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Zygophyllum

Zygophyllum

Watercolour on card with some pencil painted by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia 5/8/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Zygophyllum

Olive Pink

Youth Triumphant" by Roy Bridges

Cuttings of Roy Bridges serial published in the Saturday Evening Mercury 14 August 1954 to 13 November 1954 entitled ''Youth
Triumphant"

William Edwin Fuller

Yam flower

Yam flower

Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink 27/12/57 (location unknown). Identified by Olive Pink as "Yam flower? badly done"

Olive Pink

Working notes

Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles, newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written. No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks
Notes made while reading histories, reference books, articles,newspapers and various records, with notes of memoranda and queries, mostly roughly written.No.10 includes notes on schools, pages from statistical returns 1869, notes from the Glamorgan Council minutes 1860 - 1908 and some letters in answer to queries 1923 - 1928;No.5 includes an extract from the Hobart Town Courier 23 Jan. 1850, describing St. John's Church, Prossers Plains and its consecration (another copy is in No.8), part of the will of Robert Hepburn of Roys Hill, Fingal and rough notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries and accounts in the Mitchell Library; No. 7 consists of rough notes of events arranged chronologically, 1821 - 1921;
No. 9 includes a typescript article: ‘some notes on the history of Swansea and district’ (2 copies, uncorrected) c. 1930 -40, and notes from Dr. G.F. Storey's diaries (1867-68, 1873-4, 1876-7) and other papers at Kelvedon; No.8 includes rough notes on Buckland, Prossers Plains and Maria Island; Nos. 1 - 4 are merely small 'reminder' notebooks

Work Diaries & Notebooks

Notebooks noting time, labour, materials, miscellaneous notes, sometimes costing, some draft letters, etc. (most in old school exercise books).

  1. "Leeta May" (T.H. Spaulding), "Stanley", "Westward" 1917-1924
  2. "Marina" renamed "Miena" (Jones & Boxall), "Alice" renamed "Kintail" 1933-5
  3. "Alice M" ("Kintail"), "Iolanthe", "Gladys S"
  4. "Iolanthe" (R. Hickman) and repair of "Ventura" including costing details
  5. "Mistral III" (G. Rex), "Jean Nichols" (W. Nichols) c1940
  6. "Jean Nichols" c1940
  7. "Sir John Franklin" & other vessels 1941-1945
  8. "Derwent Hunter" (A.J. Drysdale) 1943-1945
  9. Proposed vessel for A.J. Drysdale (not built) 1946, 1949
  10. Rough notebook of measurements, no date, possibly for "Sir John Franklin"
  11. Notes of weights and measures, displacement, ballast, sail area

John Wilson

Wool shipment

Two letters to Alfred Harrap from Robert Brooks & Co., London, about wool consigned to them by Harrap for the executors of the late A. I. Horne - no improvement in prices owing to the large quantity of wool on the market, with bill of lading (in duplicate) and insurance policy (in duplicate).

Alfred Harrap & Son

Wool

Papers, 1826-1832 relating to wool and the transport of bales, one bale shipped to London 1832.

Andrew Downie

Wolfram & Scheelite

Correspondence relating to the production and sale of Tasmanian wolfram and scheelite for the production of tungsten metal and contract for sale to United Kingdom, some written by John Reynolds as Commerce Officer, Department of Agriculture & Industry . Dated 1939 to 1940

John Reynolds

William R. Deeble

Letter from William R. Deeble to Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmania, 27 September 1905, regarding employment prospects for Clark's son in the Tamanian Government Railways, and application form

William Hudson

Photograph of William Hudson aged 76 years, taken in 1881 at Greenwich

Thomas Edgar Burns

William Grubb

William Grubb

Framed caricature of William Grubb. Wood and coal merchant known to Hobart as Billy. A keen yachtsman and fisherman.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

William Gore Elliston Diary

Diary of William Gore Elliston 1829 - 1864 as transcribed by J.N.D. Harrison - consists of a typed carbon copy on flimsy paper

William Gore Elliston

Will of John Grant

Will of John Grant dated 10 Dec. 1825 also copy of will of John Grant of the firm of Bethune & Grant of Hobart, merchants, leaving £50 pa. to parents James and Margaret Grant of Nairn, North Britain all remaining property to brother James Grant who was to make provision for sisters Ann and Janet. Also bill for legal fees for probate due to George Cartwright 1826-1827.

John Grant

Wild Orange

Wild Orange

Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, at Barrow Creek, 1949. Identified by Olive Pink as Wild Orange. "pale lemon petal and stamens green end to pistil - bright green leaves of leathery texture"

Olive Pink

Whitewood (Tallow wood)

Whitewood (Tallow wood)

Coloured pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Whitewood ( Tallow wood)

Olive Pink

Wedding photograph

Photograph of the wedding between Lawrence John Hayns and Mary Margaret Hayns (nee Crane).

Lawrence John Hayns

Wedding group

Photograph of a group of people from the Hayns wedding, none of them are named

Lawrence John Hayns

Wauba Debar's grave

Newpaper cutting from the Mercury newspaper about Wauba Debar's grave at Bicheno Tasmania. Article includes image of the grave of Wauba Debar (1792–1832) a female Aboriginal Tasmanian.

