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Title

Unidentified woman (Rosaleen Norton?)

circa 1964

Artist

Robert Walker

Australia

01 May 1922 – 2007

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Kirribilli → 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
    ARC262.100.680
    Copyright
    © Estate of Robert Walker/Copyright Agency

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    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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