Genius or charlatan? The strange tale of a 19th-century polymath who left a trail of controversy across colonial Australia
- Written by Alexandra Ludewig, Professor and Head of the School of Humanities, The University of Western Australia
The Burra Burra Mine, 1847.Samuel Thomas Gill / State Library of NSWAbout 20 minutes’ drive north of Geraldton, on Australia’s west coast, lies a hill named Mount Sommer. The little peak is one of the few relics left behind by the enigmatic nineteenth-century polymath Dr Ferdinand von Sommer, Western Australia’s first government...
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