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{{Infobox person
 | name          = Julius Bohlmann
 | image         = [[File:Julius_Bohlmann.jpg|200px|center]]
 | alt           = Julius Bohlmann
 | caption       = Julius Bohlmann
 | birth_name    = <!-- name at birth or baptism as recorded on official documents-->
 | birth_date    = 22 July 1857
 | birth_place   = North Adelaide
 | death_date    = 29 Oct 1933
 | death_place   = Torrensville, South Australia
 | nationality   = British Subject
 | other_names   = <!-- {{unbulleted list|XX|XX|XX|XX}} variant/anglicised names-->
 | occupation    = Customs and excise agent
 | resting_place   = Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham
 | spouse          = Eleanor Jane Presgrave (married 6 November 1883, North Adelaide)
}}
==Biography==
Julius Bohlmann was born in Kermode Street, North Adelaide, in his parent's house, on the 22nd of July 1857 and baptised by [[Andreas Kappler (1802-1877)|Pastor Andreas Kappler]] in the same house in October. Julius's father, [[Johann Bohlmann (1812-1901)|Johann]], was a tinsmith and sheet metal worker from Bremen with his own workshop, situated at their Kermode Street residence, while his mother was Johann's second wife, [[Catherine Bohlmann (1829-1920)|Catherine Seekamp/Seecamp]] from Baden bei Achim, south east from Bremen, along the Weser River.

While Julius was baptised with Lutheran rites, his family soon became members of the Christ Church Church of England congregation, just a few hundred metres across Palmer Place, and Julius was educated as George William Moore's school on Jeffcott street, just across from the church.

By the age of 18, Julius was working for [[P. Falk & Co]], general merchants of Birmingham, Melbourne and Adelaide, in Gawler Place, for whom he also played on the employee's cricket team.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= FALK & Co.'s EMPLOYEES V. KING & Co.'s|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28737607 |work= South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide, South Australia |date=21 January 1875 |access-date=}}</ref> By 1882, Julius had joined the SA Government Customs Department, being appointed boarding officer, sixth class in April 1882 and an assistant landing waiter, sixth class in December 1882.<ref>[http://classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/other/sa_gazette/1882/50/4039.pdf?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=bohlmann Chief Secretary's Office], ''South Australian Government Gazette'', No  50,  7 December 1882, 4039,  p. 4039.</ref>

===Sport===
As well as participating in inter-company cricket matches, Bohlmann was a keen and talented Australian Rules football player, playing for one of the founding teams of the SA Football Association, the oddly named "The Victorians", then Semaphore and Prospect. 'The Victorians' were based at Montefiore Hill, just a few minutes from the Bohlmann fresidence in Kermode Street, and changed their name to North Adelaide in their final year (1884). before disbanding. While with the Victorians, Bohlmann travelled with the first South Australian football team to visit the colony of Victoria, playing Melbourne in 1878.<ref>{{cite news |author=Peter Pindar |title= Football Gossip|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143314147 |work= The Australasian |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=24 August 1878 |access-date=}}</ref> 

==Family==
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==Residences in the City==
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| 1857 - c1880
|Kermode Street, North Adelaide (Acre 724)
|152-154 Kermode Street
| -34.91114, 138.595408
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==Work in the City==
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1875
|Falk and Co, Gawler Place
|Gawler Place
|TBD
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==Published Obituary==

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From the Adelaide Observer, Saturday 21 December 1901:
" Mr. John Bohlmann, a colonist of 55 years, died at his residence, Kermode street, North Adelaide, on Tuesday night, at the age of 90 years. The deceased gentleman was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1811, and arrived in South Australia by the ship Patell in 1846. Soon after coming to this state he joined the Locomotive Department, which was then established at Bowden. Mr. Bohlmann retired in 1888, having retained the respect and regard of his superior officers and fellow-workmen. He resided in North Adelaide for 51 years, and up to within a few days of his death he enjoyed fairly good health. He has left a widow, three sons—Messrs. H. Bohlmann, of H.M. Customs; J. Bohlmann, of Messrs. H. Muecke & Co., Port Adelaide; and Mr. G. Bohlmann—and three daughters”-->
==References==
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==Photo gallery==
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File:HOLL-IMG-0001172E - The Roberts with Grandparents Bohlmann.jpg|alt=Julius and Eleanor Bohlmann with son Julius, and daughter Kitty and her family, at Torrensville, c. 1931|Julius and Eleanor Bohlmann with son Julius, and daughter Kitty and her family, at Torrensville, c. 1931
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