Portrait – Moomba Queen – Erica McMillan

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Erica McMillan 1966

Registration number

1283589

Title

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Erica McMillan

Production date

1966

Medium

paper, ink, wood

Dimensions (H x W x D)

56 x 43 cm (framed)

Inscriptions

1966 Erica McMillan

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Moomba, Queen, Portrait, Erica McMillan, 1966

Summary

Framed colour portrait of 1966 Moomba Queen, Erica McMillan. Erica McMillan (1947-66) was crowned in 1966, but her reign was tragically short. The 19 year old was awarded a Cortina as part of her prize. Just weeks after winning the car she was killed in a road accident in Geelong.