University of Tasmania

Bolam, A. G
The Trans-Australian Wonderland. 4th ed 1924
Signed and annotated by Olive Pink. At Mrs Daisy Bates’s Native Camp, Ooldea,
South Australia, September 2nd 1927

Olive Pink

The Red Heart, Stories of Central Australia

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-8
Item
1944

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Clune, Frank
The Red Heart, Stories of Central Australia. 1944
Signed by the author and dedicated to Olive Pink 21.11.1947

Olive Pink

The Principles and Practice of Linear Perspective

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-11
Item
1910

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Carroll, John,
The Principles and Practice of Linear Perspective. Part 1 7thed., G. W. Bacon and Co.,London 1910
Signed by Olive Pink

Olive Pink

The Pioneer Bishop in V.D.L 1843 – 1863

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-17
Item
1953

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.

Olive Pink

The Landowners in the Northern Division of the Aranda Tribe, Central Australia

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-13
Item
1936

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

The Halford Oration, 1803 - 1876 : The Passing of the Tasmanian Race

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-35
Item
1934

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

The Edge of the Field by Hookey, M

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-49
Item
1914

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.

Olive Pink

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-33
Item
1903

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Wendell Holmes, Oliver.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. London, Routledge and Sons, nd
Dated June 20th 1903

Olive Pink

The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-15
Item
1930

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Bennett, M. M.
The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being. London, Alston, 1930
Signed by Olive M. Pink Sydney 1931

Olive Pink

The Aborigines’ Protector

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-27
Item
1946

Part of Olive Pink Collection

The Aborigines’ Protector, vol 2 no. 2 October 1946 –including Elkin, Prof. A.P., Aborigines and the Franchise.

Olive Pink

Telegraph Message from C. Baker

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-54
Item
1930.7.19

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

Tasmanian Waratah

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-101
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Painting of a Tasmanian Waratah

Olive Pink

Tasmanian Waratah

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-114
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pencil sketch of a Tasmanian Waratah, Telopea truncata

Olive Pink

Tasmanian Pastoral

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-23
Item
1953

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Graves, Kathleen
Tasmanian Pastoral, Melbourne University Press, 1953
Signed by Olive M. Pink from Mrs Glass (Tasmania) 1955

Olive Pink

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

Spirit Ancestors in a Northern Aranda Horde Country

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-5
Item
1933

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pink, Olive
Spirit Ancestors in a Northern Aranda Horde Country.
Reprint Oceania Dec 1933 Vol. IV, No. 2

Olive Pink

Souvenir of Beautiful Port Arthur and Eaglehawk Neck

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-55
Item
1935

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Concertina postcards of Port Arthur with annotations by Olive Pink dated 1938

Olive Pink

Some Familiar Wild Flowers

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-39
Item
1915

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sulman, Annie E.,
Some Familiar Wild Flowers. Sydney, Angus and Robertson.1915?

Olive Pink

Social organization in the Kimberley Division, North West Australia

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-4
Item
1932

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Elkin, A.P.
Social organization in the Kimberley Division, North West Australia.
Oceania, Reprint. March 1932, Vol II, no. 3

Olive Pink

Snow capped Mt Wellington

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-74-4
Item
1938

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of snow capped Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Sketch book cover

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-105
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Cover of sketchbook (possibly the one held at P6/

Olive Pink

Singing Honeyeater

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-95
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Singing Honeyeater in the rain –watercolour

Olive Pink

Satirical drawings of Olive Pink

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-85
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Two satirical pencil drawings of Olive Pink

Olive Pink

Rockery - Mt Wellington

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-74-3
Item
1938

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks rockery at the flat at Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Road to Springs from my flat

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-74-5
Item
1937-1938

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of view of the road to the Springs at Mt Wellington from Olive Pinks flat in Ferntree, Hobart Tasmania

Olive Pink

Report from the Select Committee on the Native and Historical Objects and Areas Preservation Ordinance 1955 – 1960

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-31
Item
1965

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.

Olive Pink

Red Cross items

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-44
Item
c1914

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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)”

Olive Pink

Red berry

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-118
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sketch of a red berry

Olive Pink

Purple flower

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-117
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sketch of a purple flower

Olive Pink

Printed stationery

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-125
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Two sheets of printed stationery –Home Hut (off) Native Flora Reserve Alice Springs Northern Territory

Olive Pink

Primitive Art

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-9
Item
1940

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Adam, L
Primitive Art, Pelican Books, 1940
Second copy owned by Olive Pink

Olive Pink

Postcards of Tasmanian Horse drawn carriages with passengers

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-66
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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
.

Olive Pink

Postcards of Tasmania native plants

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-61
Item
1919

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

Postcards of Tasmania

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

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Twenty Postcards of Tasmania dated 1937 –1938 (two are written on)

Olive Pink

Postcards of Aboriginals and Olgas

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-62
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

6 unused postcards of Aboriginals and Olgas

Olive Pink

Postcard of photograph of large tree, Cobbity, NSW

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-65
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard photograph of large tree, Cobbity, NSW
.

