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Claremont Museum > Records

SHARKEY COLLECTION, SWAN RIVER AND PERTH WATER

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c. 1892

Overview

B/W Prints. (a) & (b) Identical images apart from cropping. Two men in bottom right corner appear to be surveying a dense garden of exotic shrubs, bounded by a large Eucalypt on either side. In the hazy background is Perth Water, Mt Eliza and Pt Belches. (c ) Same scene viewed from a higher vantage point. In the bottom right corner is a paling fence and a small brick building with hip roof. Caption in album [Swan River].

Historical information

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. Died of a heart attack at the Subiaco train station at age 41 on September 22, 1910.

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cwa-org-28--9-231-a-c

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