Portrait – Moomba Queen – Sharon McKenzie

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Sharon McKenzie 1982

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Registration number

1283646

Artist/maker

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Title

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Sharon McKenzie

Production date

1982

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

56 x 43.5 cm (framed)

Inscriptions

1982

Credit line

By courtesy of Bob VAN DER TOORREN Hon. L.M. A.I.P.P. A.R.M.I.T. of Block Arcade Studios
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Moomba, Queen, Portrait, Sharon McKenzie, Bob Van der Toorren, 1982

Summary

Framed colour photograph of 1982 Moomba Queen, Sharon McKenzie. McKenzie was a 22-year-old media manager for an advertising company when she took the title of Moomba Queen. Like all Moomba Queens (and reflecting the gender politics of the period), her title was gained through what was essentially a beauty contest.