Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000001823Activities & OccupationsDecoratorsPaintersGenderMaleHistoryBrettschneider was contracted to perform painting and repairs to the hall and kitchen of the Independent Church, Collins Street (now St Michael's Uniting Church), by the architectural firm Bates, Peebles & Smart (predecessor of Bates, Smart & McCutcheon Pty Ltd) in December 1910. In 1897, his business was burnt down during a significant fire in the Melbourne CBD. Brettschneider was also a stamp collector and Secretary of the Philatelic Society of Victoria in the 1900s and 1910s.
Brettschneider, W., [UMA-AG-000001823]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 23/09/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/677391