Freshwater Bay Boat Sheds
c. 1930A 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.
This may be the river below Devil's Elbow.
Identity of the woman is unknown.
Details
Details
Written in pencil in the album [Foreshore Boat sheds].
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.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.250'.
Other items by Sharkey Collection
- The Great Hall of the University of Sydney
- Perth Town Hall
- Flour Mill, Mill Point, South Perth
- St Andrew's College University of Sydney
- St John's College University of Sydney
- Lunch In The Bush
- 'Rangitira' On The Swan River
- 'Yamina'
- Blackwall Reach, Swan River
- Yachts On The Swan River
- Yacht 'Genesta' At Rest
- Swan River And Mount Eliza
Other items from Claremont Museum
- Woman On Concrete Steps
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - WOMAN AT RIVER'S EDGE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - PERSON ON A HORSE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - YOUNG WOMAN AT RIVER'S EDGE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - GROUP IN DINGHY NEAR SCOTCH COLLEGE BOAT SHED
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - LAD WITH CAMERA AT REAR OF HOUSE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - TWO MEN ON A TRACK
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - WOMAN ON A HORSE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - PICNICKING ON THE BEACH
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - BOY IN THE BUSH
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - GROUP OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - THE HIGH JUMPER

Source: Claremont Museum 09.250
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