SHARKEY COLLECTION - DEVELOPMENT ON SHORE OF PERTH WATERS

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c. 1930

Overview

B/W Prints of three scenes taken from a vantage point overlooking the development of the Perth foreshore. (a) On the left is a substantial dark building of several storeys with decorative chimneys and steeple. Next to it is the rear view of a lighter four storey building followed by roofs and pediments of other buildings, including that bearing the sign [DALGETY & CO.LTD.] and several flags. Between these buildings and the river are a line of cotton palms, a fenced area for tennis?/bowls?/croquet?, the Esplanade, where a cricket pitch and players are visible, and trees bordering Riverside Drive. There are jetties and boatsheds at the water's edge. (b) View over roof tops to Mt Eliza and The Narrows. There is a substantial stone building on the left with a rooftop structure with chimney and water tank. The rest are iron roofed commerial/ industrial structures. There is a vessel visible at the water's edge and several small boats moored to the right. The Drive (now Fraser Ave) is discernible along the top of Mt Eliza. (c) Continuation of previous view including development of residential area of Bellevue Tce, Mount and Malcolm Strreets.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-265-a-c

Item type

Photographs

Year

c. 1930

Claremont Museum

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