OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Young fisherman

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERKodak

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P331.1

HISTORY

This is a photograph of John Mirabella taken at aged 16 years sitting on the Hastings Pier.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a young man sitting on a wooden box mending a fishing net. A large pile of fishing nets are in front of him and more nets are hanging over the rail further along the pier. He is sitting inside rail tracks which run off into the distance. He is dressed in a long-sleeved white shirt, woollen vest and long pants tucked into dark socks and white shoes. He has a short back and sides hair cut with a mop of hair on the top.

SUBJECTS

Fishermen, Fishing industry, Jetties and wharves, Local history, Piers, Pioneers

KEYWORDS

Hastings Pier, Mirabella, John