SHARKEY COLLECTION - PICNIC BY THE RIVER

Raymond John Sharkey lived at the 'Appy 'Ome as a bachelor. Born in 1868 in New South Wales, Raymond Sharkey was an architect and surveyor and amateur photographer. He worked for a time in Esperance and the goldfields. He married Edith Florence Ray in Melbourne on October 4th, 1899. They had four children Josephine, Peggy, Maida and Bruce. Moved to 3 Victoria Avenue 'Wainomi in 1903'. While living in Claremont, worked as a draughtsman for the Public Works Department, which in 1905 relocated to the Barracks Arch at the top of St George's Tce.
Died of a heart attack at the Subiaco train station at age 41 on September 22, 1910.