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Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ (1893 - 1967)
O.B.E.
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
MacDonald Helsham VON STIEGLITZ (1921 - 1921)
Charles David William Helsham VON STIEGLITZ (1925 - 2014)
Living
Living
John VON STIEGLITZ (1931 - 1931)
 Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ (1893 - 1967)

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Eileen Bessie HELSHAM (1893 - 1981)
 John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (1844 - 1916) Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ (1808 - 1876) Heinrich Ludwig Henry Lewis Baron VON STIEGLITZ (1762 - 1824)
Charlotte ATKINSON (1784 - 1852)
Helen AMOS (1811 - 1890) Adam AMOS (1774 - 1845)
Mary TAIT (1786 - 1854)
Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (1864 - 1903) David STEAD ( - 1886)



Marie Jane BELCHER (1824 - ) Joseph William BELCHER (1784 - 1865)
Elizabeth AUSTIN ( - 1861)
Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Eileen Bessie HELSHAM
Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ
Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Eileen Bessie HELSHAM Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ
Pic P1. Von Stieglitz was best known for his contributions to local history, inspired by an enthusiasm for his pioneer pastoral ancestors, a visit to Britain in 1906-07 and his belief in the primacy of the landowning class. His thirty-eight works, which covered pastoral history, bushrangers and churches, could best be described as a pageant of pioneer families.

1st AIF
T6099 Private
Australian Medical Corps

Pic 1. Von Stieglitz was best known for his contributions to local history, inspired by an enthusiasm for his pioneer pastoral ancestors, a visit to Britain in 1906-07 and his belief in the primacy of the landowning class. His thirty-eight works, which covered pastoral history, bushrangers and churches, could best be described as a pageant of pioneer families.

1st AIF
T6099 Private
Australian Medical Corps

b. 19 Aug 1893 at Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
m. 09 Jun 1920 Eileen Bessie HELSHAM (1893 - 1981) at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
d. 26 Mar 1967 at Evandale, Tasmania, Australia aged 73
Near Relatives of Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ (1893 - 1967)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Henry Lewis VON STIEGLITZ 13 Jan 1808 Eglish, Co Armagh, Ireland 06 Jul 1876 Nile, Tasmania, Australia 68
Grandmother Helen AMOS 23 Dec 1811 Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland 24 Sep 1890 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 78
Grandfather David STEAD 1886 London, Middlesex, England
Grandmother Marie Jane BELCHER 04 Aug 1824 Dublin, Ireland Y England

Father in Law William McDonald HELSHAM 18 Mar 1864 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia 27 Apr 1948 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 84
Mother in Law Elizabeth Stewart Farquharson STEWART 1872 1962 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 90

Father John Charles VON STIEGLITZ 18 Nov 1844 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia 26 Aug 1916 Springwood, New South Wales, Australia 71
Mother Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD 1864 Ireland 06 Sep 1903 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 39

Self Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ 19 Aug 1893 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 26 Mar 1967 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 73

Wife Eileen Bessie HELSHAM 19 Jul 1893 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 23 Dec 1981 Tasmania, Australia 88

Son MacDonald Helsham VON STIEGLITZ 01 May 1921 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 01 May 1921 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 0
Son Charles David William Helsham VON STIEGLITZ 1925 Tasmania, Australia 23 Nov 2014 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 89
Son Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter Living or Recently Deceased
Son John VON STIEGLITZ 1931 1931 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 0

Half Brother Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ 18 Oct 1882 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 13 Nov 1962 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 80
Brother John David Randolph VON STIEGLITZ 30 Oct 1887 Tasmania, Australia
Sister Bertine Pearl VON STIEGLITZ 03 May 1889 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 04 Oct 1890 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 1
Sister Nora VON STIEGLITZ 19 Jul 1900 Tasmania, Australia 1985 85

Daughter in Law Patricia Sally NUNN 05 Oct 1931 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia 28 Mar 1990 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 58
Daughter in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Son in Law Egbert Massena (Toby) FLORANCE 1913 2003 90

Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle Richard VON STIEGLITZ
Aunt Jessie VON STIEGLITZ 12 Oct 1835 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 28 Dec 1913 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 78
Uncle Frederick Lewis VON STIEGLITZ 31 Mar 1837 Avoca, Tasmania, Australia 16 Dec 1913 Prospect, Tasmania, Australia 76
Aunt Katherine Thomasina LANGHORNE 04 Oct 1851 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 25 Nov 1942 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 91
Uncle Henry Gordon VON STIEGLITZ 05 Feb 1839 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia 21 Feb 1906 Fingal, Tasmania, Australia 67
Aunt Fanny Matilda LYNE 18 Jun 1843 Great Swanport, Tasmania, Australia 17 Dec 1912 Tasmania, Australia 69
Aunt Charlotte Mary VON STIEGLITZ 29 Jul 1840 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia 14 Nov 1906 Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia 66
Uncle Robert Wilson WILLIAMSON bef 14 Feb 1840 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 20 Nov 1910 70
Uncle Adam Douglas VON STIEGLITZ 07 Jun 1842 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia 17 Oct 1899 Longford, Tasmania, Australia 57
Aunt Mary Flora MCKINNON 1845 11 Dec 1911 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 66
Uncle William Robert VON STIEGLITZ 01 Sep 1846 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia 14 Feb 1910 Fingal, Tasmania, Australia 63
Aunt Elizabeth Barbara ALLANBY 30 Apr 1854 Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia 29 May 1928 Newstead, Tasmania, Australia 74
Aunt Helena Margaret VON STIEGLITZ 08 May 1848 St Pauls Plains, Tasmania, Australia
Uncle Alexander MACKENZIE 1850 Woolwich, Kent, England
Uncle Walter Francis VON STIEGLITZ 1850 11 Jul 1852 Victoria, Australia 2
Aunt Emma Selina VON STIEGLITZ 1851 Swansea, Tasmania, Australia 09 Nov 1950 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 99

