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William Shaw Collecting Firewood

Overview

William Shaw in dark trousers, light coloured shirt and tie, dark braces and dark hat with an armful of firewood collected for a fire to boil a billy at a picnic on the river foreshore at the Bay Road reserve.

Historical information

William Shaw (c.1886-1969), son of Peter Shaw and Sarah Holloway.

Married Edith Jane Marsh (1887-1969) at Perringulup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia on the 26th December 1919.

William, a jeweller by trade, and Edith had four children:

Sarah Olive 'Olive' Shaw (1911-1996)
William Alfred Shaw (1917-1988)
Arthur Edward Shaw (1919-1979)
George James Shaw (1922-1991)

The family lived firstly at 41 Claremont Crescent, then moved to 21 Stirling Road, Claremont in December 1917 into a house being built by Peter Shaw. The house never finished because of the hardships of World War I and then the depression.

Olive Shaw lived in the family home at 21 Stirling Road until December 1984, when she moved to a retirement home in Nedlands.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--4-306
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Social History
Inscriptions and markings

On rear [Bayroad Res/ wood for making a cuppa]

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Last modified
Saturday, 6 December, 2025
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Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
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William Shaw Collecting Firewood
William Shaw Collecting Firewood
Source: Claremont Museum 04.306

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