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Mt. Wellington from the foot of St. George's Hill

Photograph from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of a view of Mt. Wellington from the foot of St. George's Hill in about 1870. The view is from the corner of Albeura St and Sandy Bay Rd. The photographer's name, Woolley, is recorded in a note on the reverse and presumably refers to Charles Alfred.

James Backhouse Walker

Crolataria cunninghammi - seed pods

Coloured pencil on dark card sketched by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia 25/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Seed pods of Crolataria cunninghammi. Attached - on white paper watercolour of leaves and bud 10 x 7.5 cm

Olive Pink

Eremophilia oldfieldii

Watercolour and pencil on paper, painted by Olive Pink at the Finke, Northern Territory 4/9/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophilia oldfieldii

Olive Pink

Trichinium obovatum

Coloured pencil on light card, sketched by Olive Pink, (place and date unknown) Northern Territory. Identified by Olive Pink as Trichinium obovatum "sage"

Olive Pink

Calendar design

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

Photograph of Olive Muriel Pink sitting on a camel, Larry

Black and white photograph of Olive Muriel Pink sitting on a camel, 'Larry', in Central Australia, 1934, with inscription on the back by Olive Pink 'Larry says " If I cannot be in the centre of the picture I'm not going to show my face!" Darkie says "Oh bother you! Well just my ears then!".'Photographs sent with a letter to her friend Joan Walker in Hobart, Tasmania.

Olive Pink

Photograph of Home Hut

Black and white photograph of two gum trees planted by mistake in one drum. Called them Naomi & Ruth. Two fig trees in the background.

Loranthus exocarpi

Water colour on paper painted by Olive Pink at Beltana, South Australia, 19/7/30 Identified by Olive Pink as Loranthus exocarpi

Olive Pink

Stenopetalum

Coloured pencil on dark card, sketched by Olive Pink at (Ry)Dam Callanna, South Australia 20-21/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Stenopetalum

Olive Pink

Thought not indigenous

Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 20 miles from Darwin, Northern Territory, October 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as - thought not indigenous?

Olive Pink

Miss Sarah Bignell

Framed caricature of Miss Sarah Bignell. School teacher at a school (Hobart Ladies College - in Anglesea Barracks) near Anglesea Barracks. On the school wall was a text framed "Follow after Truth".

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

Razor

Straight razor with black bakelite handle, engraved "Bengall". Cadman & Sons, Sheffield, England. In cardboard container 16.5 x 3 cm

George Thomas Jamieson Wilson

The Tasmanian Club, Macquarie Street, Hobart

Photograph of the Tasmanian Club formally the Derwent Bank, and Walch's building with a landau outside. The Tasmanian Club is a Georgian style building designed by architect James Alexander Thomson and built in 1846 for banker and merchant Captain Charles Swanston as the Derwent Bank. After the depression of the 1840's the Bank went into liquidation and the building was bought by the Tasmania Club in April 1873 and is still their residence today. The Tasmanian Club was established in 1861 in Hobart by seventy gentlemen. It was founded on the 'London pattern', that is, election or exclusion of candidates by ballot. The photographers are Anson Brothers whose firm was located in Liverpool, Collins and Elizabeth Streets between 1878 and 1891.

Anson Brothers

Liverpool Street Hobart

Photograph of Liverpool Street Hobart taken from just before the Elizabeth Street intersection around the turn of the century with horse drawn carriages in the foreground. The date is assumed from the presence of electric power poles which were introduced in 1898.

St. John's Street, Launceston

Photograph of St. John's Street, Launceston with St. John's Anglican Church and Chalmers Free Presbyterian Church on opposite sides of the street. The photographer was William Cawston who had studios in Paterson and St. John Streets, Launceston from 1863-1891.

William Cawston

Funeral notice of Lieutenant Governor David Collins

Lantern slide of funeral notice of Lieutenant Governor David Collins, 1810. From The Derwent Star, and Van Diemen’s Land Intelligencer no. 7, Tuesday April 3rd 1810. 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.

John Watt Beattie

Unidentified

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

Tasmanian Aboriginal profile

Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal profile. 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.

John Watt Beattie

Unidentified

Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Alice Springs, 1958

Olive Pink

View of a Aermotor windmill

View of an Aermotor wind-powered water pump at Lindisfarne on the eastern shore of the Derwent River looking toward Mt. Wellington. James Martin & co. Sydney imported the Chicago-built windmills into Australia between 1895-1913

View of track

Photograph of a hillside track in the bush may be Shag Bay or Natone Hill Track

Prostantera striataflora

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

Unidentified

Water colour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink in Alice Springs, 1958

Olive Pink

View of houses

Photograph of houses at Lindisfarne or Geilston Bay taken from hill.

Tasmanian Aboriginal canoe and baskets

Lantern slide of Tasmanian aboriginal canoe and baskets. 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.

