SHERWOOD AUBREY

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c. 1925

Overview

Head and shoulders portrait of Aubrey Sherwood. He has a long thin face, neat short hair, beard and moustache, and is wearing small, metal-rimmed spectacles. He is dressed in a dark jacket and waistcoat with a white shirt and checked tie.

Historical information

Aubrey Sherwood lived in the 'Appy 'Ome at 66 Victoria Avenue around the late 1880s or early 1890s. He was born in Perth on 11 November 1865. The house was situated on land that later became Sherwood Court. The family moved to Fremantle in 1876 and in 1883 he joined the Customs Department in Fremantle. He married Louisa Wisdom in 1893. They first lived at the top of Malcolm Street in West Perth, then on the corner of Irvine Street and The Esplanade, Peppermint Grove. They built this house at 21 View Street Cottesloe and called it 'Corry' after the Wisdom home in Scotland. They lived there for the rest of their married lives. On 14 December 1896 Aubrey and some friends established the Freshwater Bay Boating Club, now the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. The first meeting was in this house at 21 View Street. Aubrey Sherwood died on 17 February 1938. Information from Margaret Love, 'Aubrey Sherwood', in 'Tidings', April 1996, mazazine produced by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-154-

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Year

c. 1925

Claremont Museum

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