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''Appy 'Ome' Building With Horses
c. 1895Overview
A policeman is sitting on a horse, two men are in a horse drawn phaeton, and a lad is holding the head of a horse with a bowler-hatted man on it. Two men are standing and two girls sitting on the ground in front of them. There is a shingle roof stone building in the background with a skillion roofed addition on the western side. In the foreground are a grass tree and zamia and behind the post and rail fence is a tuart tree.
Historical information
Freshwater Bay Mixed School, 66 Victoria Avenue, Claremont was built in 1862. In the 1880s became a boarding house for single men known as the 'Appy 'Ome. In 1883 the property was bought by the Police Department to serve as the quarters for the second constable in charge of Freshwater Bay. In 1975 opened as the Claremont Museum.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-188
Item type
Themes
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.
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Saturday, 28 June, 2025
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Life of creator +70 years
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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.188'.
Copyright holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
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''Appy 'Ome' Building With Horses
Source: Claremont Museum 09.188
Source: Claremont Museum 09.188
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