WIBBERLEY, J A AND FAMILY

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c. 1947

Overview

B/W copies. (a) Mrs Jessie Wibberley, in patterned summer dress, standing on Claremont foreshore with her children Don and Barbara in shorts and shirts and Brian in naval uniform. In the background is the Claremont Baths. (b) Barbara Wibberley sitting on the bow of one of the hire boats. Claremont Jetty in the background. (c) Barbara sitting on a ski with a friend and the family dog, Ping.

Historical information

Widow, Mrs Jessie Adelaide Wibberley, was proprieter of the business on the Claremont Jetty from 1943/44 to 1952. Behind the small kiosk were living quarters consisting of three small bedrooms, a bathroom with chip heater and a living room with fireplace for cooking. A small kitchen with electric stove was added later. As well as selling drinks, icecreams, bait and fishing tackle, the family hired out boats and crabbing nets. The business did well as there were few privately owned boats and people had to book their boats for the weekend. They had about six or eight rowing boats - Charlie, West, Edna, May, Victor and Flatty - and after a few years added Atco outboard motors. During the war there was an army training camp at Point Walter and a ferry would bring the men on leave across to the Claremont Jetty.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--13-45-a-c

Item type

Photographs

Year

c. 1947

Last modified

Thursday, 23 October, 2025

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