Olive Shaw And Friends, Freshwater Bay

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c. 1930

Overview

Photographs of Olive Shaw and friends at Freshwater Bay.

04.307a
Olive Shaw and B. Barron in light coloured frocks sitting on the jetty at the base of the Osborne Steps. In the background is the Claremont Jetty and Baths.

04.307b
Miss Broadhurst and Olive Shaw sitting on a jetty with the foreshore to the west in the background.

04.307c
Ruby Barron and Olive Shaw sitting on the beach with boatsheds, jetties and baths in the background to the east.

04,307d

Historical information

Sarah Olive Shaw Born 11/06/1911, at the home of her Uncle Ted (Edward Shaw) at 16 Stirling Road, Claremont. Daughter of William and Edith Shaw. Miss Shaw's grandfather Peter Shaw, and family arrived from Birmingham in 1897. Lived firstly at 41 Claremont Crescent, then built and moved to 21 Stirling Road, Claremont in 1917. The house never finished because of hardships of World War I and then the depression. Sarah, (called Olive) the first child of William and Edith had 3 brothers, William Alfred b.1917, Arthur Edward b.1919 and George James b.1922. Miss Shaw continued living in the house at 21 Stirling Road until December 1984, when she moved to a retirement home in Nedlands.

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Registration number

cwa-org-28--4-307-a-d

Item type

Photographs

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Social History

Inscriptions and markings

04.307a
On rear [Osborne Steps toward C'mont/ O Shaw/ B Barron].

04.307b
On rear [Miss Broadhurst & O Shaw/ from Clmt to Osborne Steps].

04.307c
On rear [Ruby Barron O Shaw from Osborne Steps toward Claremont]

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