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 Entities
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
Created: 6 March 2024, Last modified: 10 December 2024