Judge Burnside's Picnic Tea

Sinjin Biggs was the brother-in-law of Florence Edith Sharkey nee Ray
Eliza Cunden was the Burnside housekeeper before 1897.

Robert Bruce Burnside. Usher of the Black Rod in first Western Australian Parliament in 1890. Crown Solicitor 1894. President of the Court of Arbitration from 1903-1910. Commodore of Royal Perth Yacht Club. Founder member of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Claremont Yacht Club. Inaugural member of the Claremont Roads Board. Owner of 'Genesta' one of the largest yachts on the river.

From the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.

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