Dad’s Grandmother, probably the Shaw side of the family – Eveline Hobbs. c. 1927 – 1930.
A real afternoon on the Currumbin foreshore in 1930. Harold William Shaw suddenly becomes a young father rather than just an ancestor, and George becomes a small child rather than a name in a family tree.
The fish itself is interesting. A 40-lb jewfish (now usually called mulloway) would have been a remarkable catch for that era, especially from the beach. The size explains why somebody thought the photograph worth preserving and why the details were later typed onto the print.
The date on the death certificate is 1971, not 1970.
