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Edith Shaw And Children At A Picnic

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c. 1924

Overview

Edith Shaw in large hat and light frock with sons Arthur and George , standing next to a fire with a billy suspended over it from a length of wood hooked in the fence. Mrs Wyatt is sitting with her back to the fence. Bathers are hanging from the high picket fence in front of large trees.

In the background is the Osborne Jetty and a gap in the fence where the Osborne Steps were once located.

Historical information

Edith Jane Marsh (1887-1969), daughter of Samuel Marsh and Alice Hannah Manton, was born in Augusta, Western Australia.

Her family arrived in South Australia in 1836. Subsequently they came to the Vasse area by sea, and then by coach to Karridale where they owned and worked on the Rose Hill Farm.

Edith and William had four children:

Sarah Olive 'Olive' Shaw (1911-1996)
William Alfred Shaw (1917-1988)
Arthur Edward Shaw (1919-1979)
George James Shaw (1922-1991)

The family lived firstly at 41 Claremont Crescent, then moved to 21 Stirling Road, Claremont in December 1917 into a house being built by William's father (Peter Shaw). The house never finished because of the hardships of World War I and then the depression.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--4-305

Item type

Inscriptions and markings

On rear [Picnic near Osborne Steps/ E J Shaw George Shaw / Mrs Wyatt].

Year

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.

Last modified

Thursday, 25 December, 2025

Completeness

94

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Life of creator +70 years

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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 04.305'.

Copyright holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Town of Claremont Museum

Town of Claremont Museum

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