ur gy , ▁and ▁min eral ogy ) ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁St icht ▁was ▁a ▁cultiv ated ▁man , ▁interested ▁in ▁music , ▁art ▁and ▁literature . ▁▁ ▁As ▁He ather ▁L owe ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Art ▁Journal : ▁ ▁St icht ’ s ▁collect ing ▁activities ▁were ▁far ▁bro ader ▁than ▁has ▁been ▁recogn ised ... : ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁this ▁century ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁gather ▁in ▁his ▁home ▁on ▁the ▁remote ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁Tas mania ▁important ▁collections ▁not ▁only ▁of ▁oil ▁paint ings , ▁works ▁on ▁paper , ▁inc un ab ula ▁and ▁anti qu arian ▁books , ▁book ▁bind ings , ▁title ▁pages , ▁ins cribed ▁fly - le aves , ▁and ▁wat erm arks , ▁but ▁also ▁of ▁anth rop ological ▁arte fact s ▁and ▁min eral ▁and ▁botan ical ▁spec im ens . ▁Within ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁art ▁collect ing ▁in ▁Australia , ▁the ▁St icht ▁Collection ▁is ▁unusual ▁and ▁fasc in ating , ▁and ▁deser ves ▁close ▁attention ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁reasons , ▁including ▁the ▁ge ographical ▁isol ation ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁formed , ▁and ▁the ▁wide - re aching ▁intellectual ▁in quis it iveness ▁that ▁struct ured ▁its ▁formation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁following ▁St icht ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁Melbourne ▁books eller ▁Albert ▁Henry ▁Sp encer ▁of ▁the ▁Hill ▁of ▁Content ▁book shop ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁handle ▁the ▁dispers al ▁of ▁the ▁former ' s ▁private ▁library .