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Fierce: The story of Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Fierce: The story of Olive Pink. An artistic adaptation of the life of the anthropologist and botanist Olive Pink who was once labelled "the fiercest white woman in captivity". It was inspired by historical and fictitious elements relating to an encounter between Miss Pink and the Warlpiri people of Lajamanu.
(Tracks Dance Theatre Performance. (DVD), Darwin 2001.)
Olive Pink
Photograph of Yuccas at Miss Pink’s garden
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured photograph of Yuccas at Miss Pink’s garden taken in 1969 at the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve Northern Territory
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Olive Pink
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Stanner, Professor, W.E.H.,
After the Dreaming. Boyer Lectures 1968
Signed by author and inscribed by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
A Layman’s Guide to the Geology of Central Australia
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Woolley, D.R.
A Layman’s Guide to the Geology of Central Australia. N.T., 1967
Signed Olive Pink, Alice Springs, NT
Olive Pink
A Layman’s Guide to the Geology of Central Australia
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Woolley, D.R.
A Layman’s Guide to the Geology of Central Australia. N.T., 1967
Signed Olive Pink, Alice Springs, NT
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Legislative Council for the Northern Territory. Report from the Select Committee on the Native and Historical Objects and Areas Preservation Ordinance 1955 –1960.Presented by Mr D. D. Smith, MLC on 10th August, 1965
Includes a handwritten letter from Olive Pink to Mr D D Smith who presented this report.
Olive Pink
Central Australia, Land of Colour as seen b y Australian artist Robert Johnson
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Johnson, Robert
Central Australia, Land of Colour as seen by Australian artist Robert Johnson. 1963
Olive Pink note on the back To Olive Pink (Alice Springs) from Olive and Robert Johnson (Sydney) 1963.
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, "Native Gap" ( Aileron Stn.), 1960. Identified by Olive Pink as Macrocarpa gregoria ( I think) Spinifex Snow - description on back of drawing.
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Strehlow, G.H.
Nomads in No-Man’s Land, 1960
Signed by Olive M. Pink October 1961
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1960. Described by Olive Pink as " popular name Pussy Tails" (ugly?)
Olive Pink
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Description on back of drawing : Louie an aboriginal worker at Aileron Station used to get it for Mrs (Elsie )Cobson (later Nolan) to send to me. Was never able to paint it from the plant and it faded when sent in. An exquisite blossom that grows close to the ground in Spinifex country hence the name Spinifex Snow : Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, "Native Gap" ( Aileron Stn.), 1960. Identified by Olive Pink as Macrocarpa gregoria ( I think) Spinifex Snow .
Olive Pink
Check List of Central Australian Plants
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Chippendale, G. M.
Check List of Central AustralianPlants.
Reprint from Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol 82 1959.
Inscribed ‘With regards George Chippendale’ , and ‘Received on July 27th1959’ by Olive Pink.
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink 16/8/58 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as rough sketch of Capparis seedpod (back) "suede texture!"
Olive Pink
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Watercolour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink in Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
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Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1958
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink in Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
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Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 1958. Arid regions (of Australia) Native Flora Reserve, Alice Springs. Identified by Olive Pink as botanical name Prostantera striataflora one "popular" name was the silly one of mint bush.
Olive Pink
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Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
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Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 27/12/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as "Yam flower? badly done"
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 10/12/57 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink 4/12/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as "Capparis (in profile)"
Olive Pink
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Pencil and watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 30/9/57 (location unknown). Described by Olive Pink as "mauve-green calyx looking down on blossom - a marvel of beauty when looked at closely"
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 30/9/57 (location unknown). "other Cassia not time for more leaves (foliage) have closed up!"
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 30/9/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as Cassia eremophila - "very hurried - looks like big storm"
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink 16/9/57, Alice Springs. Identified by Olive Pink as Lightwood (Whitewood)
Olive Pink
Photograph of Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
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Postcard of Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, Northern Territory - annotated on back
Olive Pink
Aerial photograph of Alice Springs
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Aerial photo of Alice Springs, 1956. Letter on the back from Olive Pink to niece Heather Pink with dots marking landmarks.
Olive Pink
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Five large black and white photographs of ‘Home Hut’ 2 Gregory Terrace, Alice Springs dated 1955 – hut and surrounding garden.
