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.
Photograph of an electric tram car in Hobart, about 1893, thought to be travelling along Macquarie Street. Advertising Lester Brothers Family Grocers. Wertheim sewing machines, Pear's soap, Cascade ale & J.W. Beattie, Photographer.
The image shows many men standing within the ruins facing the camera as a hose plays water onto the building. Electronic file is titled 'after fire.tif'
Colour photograph shows the sandstone relief carving in the keystone and other carvings in the voussoir stones of an arch of the Ross Bridge across the Macquarie River
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)
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.
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.
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
Photograph of view from Government House looking over a vegetable garden and orchard which could either be in the Government House or Botanical Gardens grounds with the River Derwent and Mt. Direction in the background.
Lantern slide of Campbell and Minchin building, corner Elizabeth and Bathurst street, Hobart. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle until 1994.
Colour photograph of the Spanish Armada training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano, a four-masted barque, sailing on the Derwent River during the Tall Ships event held in 1988
Image contains text identifying the subject and also 'copyright'. Originally taken from a postcard published in the weeks following the 1912 North Mount Lyell mine disaster. Image shows overhead view of people milling around the mine entrance.
Photograph from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of a view of Mt. Wellington from St. George's Hill with Hawthorn Cottage in the foreground and Bishopscourt - Garden Crescent and Davey Street Chapel in the background (according to notes on the reverse). The photographer was the Anson Brothers, whose firm was located in Liverpool, Collins and Elizabeth Streets between 1878 and 1891.
Photograph of Austins Ferry, Hobart, Tasmania, with Austin's old Inn to the right. The photographer was Alfred Winter who had studios in Bathurst, Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets from 1869 until 1891.
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.
Colour photograph of Clifton Priory, Bothwell. National heritage register citation is as follows: “Two storey stone Tudor Gothic house built in 1847-8 by Rev. Robert Wilson from public subscription. Wilson caused a scandal when he ran into financial difficulties and sold it owing a considerable sum. The house is magnificently sited on Barrack Hill from where it enjoys fine views of Bothwell, the Clyde River and surrounding countryside.”
Black-and-white photograph shows exterior of newly constructed cell room at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon viewed from the south, looking downhill to the Derwent River.
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.
Photograph of Marjorie with her pet birds and her needlework. 'Pretty Cocky the rosella is on my head, whilst Jacky the butcherbird is on my shoulder, whilst I do my tapestry'. - from the Marjorie Bligh family photograph collection.
Photograph of Launceston from Windmill Hill looking north taken in c1881. The photographer was Alfred Winter who had studios in Bathurst, Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets from 1869 until 1891.
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"
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’.
Photographs from The Illustrated Tasmanian Mail, August 29, 1928. Advertising the Official Opening of the Claremont Golf Club. Entry fee 1 shilling per player. Prize of 1 dozen golf balls.
Colour photograph shows two cyclists on penny farthing bicycles prepare to take a corner on the course of the penny farthing championships at Evandale, 1984