Freshwater Bay Boat Sheds

c. 1930
Overview

A woman in a light, short-sleeved dress, hat and shoes, and holding a Japanese-style sunshade is perched on a rock close to the rocky foreshore of the river. In the background is a fence at the base of the steep bank covered in trees and shrubs. There are four boat sheds at the river's edge.

Historical information

This may be the river below Devil's Elbow.
Identity of the woman is unknown.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-250
Item type
Inscriptions and markings

Written in pencil in the album [Foreshore Boat sheds].

Contextual information

Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.

Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.

Year
Last modified
Monday, 14 July, 2025
Completeness
94
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Freshwater Bay Boat Sheds
Freshwater Bay Boat Sheds
Source: Claremont Museum 09.250

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