Historical information
Part of S E Surman collection (album) page 12 top left.
John Robertson was a highly popular early teacher at Linton State School No. 880. He was presented with an "illuminated address" when he left Linton in 1884. He married Annie Gray in 1884, and died at Malvern East in 1929, age 72.
Physical description
Sepia portrait of a bearded young gentleman, wearing jacket, shirt and large bow tie.
Inscriptions & markings
"John Robertson".