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

Niece Mary Joyce VON STIEGLITZ 28 Oct 1922 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Niece Biddy Ethel VON STIEGLITZ 07 Apr 1925 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 25 Nov 2012 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Nephew Peter John Vernon VON STIEGLITZ 20 Jul 1927 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 13 Jan 1980 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 52

Sister in Law Mary Vernon GRIFFIN 21 Jan 1899 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England 04 Sep 1991 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 92
Sister in Law Mary Maynard JONES 1888 06 Jan 1959 Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia 71
Brother in Law Harlin Montigue Dundas BUTTERLEY 1881
Events in Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ (1893 - 1967)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
19 Aug 1893 Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ was born Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
06 Sep 1903 10 Death of mother Lillian Brooke Vere STEAD (aged 39) Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 1903/205
26 Aug 1916 23 Death of father John Charles VON STIEGLITZ (aged 71) Springwood, New South Wales, Australia 12215/1916
01 Mar 1917 23 Enlisted AIF Claremont, Tasmania, Australia
14 Nov 1917 24 Discharged medically unfit
09 Jun 1920 26 Married Eileen Bessie HELSHAM (aged 26) Richmond, New South Wales, Australia 6260/1920
01 May 1921 27 Birth of son MacDonald Helsham VON STIEGLITZ Evandale, Tasmania, Australia stillborn
01 May 1921 27 Death of son MacDonald Helsham VON STIEGLITZ Evandale, Tasmania, Australia 34
1925 32 Birth of son Charles David William Helsham VON STIEGLITZ Tasmania, Australia
1931 38 Birth of son John VON STIEGLITZ
1931 38 Death of son John VON STIEGLITZ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
26 Mar 1967 73 Karl Rawden VON STIEGLITZ died Evandale, Tasmania, Australia
Personal Notes:
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10472b.htm

VON STIEGLITZ, KARL RAWDON (1893-1967), pastoralist and antiquarian, was born on 19 August 1893 at Andora, a holding near Evandale, Tasmania, second son of four children of John Charles von Stieglitz, pastoralist and politician, and his second wife Lilian Brooke Vere, née Stead. The family was originally from Pomerania, Saxony, but had moved to County Armagh in Ireland, then to Van Diemen's Land in 1829. F. L. von Stieglitz was John's uncle. Karl was educated at home by tutors, because bouts of rheumatic fever prevented regular school attendance, and later in England.

In March 1917 he reputedly enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and was allotted to the Australian Medical Corps but was discharged in November on health grounds. Remaining in New South Wales, von Stieglitz studied for two years at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, and married Eileen Bessie Helsham at St Peter's Church of England, Richmond, on 19 June 1920. Returning to Andora, he top-dressed the soil, sowed subterranean clover pasture, developed a Corriedale stud flock and planted more trees than he felled. His innovations did not extend to mechanization, however, as he retained draught horses until after World War II. Karl became active in the local community. In 1952 he was appointed O.B.E. in recognition of his involvement in local government, the Church of England, the Boy Scouts' Association, Freemasonry, Evandale Agricultural Show and the Royal Society of Tasmania.

Von Stieglitz was best known for his contributions to local history, inspired by an enthusiasm for his pioneer pastoral ancestors, a visit to Britain in 1906-07 and his belief in the primacy of the landowning class. His thirty-eight works, which covered pastoral history, bushrangers and churches, could best be described as a pageant of pioneer families. The books lacked a chronological or thematic framework, included unverified stories and had a concept of pastoralists as the motive force for change. He had a roseate view of convict assignees as old lags, and regarded Aborigines as simple and inoffensive until roused to revenge. His charm and pastoral background, however, gave him access to oral reminiscences and previously unused family material such as letters, manuscripts and photographs. In epilogues and interludes he showed a poetic streak and an Arcadian appreciation of the environment. According to the Launceston Examiner, his books, radio broadcasts, lectures and excursions, brought history 'alive'. He donated the proceeds from his writings to charity.

His works coincided with a burgeoning interest in the State's heritage, previous Tasmanian history having been concerned mainly with celebratory accounts of major institutions such as independent schools and churches. He exemplified the antiquarian imagination, based on intimate knowledge of local sites and sources.

Von Stieglitz died on 26 March 1967 during a service in St Andrew's Church of England, Evandale, and was buried in that churchyard. His wife and their son and daughter survived him. The Launceston branch of the National Trust of Australia established a memorial lecture in honour of him and his fellow stalwarts Isabella Mead and Roy Smith.

Select Bibliography
The Tasmanian Cyclopedia (Hob, 1931); T. Griffiths, Hunters and Collectors (Melb, 1996); Australian Women’s Weekly, 22 Oct 1975, p 30; Examiner (Launceston), 27 Mar 1967, p 3, 29 Mar 1967, p 7, 10 July 1973, p 9; Mercury (Hobart), 1 Jan 1952, p 3, 27 Mar 1967, p 6; private information.

Author: Tim Jetson

Print Publication Details: Tim Jetson, 'von Stieglitz, Karl Rawdon (1893 - 1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, Melbourne University Press, 2005, pp 390-391.

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