• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3749

Schauer, Amy

(1871 – 1956)
  • Born 2 June, 1871, Sydney New South Wales Australia
  • Died 13 August, 1956
  • Occupation Cookery teacher

Summary

Amy Schauer taught cookery at the Brisbane Technical College from 1895 until 1922, when she was appointed senior instructress in the Domestic Science Branch, Department of Women’s Work. With her sister, she wrote Cookery for Invalids (1908), Fruit Preserving and Confectionary (1908) and Theory of Cookery (1909).

Published resources

  • Resource Section
  • Edited Book
    • 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Radi, Heather, 1988
  • Book
    • A Good Plain Cook: An Edible History of Queensland, McKay, Judith and Susan Addison, 1984
    • The Schauer Australian Cookery Book, Schauer, Amy, 1946
    • Fruit Preserving and Confectionary, Schauer, A. and M., 1909
  • Resource