University of Tasmania

Postcard of Olive Pink’s aboriginal gardener - verso

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-63-verso
Item

Voluntary Aid Detachment Darlinghurst membership card

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-j
Item
1915

Voluntary Aid Detachment Darlinghurst membership card (Miss Olive Pink) signed by Hon. Sec. Ethel A. Stephens dated 1915

Certificate of Membership for 1915 NSW branch

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-i
Item
1915

Part of Olive Pink Collection

British Red Cross Society : First Aid Manual

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-h
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Satin sash

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-g
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 cream satin sash

Postcard : ‘It’s our flag Fight for it Work for it

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-g
Item
c1914

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 postcard ‘ - It’s our flag Fight for it Work for it

Scarf/cravat

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-f
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 cream satin scarf/cravat cut at one end

Fabric VAD stripes and small striped ribbon bow

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-e
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Olive Pink

Gloves

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-e
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 pair of small cream nylon gloves with hand sewn fur trim. Label stitched inside - "Dents Nylon, One Size Fits All, Made in Hong Kong"

Lace dress

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-d(2)
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 cream lace dress with gathered shoulders and collar

Lace over-dress

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-d(1)
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Cream lace over-dress

Fabric Australian Red Cross Society VAD badge with metal VAD badge attached

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-d
Item
c1914

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Shawl

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-c
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 cream lace shawl

Metal Red Cross badges – one with navy embroidered badge attached

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-c
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Lace short sleeved blouse

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-b
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 cream lace short sleeved blouse, square neck and button front with the label "Charming Blouses Sydney"

Photograph of Gym class at Girls’ High School

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-45-b
Item
c1910

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sepia photograph of Gym class at Girls’ High School–postcard from Olive’s school friend Ursula Walker to Olive Pink in Perth dated c. 1910

Olive Pink

Fabric red cross badge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-b
Item
c1915

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Fabric Red Cross Badge with safety pin sewn on back

Metal filigree belt

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44-a
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Beaded waistcoat/vest

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-127-a
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 black velvet beaded waistcoat/vest. Hand sewn in places

Hatband and metal badge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-45-a
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Orange/yellow and white striped hatband and metal badge embossed with decorative GHS. Worn by Olive Pink while attending The Girls’ High School, Hobart ,Tasmania

Olive Pink

Letter: 5th November 1833

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-G-G1
Item
1833

Part of Leake Papers

Letter written by William Wood from Snake Banks dated 5th November 1833 to John Leake regarding volumes of the New Monthy and wifes health

John Leake

Recommendation for grant of land in V.D.L.

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-B6
Item
1822

Part of Leake Papers

Letter of recommendation from the Colonial Secretary for a grant of land in V.D.L.

John Leake

Letter from Charlotte Wells

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-B548
Item
1833

Part of Leake Papers

Letter from Charlotte Wells dated 3 July 1883 written from Hobart Town

Letter of introduction from Alex McLaren

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-B5
Item
1822

Part of Leake Papers

Letter of introduction from Alex McLaren dated October 1822 from Leith to Mrs Burn care of Mr James Scott Colonial Surgeon, Hobart Town

John Leake

Letter of introduction from George Burder

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-B4
Item
1822

Part of Leake Papers

Letter of introduction from George Burder addressed to Rev. Samuel Marsden dated London 6 November 1822

John Leake

Garden at Kelvedon

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-99
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph from Mrs Mitchell

George Musgrave Parker

Sturt’s Desert Pea and Christmas Bells design

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-99
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sturt’s Desert Pea and Christmas Bells design

Olive Pink

Kelvedon, near Swansea

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-98
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph of the distant view of Kelvedon taken over the river from the main road (from Mrs Mitchell)

George Musgrave Parker

Laurel

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-98
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

One sketch, thought to be of a laurel

Olive Pink

Swansea Beach

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-97
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph of Swansea Beach with Freycinet in distance

George Musgrave Parker

Swansea Beach

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-96
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph of Swansea Beach with Freycinet in distance

George Musgrave Parker

Spiky Bridge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-95
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Convict built Spiky Bridge near Swansea. Ash Bester postcard (Tas A.B. Series No.31)

George Musgrave Parker

Watercolours of Thompsons Rockhole

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-94a
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

One watercolour of Thompsons Rockhole in the Tanami desert

Olive Pink

Spiky Bridge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-94
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Spiky Bridge near Swansea. Ash Bester postcard

George Musgrave Parker

Lobster Tree

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-93
Item
1939

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Lobster Tree - NSW, 1939 (coral tree?)

Olive Pink

Spiky Bridge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-93
Item
c1930

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph taken from the base of the bridge showing the culvert. Photographed by Ben Sheppard

George Musgrave Parker

The Schoutens from Spiky Bridge

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-92
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

George Musgrave Parker

East Coast, view from Rocky Hills looking north

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-90
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

near present Kabuki Restaurant

George Musgrave Parker

Leatherwood

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-90
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Watercolour of Leatherwood, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Photograph of Industrial School, Barrack Square

AU TAS UTAS SPARC G3-9 (1)
Item
1883

Part of Girls Industrial School Hobart Collection

Photograph of the girls and staff of the Girls Industrial School when it was located at Barrack Square in 1883. Photograph shows part of the building with a group of girls and staff. (See the minutes of the GIS for 1883) Photographer was H. Bailey, Hobart.

