parliament, eventually dying in 1916. In his fourteen years residence in Thuringowa, von Stieglitz made a valuable contribution in several fields of activity. He also summed up something of the distinctive spirit of Thuringowa in the way he divided his life between rural and urban activities, farming and administration. Like many cattle 33 farmers, he invested in the new meatworks, hoping to add value to the northern beef product, but was disillusioned by the outcome. The early death of his first wife is a reminder of how frequently infectious disease touched the lives of the first generation of Europeans to live in the north. Bereberinga, the house that von Stieglitz built in 1873, was still standing in the early 1890s, but was probably demolished soon afterward. Today, only the stone base for the kitchen fireplace can still be found on his "nice stony hill" which is now within the grounds of Lavarack Barracks, an attractive spot overlooking the view of Townsville very much as von Stieglitz described it nearly 130 years ago."

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