Tegetmeier, Ida (1855 - 1947)

Born: 1855
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Died: April 1947
Devon, England
Occupation: Domestic Science teacher and Educationist
Summary: Ida Tegetmeier taught Dressmaking, Plain Needlework and Cooking at the Working Men's College (WMC) in the 1890s (listed in the 1891 and 1899 WMC staff of instructors). Trained in London, she was engaged by Lady Loch (wife of the Governor of Victoria) to teach at the Melbourne Institute for the Advancement of Plain Needlework formed in 1889. She returned to England in retirement.

Related Organisations

Working Men's College (1887 - 1934)
Date: c. 1891 - c. 1899

Archival Resources

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Report of the Working Men's College Melbourne for Year 1891. Melbourne: [The College], [1891]. 104p. - Contained in bound volume 2, 1891, Item no. SER-05109, Series S0390; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives. Details

Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

'School speech days: Methodist Ladies College', The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria), 17 December 1901, p. 7. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9620552. Details
Iris, 'The plain needlework movement', The Lilydale Express, 10 April 1889, p. 3. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/252163513. Details
Queen Bee, 'Plain sewing', The Australasian (Melbourne, Victoria), 20 December 1919. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140251541. Details
Tegetmeier, Ida, 'Plain needlework', The Herald (Melbourne, Victoria), 14 May 1896, p. 3. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241284018. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Iris, 'The plain needlework movement', The Lilydale Express, 10 April 1889, p. 3. Also available at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/252163513; Report of the Working Men's College Melbourne for Year 1891. Melbourne: [The College], [1891]. 104p. - Contained in bound volume 2, 1891, Item no. SER-05109, Series S0390; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives.

Prepared by: Miranda Francis