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Group Including John And Maida Lefroy

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Sharkey Collection

c. 1935

Overview

One man is standing and seven adults and two children, all in summer clothes, are seated on the edge of the verandah of what appears to be a weatherboard holiday house. A hessian blind partly encloses the end of the verandah and heaps of stones hide the stumps.

John Lefroy on the left and Maida Lefroy third from the right.

Historical information

John Lefroy (1905-1998) was the son of William Gerald Lefroy and Ada Lefroy nee (nee Hamersley).

Maida Winsome Sharkey (1906-1997) was the daughter of Raymond John and Florence Edith Sharkey nee Ray.

John and Maida married in 1932. They lived at 16 Reserve Street, Claremont.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-323

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Inscriptions and markings

In pencil on the rear [John Lefroy L/ Maida Lefroy nee Sharkey/ 3rd from R front].

Contextual information

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.

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Claremont Museum.

Last modified

Thursday, 14 August, 2025

Completeness

94

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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.323'.

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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