SHARKEY COLLECTION - FIRST HOME, ESPERANCE
c. 1900Sepia print mounted on card. Edith Florence 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 corrugated iron with a decorated barge board and sash windows. In the background are sand dunes with some plant growth. Written on the back in ink [Ray's grandmother Florence Edith Sharkey/ after her marriage/ standing by her first home which was/ in Esperance].
Edith Florence Sharkey married Raymond Sharkey at Christchurch, Hawthorn in Melbourne in 1899. Lived at Esperance while Raymond worked in the Esperance area. Later lived at 3 Victoria Avenue (Wainomi) and had four children Josephine, Peggy, Maida and Bruce. She is the daughter of Captain Henry Nathaniel Ray and Maria Ray nee Le Plastrier whose family came from Rouen in France.
Other items from Claremont Museum
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - LUNCH IN THE BUSH
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - MAIDA LEFROY AND BRUCE SHARKEY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - PICNIC IN THE BUSH
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - JOHN AND MAIDA LEFROY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - GIRLS WITH FANCY GOODS
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - RAYMOND SHARKEY AND HIS DAUGHTERS
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - FAMILY PICNIC GROUP
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - BY THE RIVER
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - JO SHARKEY AND GROUP
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Elizabeth Sheppard In World War I Masseuse Uniform
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - CULLEN BOYS AS BABIES
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - MAIDA AND JO SHARKEY
