Philip Frederic Sellheim (1832–1899) was a Hessian pastoralist and mining official in Australia in the latter half of the 19th century.
He was educated to a level which enabled him to study sheep breeding at the Royal Veterinary Academy of Berlin.
[1] Sellheim emigrated to Queensland in 1855, and was employed as the manager of Banana station on the Dawson River for four years.
[1] In 1861 Sellheim and a partner took up Strathmore (near present-day Collinsville) a pastoral lease on which they ran sheep for five years.
These appointments were during a period where trade unions were developing, and Sellheim was able to maintain good relations between employers and employees.