Friedrich Charles Krichauff (27 June 1861 – 25 March 1954) was an Australian architect,FRIEDRICH CHARLES KRICHAUFF, STAMP COLLECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER & ARCHITECT
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and amateur photographer.

Family

Krichauff was born 27 June 1861 at

Bugle Ranges, South Australia Bugle Ranges is a locality on the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. It lies between Mount Barker and Strathalbyn, both by road and on the Victor Harbor railway line. Little remains of the village. The Bugle Inn was a licensed establishment. T ...

. His father was Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff (1824–1904), a South Australian parliamentarian and his mother was Dorothea Sophia Arivolina Fischer. Krichauff married Elizabeth Alice Gemmell on 3 March 1898 at Long Valley, north of

Strathalbyn, South Australia Strathalbyn is a town in South Australia, in the Alexandrina Council. In 2016, the town had a population of approximately 6,500. Location Strathalbyn is 60 km southeast of Adelaide on the banks of the River Angas, at the southeastern edge o ...

. In his later years he lived in Portrush Road,

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. He died on 25 March 1954 at

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, South Australia.

Architecture

As an architect, Krichauff designed the Hazelwood Park rotunda, among other buildings.

Philately

Krichauff was a specialist in the postage stamps of New Zealand and the Australian states, particularly South Australia. His name was placed on the

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in 1932. He did not sign in person as he was unable to attend the ceremony."The Brighton (and Hove) Congress" by

Stanley Phillips Frederick Stanley Phillips (31 December 1891 – 29 March 1954)Profile in "75 Years of Gibbons Stamp Monthly" by Michael Briggs in ''Gibbons Stamp Monthly'', October 2002, p. 78. was a British philatelist and prolific philatelic author who sign ...

in ''

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'', Vol. V., No. 10, 1 July 1932, p. 1. Krichauff was elected a fellow of the

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in 1941.

Photography

Krichauff was a founding member in 1885 of the South Australian Amateur Photographic Society, also Secretary and Treasurer. In 1886, he was awarded a bronze medal at the London Colonial and Indian Exhibition and in 1887 he was awarded the First Order of Merit for photographic work shown at the

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. In June 1949 Krichauff was interviewed in ''Australasian Photo-Review'' where he stated that he never sold his photographs and only ever gave them away. Several albums of his photographs are in the

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Selected publications

*''The Postage Stamps of South Australia''. Philatelic Society of South Australia, Adelaide. N.R. James Ed. (contributor)

References

External links

Photographs by Friedrich C. Krichauff at Trove, National Library of Australia.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krichauff, Friedrich Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists 1861 births 1954 deaths Architects from Adelaide Australian photographers Australian philatelists Philately of Australia Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London Australian people of German descent