Girls Industrial School Hobart

Unidentified

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-8-9
Item
1930-12-04

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Tortanga Quatcha, Northern Territory 4/12/30. Not identified by Olive Pink - some of original plant material attached - flower head

Olive Pink

South Oceana Silver Mining Company

AU TAS UTAS SPARC R9-9
Item
1891

Part of Edward le Rossignol: Scrip certificates

Scrip certificate for fifty shares from the South Oceana Silver Mining Co, No Liability, Zeehan, Tasmania, registered under the mining companies act 1884. Issues to Edward leRossignol of New Town. Dated 26th August 1891. Number of issue 236.

Letter from Matt Seal: June 5 1893

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-P-9
Item
1893

Part of Leake Papers

Humorous illustrated letter to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated June 5 1893 thanking her for button hole and a tie and how he wore them to the garden party where they were immensely admired.

John Leake

City Park, Launceston

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-LTN 8-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

First artillery gun

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-Mil-9
Item
1915

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Black and white photograph showing the first artillery gun landed at Anzac

Unidentified

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-1-9
Item
1930-07-19

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Coloured pencil drawing sketched by Olive Pink - Warraweena, Beltana, South Australia 19/7/30.

Olive Pink

Angianthus brachypappus

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-5-9
Item
1930-09-13

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Watercolour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Horseshoe Bend, Central Australia, 13/9/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Angianthus brachypappus

Olive Pink

Erodium cygnorum

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-11-9
Item
nd

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, (place and date unknown) Northern Territory. Identified by Olive Pink as Erodium cygnorum.

Olive Pink

Nulyubi vine

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-15-9
Item
1942-12-16

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

Note on the taking of Dido

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-11-9
Item

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Note by [Rachel Cotton] regarding the taking of Dido, William Driscoll, written from memory in 1918 and a news clipping titled "Dido the Bushranger : the story of his capture" written by Edward O. Cotton

Wharves, Hobart, Tas., showing G.P.O. Tower

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-HV 13-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Boat Harbour near St. Helens

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-EC 5-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Photograph of the rectory of St Augustine's Anglican Church

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-Bro-9
Item
1960

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Photograph of the rectory of St Augustine's Anglican Church, Broadmarsh, Tasmania. Taken April 1960

Bills : June 1818

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M16-9
Item
1818

Part of Marshall and Terry Family Papers

True copy of 2 bills for £100 each delivered to his brother Ralph Terry, now residing at Forcett Mill, by John Terry. True copy dated 6 June 1818 signed John Terry & Ralph Terry

John Terry

Fundamental Principles of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society

AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-A6-9
Item
n.d.

Part of Walker Family Papers

Document detailing the fundamental principles of the Hobart Town Total Abstinence Society and pledge

George Washington Walker

Calandrinia

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-3-9
Item
1930-07-23

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Watercolour on paper, painted by Olive Pink, Edwards Creek, South Australia, 23/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Calandrinia

Olive Pink

Grevillea chrysodendron

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-6-9
Item
1930-09-18

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Watercolour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Rodinga, Northern Territory 18/9/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Grevillea chrysodendron

Olive Pink

Calytrix

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-7-9
Item
1930-09-29

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Watercolour and pencil on dark card sketched by Olive Pink, Darwin, Northern Territory 29/9/30- on the way to 10 mile. Identified by Olive Pink as Calytrix "tall shrub (cyprus-like foliage) covered with blossom"

Olive Pink

Unidentified

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-14-9
Item
1934-09-24

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Gilla, Queensland, 24/9/34. Not identified by Olive Pink

Olive Pink

Unidentified

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-16-9
Item
nd

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, (date and location unknown)

Olive Pink

War Memorial, Hobart

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-9
Item
c1920

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Postcard of the Hobart War Memorial inscribed Erected in honour of Tasmanian Men and Women who served and worked during the Great War, 1914-18

George Musgrave Parker

Postcard of HMAS Sydney

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-60-9
Item
1937-1938

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

T.S. "Taroona", River Tamar, Launceston Tasmania

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-LTN 10-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Collins Street, Hobart, Tas

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-NN 12-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Filing cabinet 2

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2019/2-Ph-9
Item
2019

Part of Ralph Middenway Collection

Tankard 1948

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2019/1-B-9
Item
1948

Part of George Wilson Collection

Sheffield pewter tankard, inscribed 'G. Wilson, Presented by T.U.R.C. 1948'. Made in England, Manor 2132

George Thomas Jamieson Wilson

Mr. Barnett

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M7-9
Item
n.d.

