OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Man with fish, c. 1950

DATE1950s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P1079.2

HISTORY

This fisherman is Gerry Lake. Gerry was born in 1928. He is the grandson of James Woolley. He was a fisherman and bought his first boat at age 14 years. He bought and built many boats over the years.

DESCRIPTION

These two images show a man standing in a boat, taking a fish out of a net and bending over a large box of fish. He is dressed in a dark blue jumper, pants and a cap. A tall chimney is standing on a strip of land behind the man.

SUBJECTS

Bays, Fishermen, Fishing, Fishing industry, Men

KEYWORDS

Hastings, Lake, Gerry