Friedrich Charles Krichauff (27 June 1861 – 25 March 1954) was an Australian architect,FRIEDRICH CHARLES KRICHAUFF, STAMP COLLECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER & ARCHITECT
''Australian Postal History & Social Philately'', 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014. philatelist and amateur photographer.

Family

Krichauff was born 27 June 1861 at

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. 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. 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 in '' Gibbons Stamp Monthly'', 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 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition. 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