Sharkey's First Home, Esperance

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c. 1900

Overview

Florence Edith Sharkey, dressed in a long light skirt and dark blouse with white collar and cuffs and holding a hat, is standing outside an archway over a white picket gate. The fence, arch and entrance to the house are covered in flowering plants and a bicycle is propped by the fence. The house is built with corrugated iron and has a decorated barge board and sash windows. In the background are sand dunes with some plant growth.

Historical information

Florence Edith Sharkey (1875-1932) was the daughter of Captain Henry Nathaniel Ray and Maria Ray nee Le Plastrier whose family came from Rouen in France.

Married Raymond John Sharkey at Christchurch, Hawthorn in Melbourne in 1899.

Lived in Esperance, WA while Raymond worked in the Esperance area.

Later lived at 'Wainomi' 3 Victoria Avenue, Claremont.

Had four children Edith Josephine (Jo) (b.1902), Marie Ray (Peggy) (b.1903) , Maida Winsome (b.1906) and Raymond John Bruce (Bruce) (b.1911).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-290

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Buildings
People
Social History

Inscriptions and markings

Written on the back in ink [Ray's grandmother Florence Edith Sharkey/ after her marriage/ standing by her first home which was/ in Esperance].

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

c. 1900

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.

Last modified

Saturday, 9 August, 2025

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