Tegetmeier, Ida (1855 - 1947)

Born

April 1855
London, England

Died

April 1947
Devon, England

Occupation

Educationalist

Summary

Ida Tegetmeier was the daughter of an expert on birds who was a friend of Charles Darwin. She obtained the highest diploma from the London Institute for Advancement of Plain Needlework and in 1889, under the auspices of the Institute and at the invitation of Lady Loch (wife of the Governor of Victoria) she travelled to Melbourne. She set up the Melbourne Institute for the Advancement of Plain Needlework of which she became the Honorary Secretary and Principal whose office was in Domain Road. She taught dressmaking, plain needlework and cooking at the Working Men's College in the 1890s (in 1891 and 1899 she was listed among the WMC as an instructor. She also taught at Methodist Ladies College. She returned to England in retirement and married a widowed surgeon (Brice Gardener) in London in 1909.

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Sources used to compile this entry: "Plain Needlework", The Herald, 14 May 1896, Page 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241284018. "School Speech days", The Argus, 17 December 1901, Page 7 , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9620552. "Plain Sewing", The Australasian, 20 December 1919, Page 43 ,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140251541.

Prepared by: Miranda Francis

Created: 23 October 2026