Six small photos of Ferntree flat, Mount Wellington where Olive Pink lived 1937-1938 and one photo of first flat in Hobart 1937 –Dot Miller’s home–all annotated on backs
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
One of eight annotated black and white photographs of the site of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve. Noting location of Mt Gillen, part of MacDonnell Range, entrance gate and driveway to hut, driveway for sanitary truck
One of eight annotated black and white photographs of the site of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve. Noting location of (Elec) Power Stn Rd, MacDonnell Ranges, Todd River Eucalypts
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
Three black and white floral postcards of Tasmanian native plants. From Olive Pink to Violet Bartlett, Hobart, 28.3.1919 – one with a letter from Olive Pink
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
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
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
Copy of The Bedford Magazine–dated December 1913-Magazine of Bedford College, Strathfield, Sydney -girls school where Olive Pink taught art. On page 11 reference to Miss Pink taking a party of girls to the Art Gallery and on page 17 an article ‘Western Australian Flowers’ by Olive Pink
Telegraph Message from C. Baker to Olive Pink dated 19.7.1930 Message to Olive Pink regarding her painting trip along the railway line between Adelaide and Alice Springs in 1930
1 sepia photograph of camp at Professor Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin's Farm - Cobbler's End, Tasmania. Picturing Olive Pink, Florence Rodway, with mop and basin, Mildred Lovett with grid iron as harp, and Ursula Walker
Two sepia photographs: 1 - ‘Our camp at Prof Giblin’s farm (Cobbler’s End) Tas about 1910’ 2 - ‘Florence Rodway, Mildred Lovett, Ursula Walker. Taken at Prof. Giblin’s farm (Cobblers’ End) 1910 or 1911.’
Booklet : Hookey, M, The Edge of the Field with decorations by L. Dechaineux, Australia, Bookfellow, 1913. Inscribed “To Olive with loving greetings and wishes for the New Year 1914 from the old friend Hannah G Giblin. ‘OM Pink 1914’ written on front cover.
Includes - Annotated envelope containing original printing plate of Olive Pink bookplate by Adrian Feint and letter from Feint to Olive Pink by the Society of Artists.
Copper etching plate of bookplate , “Simplicity, Beauty, Honesty, Trust –Olive Pink”. 2 .Letter from Adrian Feint to Olive Pink 28. 5. 1929
Envelope containing the above items -written on by Olive Pink
Includes - 1.Julian Ashton Jan 11 1914 –Reference written for Olive by Julian Ashton, Principal of the Sydney Art School, Queen Victoria Markets.
Julian Ashton to Olive 28 .2. 1923 –regarding using his name as a referee and the dropping of the Exhibition of Applied Art Work by the Society of Artists.
Julian Ashton to Olive 27.7.1924 in praise of her leather work and lamenting the difficulty of making a living through artwork.
a) 1 metal filigree belt b) 1 fabric red cross badge (shape of cross) c) 2 Metal Red Cross badges –one with navy embroidered badge attached d) 1 fabric Australian Red Cross Society VAD badge with metal VAD badge attached e) 1 fabric VAD stripes and small striped ribbon bow f) 2 white fabric epaulettes with metal numbers 15 (from the 15 Voluntary Aid Detachment) g) Postcard ‘It’s our flag Fight for it Work for it’. h) 1 New South Wales Division of the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross i) Certificate of Membership for 1915 NSW branch (Miss Olive Pink) j) 1 Voluntary Aid Detachment Darlinghurstmembership card (Miss Olive Pink) signed by Hon. Sec. Ethel A. Stephens
Above items contained in a Kodak photo envelope with annotations:-“Olive Pink’s VAD stripes etc 1st to register “15” Detachment. Miss Ethel Stevens then Mrs Marie Irvine Commandants. Vol. Aid from 1914 to after War –(about 1920)”
Crowther, W.E.L.H., The Halford Oration, 1803-1876 The Passing of the Tasmanian Race. Reprint from the Medical Journal of Australia, February, 3, 1934, page147. Inscribed ‘Miss Pink, with the writer’s warm regards, August 22 1934
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.
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.
Pink, Olive (Abstract) ‘A few notes on the uses to which the Arunda and Arabanna tribes of Central Australia put their Indiginous Flora. P. 177 in Report of the 21st meeting of ANZAAS, Sydney, 1932, Volume XXI Abstract of a paper by Olive Pink presented at ANZAAS meeting in 1932. Inscribed by her ‘Olive Pink (erased), Dept of Anthropology, the University of Sydney, Sept, 1933
Ayers Rock –Mt Olga National Park. NT Reserves Board, 1967 Inscribed ‘Miss Pink with compliment from the Chairman (Lionel Rose) who is also the Author. 1 Aug. 1969’