Part of Midwood Collection

Framed caricature of Mr. Barnett, Civil Servant and cribbage expert.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

Card design

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-122-9
Item
1940-1941

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

West Beach and Pier Burnie

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-BUR 1-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

1 postcard

Liverpool Street, Hobart

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-HBT 16-9
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Letter - 24 October 1958

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/2-9
Item
1958

Part of John Hargrave : letters from Olive Pink

Letter written by Olive Pink to John Hargrave, 24 October 1958

Rocky Hills: graveyard

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-89
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

B. Sheppard photo.
(See also book chap 3, P1/35(262)

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills: ruins

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-88
Item
c1930

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

B. Sheppard photo

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills: ruins

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-87
Item
c1930

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

B. Sheppard photo

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills: convict buildings in distance

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-86
Item
c1930

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Black and white photograph of Rocky Hills, Swansea, Tasmania. Showing convict buildings in distance. B. Sheppard photograph (See also book chap 3, P1/35(262)

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills: commandant's house, now "Thirza"

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-85
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Mrs Mitchell photo

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills Road: old penal station

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-84
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph of Rocky Hills

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills Road looking towards old penal station

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-83
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

From Mrs Mitchell

George Musgrave Parker

Rocky Hills Road, old penal station

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-82
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Spurling postcard [late 19th cent]

George Musgrave Parker

Coast view: East Coast Rocky Hills

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-81
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Thought to be Rocky Hills

George Musgrave Parker

Photograph of site for proposed Central Australian Museum and Constitution of proposed museum.

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-81
Item
1950

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Photograph of site for proposed Central Australian Museum and Constitution of proposed museum.

Olive Pink

Coastal view: East Coast near Swansea

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-80
Item
n.d.

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

thought to be near Swansea

George Musgrave Parker

Unidentified

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-1-8
Item
1930-07-19

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pencil drawing sketched by Olive Pink, Beltana, South Australia 19/7/30.

Olive Pink

Eucalypt

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-7-8
Item
1930-10-29

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Darwin, Northern Territory, 29/10/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eucalypt? tall tree, cream blossom

Olive Pink

Isotoma

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-15-8
Item
1942

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

Photograph of front view of St Augustine's Anglican Church

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-Bro-8
Item
1960

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Photograph of font view of St Augustine's Anglican Church, Broadmarsh, Tasmania. Taken April 1960
Consecrated 15 September 185. Located 1 2 Grahams Creek Road, Broadmarsh, now a private residence.

Dead horses on the beach

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-Mil-8
Item
1915

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Black and white photograph showing dead horses on the beach. Photo caption says Beachey [Beachy] Bill's work, Anzac. "Beachy Bill" was the collective nickname given to a battery of Turkish guns located in a position known as the "Olive Grove". The guns were constantly seeking out targets on the beach at Anzac Cove, thus the nickname.

Domain House Library

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-8
Item
c1890

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Black and white, 35mm slide of the first library at Domain House, located in the Great Hall, c 1905. Registrar, JHR Cruickshank stands in doorway with students

Letter from Matt Seal: April 14 1893

AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-P-8
Item
1893

Part of Leake Papers

Humorous illustrated letter addressed to Miss Dolly from a young friend, Matt. Seal, from Hobart, dated April 14 1893 regarding the reward claimed by the old gentleman for the blue ribbon

John Leake

St. Helens, Beauty Bay

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-STH 6-8
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Russell Falls Tasmania

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-HBT 14-8
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Filing cabinet 1

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2019/2-Ph-8
Item
2019

Part of Ralph Middenway Collection

Account : June 1818

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M16-8
Item
1818

Part of Marshall and Terry Family Papers

Account for legal fees and expenses in letting and selling the mill and estate, Burton, John Terry to John Sadler. Dated 1 June 1818

John Terry

Helicrisum

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-6-8
Item
1930-09-18

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Coloured pencil on card, sketched by Olive Pink at Rodinga, Northern Territory 18/9/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Helicrisum

Olive Pink

Didiscus glaucifolius

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-11-8
Item
1930

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Water colour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as Didiscus glaucifolius.

Olive Pink

Floating Bridge, Derwent River

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-35-8
Item
c1950

Part of George Musgrave Parker : Correspondence and research records

Photograph of the Floating Bridge across the Derwent River

George Musgrave Parker

Royal Hobart Hospital

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2020/1-PC-HV 13-8
Item

Part of De La Haye Postcard Collection

Trophy urn

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2019/1-B-8
Item
1934

Part of George Wilson Collection

Silver plated trophy urn, inscribed 'S.T.R.U. First Premiers, Tasmanian University Rugby Club 1934'

M. P.Crisp (Capt)
J. M. Crisp
F. C. Mitchell
H. O. Westbrook
A. B. Hunt
K. O. Shatwell
I. Paull
J. McGrath
P. Unwin
H. M. Nicholls
J. E. Mullen
D. Anderson
J. McG. Hood
B. J. B. Morris

George Thomas Jamieson Wilson

Corner of the library at Domain House

AU TAS UTAS SPARC Pr-8
Item
c.1907

Part of Photographic reproduction collection

Corner of the library, Domain House, Hobart. Showing staff and students. Registrar in doorway

John Watt Beattie

Captain Harold

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M7-8
Item
n.d.

Part of Midwood Collection

Framed caricature of Captain Harold. Retired Indian Army Officer. An eccentric who lived at Bellerive. Had a mania for water tanks and
ended his life by drowning himself in one.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

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