OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Two boats, 1949

DATE1949

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERRod Nurke

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P1073

HISTORY

This is Gerry Lake’s jetty at Crib Point. Lake’s boat is on the left and the ‘Alma’ is in the water. Gerry was born in 1928. He fished from an early age and bought and built several boats. He was also a timber cutter and worked as a labourer at the Naval Base during the war.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a wooden boat on the sand, tied to a roughly constructed elevated walkway. Another similar wooden boat is in the water. Land can be seen in the distance.

SUBJECTS

Bays, Boats, Fishermen, Fishing, Jetties and wharves

KEYWORDS

Alma (boat), Crib Point Jetty, Lake, Gerry