Miss Sarah Elizabeth Emma Mitchell was born in 1853 at Great Swanport on the east coast of Tasmania. She was the daughter of John and Catherine (Keast) Mitchell of Lisdillon.

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Sarah kept a diary from the age of 13 years, she also collected letters, cards, pressed flowers and other curios, some of which some she housed in her museum at Schouten House, Swansea.

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Sarah died at the age of 93 years, leaving behind a legacy of life during the 19th and 20th centuries. These were mainly of her time on the east coast. 

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Mr. Eddie Smith of Lisdillon, donated one of Sarah's many scrapbooks to our museum in 2011

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