Robert Walker
(Australia 01 May 1922 – 2007)
Rosaleen Norton
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
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.
- Place of origin
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Kirribilli,
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- circa 1964
- Media
- Negative
- Medium
- 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
- Accession number
- ARC262.100.679
- Copyright
- © Estate of Robert Walker