SHARKEY COLLECTION - YACHT CLUB
c. 1892B/W Print. Artistic image of a jetty. Part way out is a two-storey building with barrel vaulted roof and surrounded by verandahs and, at the end of the jetty, is a flag pole. Seven boats are anchored in the still water. The far shore is silhouetted in the background. There is no indication in album of location of scene.
Raymond John Sharkey lived at the 'Appy 'Ome as a bachelor. Born in 1868 in New South Wales, Raymond Sharkey was an architect and surveyor and amateur photographer. He worked for a time in Esperance and the goldfields. He married Edith Florence Ray in Melbourne on October 4th, 1899. They had four children Josephine, Peggy, Maida and Bruce. Moved to 3 Victoria Avenue 'Wainomi in 1903'. While living in Claremont, worked as a draughtsman for the Public Works Department. Died of a heart attack at the Subiaco train station at age 41 on September 22, 1910.
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