Wauba Debar

Watsonia

Watsonia

Pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Edwards Creek, South Australia, 25/7/30 "near cottages". Identified by Olive Pink as Watsonia

Olive Pink

Warra Warra

Warra Warra

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Horseshoe Bend, Central Australia 13/9/30. "and Rodinga" Identified by Olive Pink as Warra Warra (3ft high in places and many on one plant) 6-5-1a drawn on other side of paper

Olive Pink

War and peace

Articles on financing the war, effects of war on industry and standard of living, notice of "Peace Celebration" in Bushy Park Hall 1919.

William Ebenezer Shoobridge

Wahlenbergia gracilis

Wahlenbergia gracilis

Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Northern Territory, 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as Wahlenbergia gracilis

Olive Pink

W. Watchorn

W. Watchorn

Framed caricature of W. Watchorn, merchant, Elizabeth St., Hobart. Senior partner in the firm of Watchorn Bros.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

W. N. Hurst Correspondence

W. N. Hurst 1920 -1923 Answers to queries on early land grants etc., some in answer to Robertson's correspondence in the Critic under the pseudonym "Antil".

William Graham Robertson

W. Morrow, A.R.U.

File of press cuttings relating to expulsion of W. Morrow, Secretary of Australian Railways Union from Labor Party, and notes prepared for Premier, A.G. Ogilvie. Dated 1938-1939

Robert Cosgrove

W. Morling

W. Morling

Framed caricature of W. Morling. He hired boats at the Bellerive ferry.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

W. Baker

W. Baker

Framed caricature of W. Baker, a senior official in the Public Works Department.

Thomas Claude Wade Midwood

W. C. Piguenit Reproductions 1892

Photographic reproductions of sketches by W. C. Piguenit published in Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science held a Hobart Tasmania J. 1892., including Murchison Valley, King William Range, Hell's Gates, Mount King William, Mount Gell.

Visits to U.K.

Visits to U.K. 1949, 1953. Photographs of Robert and Gertrude Cosgrove on their visit to London in 1949, when Dame Gertrude received the D.B.E., including: arrival, Air Force Group, receptions, Reading's thanks for food parcels distributed to the town in 1948 and 1949, reception for "Miss Australia" visit to Metro-Vickers Electrical at Manchester (37-48); visit to Glasgow for launching of the "Merino" (49-56); visit to English Electric Stafford Works (57-67); Hendry Bros., Engineers, London (R. Cosgrove looking at school desks and chairs 68-71); also departure by 'plane and on board "Strathair", Melbourne (April 1949) and in London (? Coronation visit 1953 76-7).

Robert Cosgrove

Visitors book

1 cream coloured book with gold inscription printed on cover: Visitors.
Inscription on inside cover: To Margaret, With love from Eleanor. June 12th, 1975.
From 13-6-75 to 23rd April 1977.
3 inscriptions at the back: 2 messages from special German Friends, Werner & Paula Arnuade (Christmas 1976, and 84th birthday); and 'The Tree of Life' from the English Friend 11.5.75.

Margaret Sturge Watts

Visitors book

1 cream coloured book with gold inscription printed on cover: Visitors.
Inscription on inside cover: 1977. To Margaret, With loving wishes from Gladys Allen, Pontefract Yorks: for 12.6.77.
From 25.4.77 to 1st May 1978.
The last entry reads: Margaret conveyed by Ambulance to St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst. Her brother Joe Thorp went with her - she was seen by her Doctor (Dr Green) this morning, who wisely arranged for her to go to hospital. She has a Cerebral Vascular accident, ie possibly a cerebral embolism or thrombosis or haemorrhage. This looks like the last chapter of a very wonderful & useful life. JHT

Margaret Sturge Watts

Visitors book

1 maroon book with gold inscription printed on cover: Guests.
Inscription on inside cover: Margaret Watts 1/9 Greenknowe Ave, Potts Pt 2011 Sydney N.S.W. Tel. 358-2403. Christmas gift from my brother Joe .. 1971.
From 10/4/72 to June 12th 1975.

Margaret Sturge Watts

Visitors book

1 brown paper-covered book (cover detached from spine).
Inscription on cover: Visitors Book, very special. Margaret Watts. Oct 1920 to 1972.
Includes names and addresses; photos; newspaper cuttings.
From Oct 19 1920 to 9th April 1972.

Margaret Sturge Watts

View outside gate

View outside gate

Black and white photograph of view outside of the gate at Olive Pinks flat in Ferntree, Hobart, Tasmania

Olive Pink

Vetch - Swainsona

Vetch - Swainsona

Pencil, some coloured on card, sketched by Olive Pink "from" Meadows, South Australia 20/7/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Vetch - Swainsona

Olive Pink

Verse for Children

Correspondence with agent and publishers, drafts etc., including: "Green Dragon", "Hannibals Animals", "Strange goings on" and Collected Verse.

Clive Sansom

Valuation Roll

Noting description and situation of the property, name and residence of 'occupier', name and residence of the proprietor, area, value. Signed as passed by Edwin Carr Shaw, chairman, 19 June 1865, marked 'chairman's copy'. Pages
925-930 from Hobart Town Gazette 23 May 1865 : Glamorgan Council

Unpublished poems

Poems not published in book form (adult) collected by Ruth Sansom for possible selection for publication, including early poems, "Tasmanian Scene" (or "Hawks"), etc. Also proof of "Going, Going" (published in Young Winter's Tales 4) and letter.

Clive Sansom

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