 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Description: Copy of Photograph, 'Bess' 1995, with Roger Harwood and his daughter Beth. 'Bess' is a 15 ft. Whitehall. Roger Harwood descended of Jeffery James Harwood of Essex, transported to Tasmania in 1840. The family were early settlers of 'Geesveston' and had the first white baby born in Geeveston. They ran orchards, but when the markets collapsed they switched to beef farming and Roger began building wooden boats in the apple sheds. Format: Pictorial and artistic works Object: photographs Titles: Bess 1995. Subjects: boatbuilding People/Orgs: Harwood, Roger Places: Franklin, Tasmania Institution: Cygnet Living History Museum Inc. Object number: CLH_10336 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Cygnet Living History Museum Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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