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Ward Family At The Freshwater Bay

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1932

Overview

Margaret Ward, in woollen one piece bathers, bathing cap and a towel around her shoulders. Her cousin Olive Murray wearing bathers finished with a stripe, bathing cap and beach coat. Young Edwin Ward in dark one piece bathers in front of his mother. Group standing in sand in front of cyclone fence with lawn and trees behind.

Historical information

Margaret Stella Williams (1905-1989), daughter of William Williams (1882-1910) and Ellen Cicily Thomas (1874-1913), was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1905.

Married Cyril Reginald Ward in Perth in 1928.

Margaret and Cyril had two children:

Edwin William Russells Ward (1929-)
Lois Margaret Shirley Ward (1937-)

Cyril divorced Margaret in March 1951.

Margaret died on 30 April 1989.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-252

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual information

Presumed to have been taken on beach outside the rear fence of the Police Quarters at Freshwater Bay.

Keywords

Place made

Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum. [www.claremont.wa.gov.au]

Last modified

Friday, 18 September, 2026

Completeness

100

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Rights category

Date of creation +50 years

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For authorisation to reproduce, publish or display, please contact the Claremont Museum.

Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 05.252'.

Rights holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Town of Claremont Museum

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Ward Family At The Freshwater Bay

Ward Family At The Freshwater Bay
Source: Claremont Museum 05.252

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