Johann Georg was a Mine and Battery Manager at the Virginia Consols Gold Mining Co.He was a brother of Matthaeus Schaefer who made the horse and spring cart model.Brown timber frame with gold edging, buff coloured matt. Photo of Johann Georg Schaefer seated, wearing a dark three piece suit with a corsage in his left lapel and a gold fob chain across the front of waistcoat. He has a full grey beard. martin schaefer, bendigo, catherine schaefer, zoller, johann georg schaefer

Johann Peter Schaefer was Martin Schaefer's brother. Black folder with red ring binding, 20 pages, containing Schaefer family tree information and details of Martin Schaefer's will. Martin Schaefer made the horse and spring cart model, see 11033 Schaefer Collection. martin schaefer, bendigo, johann schaefer, catherine zoller, horse and spring cart model

Johann George Schaefer had been in the employ of the Victoria Consols Mine for fifty years at the time of his death in 1914. For twenty nine of those years, he held the position of Manager and Battery Manager. He was the brother of Mattaeus Schaefer, who made the model of the horse and spring cart.Black timber frame, decorative inner edging with dark grey matt enclosing an address given to Mrs. Schaefer by the Victoria Consols Mining Co., N.L. Bendigo, on the occasion of the death of her husband, Mr. Johann George Schaefer. The address is printed in black on cream card, addressed to Mrs. Schaefer, Webster Street, Bendigo, September 1914, signed by Directors and Manager, L.B. Berdi. martin schaefer, bendigo, johann george schaefer

Prize Certificate: light brown, dark brown text, written on certificate ' County of Bendigo, Agricultural & Horticultural Society, Spring Show 1884. Special Prize, for Model Spring Cart, awarded to Mr. M./ Schaefer'. (See 11033 Schaefer Collection for Spring Cart). martin schaefer, bendigo, johann schaefer, catherine zoller, horse and spring cart model, bendigo agricultural & horticultural society, spring show 1884, spring cart

TBrown timber frame with gold edging, buff coloured matt. Photo of Catherine Schaefer, taken by Swiss Studios, Bourke Street, Melbourne. Catherine is seated, holding a small handbag on her knees with her left hand, a small chain is looped around her wrist. . She is wearing a dark dress; cameo brooch at neck. martin schaefer, bendigo, catherine schaefer, zoller, johann peter schaefer