Annotated by Olive Pink on the backs of the photos
Olive Pink
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Black and white photograph of bird bath under fig tree from south door of Hut 2
Christmas Card - Australian Inland Mission
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Australian Inland Mission card to Olive Pink from Margaret McKay and her children, dated Christmas 1955
Olive Pink
Photograph of Home Hut - verso
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of two gum trees planted by mistake in one drum. Called them Naomi & Ruth. Two fig trees in the background.
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Black and white photograph showing fig tree planted by Afghans
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Postcard of Ghost Gum - Letter on back from Olive Pink to her niece Heather Pink 1955
Olive Pink
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Booklet entitled Native Welfare in Australia by Paul Hasluck published in Perth 1953. Paul Hasluck was a friend of Olive Pink–annotated by her with dates of his speeches
Olive Pink
The Pioneer Bishop in V.D.L 1843 – 1863
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Nixon, N.
The Pioneer Bishop in V.D.L 1843 –1863, Hobart, 1953
Signed by Geoffrey Cranswick, Bishop of Tasmania,
Sent to Olive Pink by M. Cecily Shoobridge Xmas 1953 and signed by her,and signed by Olive Pink,with notes on page preceding the introduction.
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Graves, Kathleen
Tasmanian Pastoral, Melbourne University Press, 1953
Signed by Olive M. Pink from Mrs Glass (Tasmania) 1955
Olive Pink
Photograph of site for proposed Central Australian Museum and Constitution of proposed museum.
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Photograph of site for proposed Central Australian Museum and Constitution of proposed museum.
Olive Pink
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Watercolur and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, from Sister Goulder (Vic), 12/9/49 (from North Road I think?)
Olive Pink
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Watercolor on card sketched by Olive Pink, (flower) from Sister Goulder (Vic), 12/9/49, (same as at Thompson's Rock Hole. 1942-46)
Olive Pink
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Watercolour and pencil on paper, sketched by Olive pink at Alice Springs 19/8/49. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
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Identified as Prostanthera striatiflora . Watercolor on card sketched by Olive Pink near power station at Alice Springs on 7 June 1958
'has aromatic scent (leaves?) (very honeyed flower)
Olive Pink
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Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, at Barrow Creek, 1949. Identified by Olive Pink as Wild Orange. "pale lemon petal and stamens green end to pistil - bright green leaves of leathery texture"
Olive Pink
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Brogden, Stanley
Darwin Holiday -1948
Owned / signed by Olive Pink 1949. Inscriptions/notes by Olive Pink on title page, contents and throughout the book
Olive Pink
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Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, at Alice Springs, 10/4/47
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Anzac Hill, Alice Springs, 1946. "Traced from rough sketch - matt surface pale cream blossom and stamens, leaves leathery greenish - mature "orange" (lemon)"
Olive Pink
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The Aborigines’ Protector, vol 2 no. 2 October 1946 –including Elkin, Prof. A.P., Aborigines and the Franchise.
Olive Pink
Erythrina vespertilio - leaves
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Watercolour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, 16/7/45. Identified by Olive Pink as leaves of Erythrina vespertilio. True colour and actual size of a large leaf and stem. Page of sketch book.
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 16/7/45. Identified by Olive Pink as Evening Primrose "Yuggilli Burinyu". Has unidentified sketch on the verso P6-15-18b
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown),7/7/45. " (1st) original sent to Mrs 'Pat' Chapman (Granits) July 1948"
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, June 1945. Sketched on the back of P6-15-18
Olive Pink
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Grenfell Price, A.
Australia Comes of Age, Melbourne, Georgian House, 1945
Signed by the Author A. Grenfell Price, and by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 31/10/44
Olive Pink
The Red Heart, Stories of Central Australia
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Clune, Frank
The Red Heart, Stories of Central Australia. 1944
Signed by the author and dedicated to Olive Pink 21.11.1947
Olive Pink
Sketch plan of Thompson's R H Locality
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Shows the Granites, Mt Davidson, Mt Solitaire, Mt Gordon and a square of 25 sq miles including Bubinna 'permit to occupy 0 M Pink'.
Olive Pink
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Australian Wild Flowers.
