Title
Unidentified woman painting (Rosaleen or Cecily Norton?), Kirribilli, Sydney
circa 1964
Artist
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Details
- Places where the work was made
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Kirribilli
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
Sydney → New South Wales → Australia
- Date
- circa 1964
- Media category
- Negative
- Materials used
- black and white 120 format negative
- Dimensions
- 5.6 x 5.6 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Louise Walker 2008
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC262.100.666
- Copyright
- © Estate of Robert Walker/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Robert Walker
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About
In 1965 'Life at the Cross', with text by poet Kenneth Slessor and photographs by Robert Walker, was published. This photograph of Norton was taken by Walker as part of that project. Although the publication was meant to document the bohemian and working class life of the Kings Cross area, its subjects were in fact much more wide ranging. Rosaleen Norton had lived in Kings Cross since 1951 and was popularly known as the 'witch of Kings Cross'. But when the book 'Life at the Cross' was published she was living with her sister Cecily in Kirribilli.
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