John Watt Beattie

Unidentified

Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink, (location unknown), 1958

Olive Pink

Capparis seedpod

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

Unidentified

Watercolour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)

Olive Pink

Stonemason's house, Hobart ,Tasmania

Lantern slide from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of Stonemason's house, Hobart, Tasmania. Thought to have been prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were in Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle Arcade, Hobart, until 1994.

John Watt Beattie

St. David's Park, Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Lantern slide from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of St. David's Park, Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Thought to have been prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were in Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle Arcade, Hobart, until 1994. Quaker Collection.

John Watt Beattie

Unidentified

Water colour on card sketched by Olive Pink 1958 (location unknown)

Olive Pink

J. Brain

Framed caricature of J. Brain, a well-known citizen, a big order.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

Lightwood

Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink 16/9/57, Alice Springs. Identified by Olive Pink as Lightwood (Whitewood)

Olive Pink

Solomon Islander making fire

Lantern slide of Solomon Islander making fire. 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.

John Watt Beattie

Salamanca from Wharf, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land

Lantern slide from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of Salamanca from the Wharf, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land 1847. Prepared by J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studio locations were in Elizabeth Street, Hobart from 1891-1920, Murray Street from 1921-40 and Cat and Fiddle Arcade, Hobart, until 1994. Quaker Collection.

John Watt Beattie

Cassia eremophila

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

Unidentified

Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 10/12/57 (location unknown)

Olive Pink

Eremophila maculata

Watercolour painted by Olive Pink at Beltana, South Australia 19/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Eremophila maculata

Olive Pink

Waterloo House

Photograph of Waterloo House on the corner of Murray and Davey Streets, Hobart, Tasmania in 1880. The photographers were Anson Brothers whose firm was located in Liverpool, Collins and Elizabeth Streets between 1878 and 1891.

Anson Brothers

On the banks of the Tamar River

Photograph of a family on the banks of the Tamar River, Launceston. The photographer was William Cawston who had studios in Paterson and St. John Streets, Launceston from 1863-1891.

William Cawston

View from the roof of Government House

Photograph of ships on the Derwent River taken from the roof of Government House, Hobart, Tasmania in 1882. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

Cascades' Female Factory from the hill

Photograph of the Cascades' Female Factory looking down the South Hobart Valley toward the Derwent River. Showing yards and gardens. In 1828 a Female Factory opened on the outskirts of Hobart at Cascades. It became the colony's largest Factory, expanding by 1853 into five major courtyards accommodating 1000 women and 175 children. The photographer was J.W. Beattie (1859-1930) whose studios were in Elizabeth and Murray Streets between 1891 and 1940

John Watt Beattie

Clianthus

Watercolour on watercolour paper painted by Olive Pink at Wire Creek, Central Australia, 6/8/30 . Identified by Olive Pink as Clianthus

Olive Pink

Cassia sturtii

Pencil drawing on card with small water colour attached. Painted and sketched by Olive Pink at the Finke 31/8/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Cassia sturtii "usually 7 pairs of leaves on leaf stem - shrub about 3ft high"

Olive Pink

Jonidium

Pencil and watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Tortanga Quatcha, Macdonnel Range, Northern Territory, 26/11/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Jonidium

Olive Pink

Tempeltonia

Watercolour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Claremont, Western Australia, 1912. Identified by Olive Pink as Tempeltonia

Olive Pink

Swainsona

Watercolour and pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, "Near Farina", 21/8/31. Identified by Olive Pink as Swainsona

Olive Pink

Calendar design

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

Photograph of Olive Pink and the the camel Quart-pot

Black and white photograph of Olive Muriel Pink standing next to a camel, 'Quart-Pot', in Central Australia, 1934, with inscription on the back by Olive Pink, '"Quart-pot" and Olivia - (ready for anything!)' Photographs sent with a letter to her friend Joan Walker in Hobart, Tasmania.

Olive Pink

Postcard of Laurel

Black and white postcard of Laurel - Anopterus glandulosus. With initials E.M.A. Written to My Dear Violet and dated 28/3/19

Hobart streetscape in snow

Photograph from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of a Hobart streetscape in snow - looking towards Mt Nelson and Sandy Bay.

James Backhouse Walker

Old St. David's Cathedral

Photograph of Macquarie Street, Hobart looking east towards Elizabeth Street from the Civil Court in about 1880. The photographer was Alfred Winter who had studios in Bathurst, Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets from 1869 until 1880.

Alfred Winter

Derwent River above New Norfolk

Photograph of the Derwent River above New Norfolk, Tasmania, 1882. The photographer was Henry Hall Baily who had studios in Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart from 1865 until 1918.

Henry Hall Baily

Commandant's house and jetties at Port Arthur

Photograph of the commandant's house and jetties, Port Arthur c. 1880. The photographers are Anson Brothers., Portrait and Landscape Photographers, Hobart Town whose firm was located in Liverpool, Collins and Elizabeth Streets between 1878 and 1891.

Anson Brothers

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