National Handbook No. 9 4th edition 1944
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, 1944. "Violet". May be Superb Fairy-wrens
Olive Pink
Erythrina vespertilio - pods and beans
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Water colour on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, 3/12/43. Identified by Olive Pink as pods and beans of Erythrina vespertilio. Page of sketchbook.
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 22/11/43. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree.
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, enroute to Parilyu (on sandhill), 17/9/43. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, enroute to Parilyu (on sandhill), 17/9/43. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Lavender (coloured) bush in spinifex country
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Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole
Olive Pink
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Watercolour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, various dates, 1943. Page of sketch book
Olive Pink
My camp- distant view looking south
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Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole. Distant view looking south of tent and car.
Olive Pink
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Coloured pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Whitewood ( Tallow wood)
Olive Pink
Sturt Bean Tree blossoms and Crimson chat
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Sturt Bean Tree blossoms and Crimson chat (Leach)
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Described by Olive Pink as "light green stems dark green leaves almost lemon yellow at joints" (drawn on the back of P6-15-13a)
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 16/12/42. Described by Olive Pink as " aboriginal name Nulyubi (vine) don't know whites name - a very strong vine - the aboriginies use in place of string - twine - dull surface, berries".
Olive Pink
Erythrina vespertilio - Bean Tree
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Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 9/10/42. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree. (Erythrina vespertilio) "flowers point upwards - this branch was growing like this (a la Japanese print I thought!)"
Olive Pink
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Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybiscus but I think the whites here call it the Desert Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather".
Olive Pink
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Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Not identified by Olive Pink. "Don't know name - small low plant and tall ones too. Very difficult so frail in texture and transparent paperish that the light shine through. They come out at dusk and look lovely ( 5 petals) stamens the same colour as petals with deeper knobs of pollen"
Olive Pink
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Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, "at Wurley", Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 25/7/42. Not identified by Olive Pink. Drawn on the back of a 1913 sketch
Olive Pink
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Unidentified [Capparis spinosa]
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 21/6/42. Not identified by Olive Pink but later identified as Capparis spinosa
Olive Pink
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Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Pine Hill Station (near boulders), 1942. Identified by Olive Pink as Isotoma
Olive Pink
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Coloured pencil on blue card sketched by Olive Pink, T.R.H (Thompsons Rock Hole), 1942. Not identified by Olive Pink. "Has black berries with russ (waxy) calex later, grows from a few feet to 5ft high - creamy blossom and stamens"
Olive Pink
Photographs of camp at Thompson's Rock Hole
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Two small photos of Olive Pink’s camp and view at Thompson’s Rock Hole, Tanami Desert where she lived from 1942 –1943 –annotated on backs.
Olive Pink
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Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 17/1/41. Identified by Olive Pink as Capparis
Olive Pink
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Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 17/1/41. Identified by Olive Pink as Capparis
Olive Pink
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Black and white photo probably taken by Olive Pink –annotated on back as: “Wallaby” and “Des”, July 1941 –on termite mound –
‘When we three went on an exploring expedition on foot’.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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1 handwritten note on paper - A kind of wild Hybicus [Hybiscus] which they stupidly call the "Desert Rose". Hardly anything less like "a rose" I cannot imagine. The buds however do look a tiny bit like rose buds (if one has plenty of imagination!)
Olive Pink
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Adam, L
Primitive Art, Pelican Books, 1940
Second copy owned by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
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Indian ink sketch on card made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland. Captioned (Charlton Ed) for Sydney Mail
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
Map showing the distribution of Aboriginal Tribes in Australia by Norman Tindale
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Map showing the distribution of Aboriginal Tribes in Australia by Norman Tindale, 50 miles: 1 in., 1940
Olive Pink
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Elkin, A. P.
Kinship in South Australia (reprints from Oceania )
Owned by Olive Pink–signed by Prof A. P. Elkin, July 23rd 1940 (Anthropologist)
Olive Pink
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Brown paper cover which contained the calendar and card designs - written on by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Indian ink with some colour sketch on tracing paper made by Olive Pink between 1940 and 1941. From a collection of sketches made in New South Wales, Tasmania and a few in Queensland.
Olive Pink
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Lobster Tree - NSW, 1939 (coral tree?)
Olive Pink