a. 1 Velvet beaded waistcoat/vest b. 1 Cream lace short sleeved blouse c. 1 Cream lace shawl d. 2 Cream lace dresses/over-dresses e. 1 Pair of cream gloves with fur trim f. 1 Cream satin scarf/cravat g. 1 Cream satin sash
Pink, Olive, The Landowners in the Northern Division of the Aranda Tribe, Central Australia. From Oceania Volume IV, No. 3 March 1936 p.275 –305 Cover signed by Dr. John Hargrave
Johnson, Robert Central Australia, Land of Colour as seen by Australian artist Robert Johnson. 1963 Olive Pink note on the back To Olive Pink (Alice Springs) from Olive and Robert Johnson (Sydney) 1963.
Nixon, N. The Pioneer Bishop in V.D.L 1843 –1863, Hobart, 1953 Signed by Geoffrey Cranswick, Bishop of Tasmania, Sent to Olive Pink by M. Cecily Shoobridge Xmas 1953 and signed by her,and signed by Olive Pink,with notes on page preceding the introduction.
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’
Brogden, Stanley Darwin Holiday -1948 Owned / signed by Olive Pink 1949. Inscriptions/notes by Olive Pink on title page, contents and throughout the book
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
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
Fierce: The story of Olive Pink. An artistic adaptation of the life of the anthropologist and botanist Olive Pink who was once labelled "the fiercest white woman in captivity". It was inspired by historical and fictitious elements relating to an encounter between Miss Pink and the Warlpiri people of Lajamanu. (Tracks Dance Theatre Performance. (DVD), Darwin 2001.)
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)”
a) Orange/Yellow and white striped hatband and metal badge Above items contained in the above Kodak photo envelope with annotations:-Miss Clark’s –Girls’ High School” Hobart, Tasmania -Hat badge and band (Olive’s), (private not State School). In old Barracks. Davey St and Barrack St. b) Photograph of Gym class at Girls’ High School–postcard from Olive’s school friend Ursula Walker to Olive in Perth c. 1910
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
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.
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
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.
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.’
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
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
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
Berndt, R. M. Aboriginal Sleeping Customs and Dreams, Ooldea, South Australia. Reprint Oceania, March 1940, Vol. X No.3 Owned by Olive Pink and signed by the author for her
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
Two postcards of Tasmanian Horse drawn carriages with passengers One is a Tourist Bureau Hobart card and one has been written on: ‘ Huon Road, Tasmania. A packed “coach and four” – in mother’s things at death. O. M. Pink .
Booklet entitled Native Welfare in Australia by Paul Hasluck published in Perth 1953. Paul Hasluck was a friend of Olive Pink–annotated by her with dates of his speeches
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
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
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
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
Three coloured polaroid photographs taken of the table outside Home Hut at Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve –thought to be Olive Pink in pink hat – and unknown friend in white hat.
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’.