Background
Althofer was born at Dripstone in the Wellington local government area of Central West New South Wales. Althofer grew up working on his father’s farm and orchard, becoming an orchardist himself.
Althofer was born at Dripstone in the Wellington local government area of Central West New South Wales. Althofer grew up working on his father’s farm and orchard, becoming an orchardist himself.
He attended school locally, in Dripstone, then Wellington and Mumbil.
In 1938 he established a native plant nursery at his property "Nindethana" at Dripstone. As a consequence, the 167 ha Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum on the foreshore of Lake Burrendong, near Wellington, opened in 1964.