Olive Pink

Postcard of Olive Pink’s aboriginal gardener

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-63
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard of Olive Pink’s aboriginal gardener Johnny Tambijimba Yannarilyi

Olive Pink

Postcard of Ghost Gum

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-68
Item
1955

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard of Ghost Gum - Letter on back from Olive Pink to her niece Heather Pink 1955

Olive Pink

Postcard of Hotel Victoria, Darwin

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-64
Item
1930.10.12

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard of Hotel Victoria, Darwin. Card to Olive’s niece Joan Pink in Perth from Darwin dated 12.10.1930
.

Olive Pink

Postcard from Harold Southern

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-53
Item
1915.2.14

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard from Harold Southern to Olive Pink’s mother Evaline Fanny Pink dated 14.2.1915

Olive Pink

Pink Olive Berries

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-91
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Pink Olive Berries, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Pink Mountain berries

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-109
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sketch of Pink Mountain berries , Hobart

Olive Pink

Photographs of the site of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-73
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Eight annotated photographs of the site of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve. Some with red pen writing and arrows on black and white (cut) photos

Olive Pink

Photographs of Olive Pink and friends camping at Giblin’s farm, Tasmania

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-50
Item
1910

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.’

Olive Pink

Photographs of Home Hut

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-72
Item
1955

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

Photographs of flats in Hobart

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-74
Item
1937-1938

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

Photographs of camp at Thompson's Rock Hole

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-75
Item
1942-1943

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Two small photos of Olive Pink’s camp and view at Thompson’s Rock Hole, Tanami Desert where she lived from 1942 –1943 –annotated on backs.

Olive Pink

Photographs of Home Hut at the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-77
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.

Olive Pink

Photograph of two people on rock

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-80-5
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of two people on large rock formation looking out over valley

Olive Pink

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

Photograph of rock

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-80-4
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of large rock formation

Olive Pink

Photograph of Our Camp

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-50-1
Item
1910

Part of Olive Pink Collection

1 sepia photograph of camp at ProfessorLyndhurst Falkiner Giblin's Farm - Cobbler's End, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Photograph of Olive Pink and friends

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-50-2
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

Photograph of Olive Pink

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-51
Item
c1920

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Photograph of Olive Pink taken by Ross Studios, Sydney in the 1920's and annotated "A more truthful one"

Olive Pink

Photograph of Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, Northern Territory

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-67
Item
1956

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Postcard of Flynn Memorial Church, Alice Springs, Northern Territory - annotated on back

Olive Pink

Photograph of camels

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-80-3
Item

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of two people riding a camel with another camel being led.

Olive Pink

Photograph of " My Wurley"

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-76
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

One small black and white photograph - captioned ‘My Wurley’ –temporary accommodation. Once a Mohammedan prayer room.

Olive Pink

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

Photograph of Yuccas at Miss Pink’s garden

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-78
Item
1969

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Coloured photograph of Yuccas at Miss Pink’s garden taken in 1969 at the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve Northern Territory
.

Olive Pink

Photograph of Wallaby and Des

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-79
Item
1941

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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’.

Olive Pink

Pepa Aragulin ja Aranda Katjirberaka

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-20
Item
1928

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Strehlow, C.
Pepa Aragulinja Aranda Katjirberaka, SA, 1928
Aranda language –Hymns in Aranda language –Hermannsburg mission

Olive Pink

Parachilna

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-88
Item
1930

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Parachilna –‘first sketch on trip to Darwin 1930

Olive Pink

Painting of two coloured mountain berries

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-82
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

2 coloured mountain berries, Tasmania (in folder cover)

Olive Pink

Orchids at Gore Hill,

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-84
Item
1909

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Orchids, painted at Gore Hill, New South Wales

Olive Pink

Orange berry

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-120
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sketch of an orange berry

Olive Pink

Nomads in No - Man’s Land

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-18
Item
1960

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Strehlow, G.H.
Nomads in No-Man’s Land, 1960
Signed by Olive M. Pink October 1961

Olive Pink

New Deal for the Aborigines

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-19
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Wright, Tom, New Deal for the Aborigines, Sydney
no publication date

Olive Pink

Negatives - Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve sites

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-71
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Five negatives thought to be of the Arid Regions Native Flora Reserve site. Wrapped in paper with aboriginal sketch in blue biro

Olive Pink

Native Welfare in Australia

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-7
Item
1953

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

My flat in Hobart

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-74-1
Item
1937

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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

Olive Pink

My camp- distant view looking south

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-75-2
Item
1943

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole. Distant view looking south of tent and car.

Olive Pink

My camp

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-75-1
Item
1943

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Black and white photograph of Olive Pinks camp at Thompsons Rock Hole

Olive Pink

Mint bush

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-112
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Sketch of a Mint bush

Olive Pink

Lobster Tree

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-93
Item
1939

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Lobster Tree - NSW, 1939 (coral tree?)

Olive Pink

Linocut of swan

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-56
Item
n.d.

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Linocut of swan by Olive Pink – (lino block –not print)

Olive Pink

Linear Perspective

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-10
Item
1894

Part of Olive Pink Collection

Hodge, Henry, Linear Perspective ...1894
Signed Olive M. Pink, Hobart

Olive Pink

Letters to Olive Pink from Julian Ashton

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P6-27-46
Item
1914-1942

Part of Olive Pink Collection

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.

Olive Pink