CLEANING LADY

Known as the local ‘cleaning lady’ Vanessa had been working out of her backyard shed performing illegal abortions. On 8 December she was arrested outside the Newtown hardware after picking up her ‘supplies’.

Vanessa Downing, 8 December 1923, Newtown Police Station. 

Cleaning Lady, 2010
Lambda (C-type) photographic print on Fuji Crystal Archive Lustre
Matte black gator board edge unframed
120cm (w) x 60cm (h) x 2cm (d), 2kgs
Limited Edition