Maida And Jo Sharkey
c. 1922A group of four young women in front of the Sharkey family home. Three are standing and one is crouched. All are wearing light, summer dresses. Shrubs and the distinctive wooden arches and brackets of Wainomi verandahs form the background.
Wainomi 3 Victoria Avenue, Claremont was the home of Raymond John and Edith Florence Sharkey. Wainomi means 'Pearl Water' in the Hawaiian language.
Edith Josephine (Jo) (b.1902) and Maida Winsome (b.1906) were children of Florence Edith and Raymond John Sharkey.
Details
Details
On the rear [Maida L/ Jo R/ 3 Victoria Ave].
Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.
Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.301'.
Other items by Sharkey Collection
- Swan River And Mount Eliza
- 'Avon' Fremantle
- Holmes Bros & Co.
- St John's College University of Sydney
- Government House Sydney
- The Great Hall of the University of Sydney
- Men On Verandah
- Men On 'Appy 'Ome' Verandah
- 'Craigmuir'
- Government House, Perth
- Victorian Gentleman
- HMS Katoomba Demonstration, Swan River Foreshore

Source: Claremont Museum 09.301
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