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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1960. Described by Olive Pink as " popular name Pussy Tails" (ugly?)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink in Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1958
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink in Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 1958
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 27/12/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as "Yam flower? badly done"
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 10/12/57 (location unknown)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink 4/12/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as "Capparis (in profile)"
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of bird bath under fig tree from south door of Hut 2
Christmas Card - Australian Inland Mission
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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.
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolur and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, from Sister Goulder (Vic), 12/9/49 (from North Road I think?)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour and pencil on paper, sketched by Olive pink at Alice Springs 19/8/49. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, at Alice Springs, 10/4/47
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Erythrina vespertilio - leaves
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown),7/7/45. " (1st) original sent to Mrs 'Pat' Chapman (Granits) July 1948"
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, June 1945. Sketched on the back of P6-15-18
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 31/10/44
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 22/11/43. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree.
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, enroute to Parilyu (on sandhill), 17/9/43. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, enroute to Parilyu (on sandhill), 17/9/43. Not identified by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Lavender (coloured) bush in spinifex country
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole. Distant view looking south of tent and car.
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Pine Hill Station (near boulders), 1942. Identified by Olive Pink as Isotoma
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 17/1/41. Identified by Olive Pink as Capparis
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 17/1/41. Identified by Olive Pink as Capparis
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Brown paper cover which contained the calendar and card designs - written on by Olive Pink
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
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
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Lobster Tree - NSW, 1939 (coral tree?)
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks rockery at the flat at Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of snow capped Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Aileron Station, Northern Territory, November 1937. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree [Erythrina vespertilio]
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of view outside of the gate at Olive Pinks flat in Ferntree, Hobart, Tasmania
Olive Pink
Postcard of shipping Tasmanian apples
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Humorous postcard showing giant apples being shipped from Tasmanian wharf. Beattie postcard
Postcard of Hart Memorial, Launceston
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Coloured postcard of the pond in City Park Launceston, Tasmania showing the Hart Memorial and white swans. A Murray Views Postcard No.14
Postcard of the Old Colony Coffee Inn
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the interior of the Old Colonial Coffee Inn, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Postcard of a ferry on the Upper Derwent
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of a ferry on the Upper Derwent River below New Norfolk, Tasmania
Postcard of Launceston from Trevallyn
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Part coloured post card of Launceston from Trevallyn. Marked 5 and produced by Murray Views, Gympie Queensland
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard inscribed Kookaburra, Australia , 687B. Mowbray Series, Scenic and Historic views on verso.
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the Russell Falls, a tiered–cascade waterfall on the Russell Falls Creek, located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania
Postcard of hop fields near New Norfolk
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of hop fields near New Norfolk, southern Tasmania marked 691
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks lower room flat in Hobart. Once Dot Millers home, a girl with whom Olive went to school. Noting field of daisies around the fountain
Olive Pink
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of view of the road to the Springs at Mt Wellington from Olive Pinks flat in Ferntree, Hobart Tasmania
Olive Pink
Postcard of Pillinger's Drive, Mt. Wellington
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Postcard of Pillinger's Drive, Mt. Wellington, Hobart Tasmania - showing tyre tracks and snow with a view to the Organ Pipes. Beattie postcard
Postcard of the T.S. Taroona in the Tamar River
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the vessel T.S. Taroona in the Tamar River, Launceston, Tasmania. A Rose P Series postcard number P.123105
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the air craft carrier the HMS Terrible at the HM dockyard, Devonport , England , being recommissioned as the HMAS Sydney, Australia's first aircraft carrier. She was handed over to Australia during a ceremony at Devonport on 16 December 1948 at which she was renamed HMAS Sydney by Mrs J.A. Beasley, wife of the Australian High Commissioner to the UK. She was subsequently accepted into service on 5 February 1949 under the command of Captain R.R. Dowling, DSO, RAN. For more information http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-sydney-iii
Postcard of the pontoon bridge, Hobart
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the River Derwent and the pontoon bridge with a view to the Montague Bay from the Queens Domain. Inscribed H.J.H No. 143. ( H. J. Hellessey ) Real photo card
Postcard of the Old Colony Coffee Inn
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the interior of the Old Colonial Coffee Inn, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white postcard of the Salmon Ponds near New Norfolk, Tasmania, marked no. 79
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Finke, 4/9/3? (Aileron Station, Northern Territory, 1937).
Olive Pink
Front door of flat - Mt Wellington
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks front door of her flat at Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania
Olive Pink
Postcard of view from Mount Wellington
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Postcard part coloured of view from Mount Wellington looking over Hobart showing vehicles and people on foot. Beattie's photograph
Postcard of Pillinger's Drive, Mt. Wellington
Part of Olive Pink Collection
Postcard of Pillinger's Drive, Mt. Wellington, Hobart Tasmania - showing tyre tracks and snow with a view to the Organ Pipes. Beattie postcard