Government House, Perth
c. 1895Glimpse of imposing, brick building with stone quoins through heavy foliage of garden. Top of fence and capped pillar in foreground.
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 Edith Florence 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.
Details
Details
Printed in pencil on album page [GOVT HOUSE].
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- Interwar, Australia Western Australia Perth, 1930 (0.02km away)
- Interwar, Australia Western Australia Perth, GOWRIE, MITCHELL, 1936 (0.03km away)
- World War 2, Australia Western Australia Perth, 1942 (0.05km away)
- World War 2, Australia Western Australia Perth, 1942 (0.05km away)
- Pre-World War 1, Australia Western Australia, 1900 (0.05km away)
- World War 1 , Australia Western Australia, MCCARTNEY, 10 Australian Light Horse, 1918 (0.06km away)
- World War 2, Australia Western Australia Perth, 1943 (0.09km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - W45288 FORSYTH (married CHAPPELL) (0.1km away)
- World War 2, Australia Western Australia Perth, 2/11 Battalion, 1942 (0.11km away)
- Pre 1914, Australia Western Australia, HOBBS, 1898 (0.13km away)
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Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.175'.
Other items by Sharkey Collection
- Max The Dog, Freshwater Bay
- Keough's Boarding House And Boarders
- 'Craigmuir'
- St John's Anglican Church, Northam
- Men On 'Appy 'Ome' Verandah
- Yachts On The Swan River
- Prince Albert Statue
- Flour Mill, Mill Point, South Perth
- Yachts On The Swan River
- 'Appy 'Ome Boarders
- Gothic Buildings
- Amateur Photographers On The Swan River
Other items from Claremont Museum
- Perth Town Hall
- Large Homes
- ''Appy 'Ome' Building With Horses
- HMS Katomba Demonstration, Swan River Foreshore
- Man Inside Room With Privacy Curtains
- The Acrobat
- Victorian Gentleman
- Judge Burnside's Picnic Tea
- Perth Yacht Club Members
- Yachts At Canning Bridge
- Rocky Bay On Swan River
- Blackwall Reach, Swan River

Perth
Source: Claremont Museum 09.175
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