Framed caricature of John Turner, father of J.G. Turner and grandfather of Col. Turner. In the early days of Hobart he had a woodyard on the land in front of Parliament House. It was then the Customs House.
Pencil and watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Tortanga Quatcha, Macdonnel Range, Northern Territory, 26/11/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Jonidium
Cover photograph from Joe Brown's autobiographical account of racing and broadcasting (radio and television) 1947-1981, in Melbourne. Published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1984. Includes photographs, racing statistics and appendices (short articles on Warrnambool racecourse, Phar Lap, Moonee Valley centenary)
Colour photograph shows Australian K1 champion Jonathan Males, a Tasmanian paddler competing at Bradys Lake slalom course, watched by several spectators on a bridge above and alongside the course. The course on Woodwards Canal, a man-made water course carved between Bradys Lake and Bronte Lagoon by the Hydro Electric Commission during construction of a hydro-electric power scheme
The image appears on a printed playing card (7 of Spades) with legend in text at the bottom. The cards were part of a tourism promotion campaign by the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association, printed and distributed just after the Great War (World War I).
Large display of advertising material including items from J.Walch and Sons, posters promoting shoe week, various coats of arms, Bournville Cocoa, Port Huon and Cygnet apples and Frigidaire refrigerators
One small black and white photograph of Library workroom at Domain House taken in November 1960. Staff identified as M. McClymont, Dr. Wojtowitz, Mr S. Flood
Watercolour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink at Horseshoe Bend, Central Australia, 1930. Identified by Olive Pink as Lidiosus glaucifolius (?)
Black-and-white photograph depicts police officer standing in middle of Liverpool Street, Hobart, with YMCA and J.W. Toplis Pharmaceutical Chemist listed as tenants of the corner building.
Colour photograph shows a crane being used to load up a semi-trailer to carry logs from the Florentine Valley. inscription on driver's door reads, L.J. Reynolds, HAULAGE CONTRACTOR, Maydena, Phone 217
Cases of Tasmanian apples being loaded on board a ship, with a man driving a wagon with packing cases stamped with the number 393. A cyclist is riding past on the wharf with a ship moored nearby.
Group of people loading or unloading luggage from the rear boot of vehicles parked in the car park at Hobart Aerodrome. Building site and an aircraft parked on tarmac visible in background.
Colour photograph of black locomotive, shunting a rail car in unidentified rail yard, boiler design has a light, a low-profile front funnel, then two steam domes atop the centre of the locomotive boiler.
Colour photograph shows two C Class steam locomotives with red livery, at Western Junction station, figures on platform, people in background taking photographs
Colour photograph shows a crane being used to load logs on a semi-trailer in the Florentine Valley. Inscription on driver's door reads L.J. Reynolds, HAULAGE CONTRACTOR, Maydena, Phone 217. Visible at lower left of image are people in street or travelling clothes on an outing to view timber workers in the bush
Black-and-white photograph of construction of cell room extension at E.Z. Co. Zinc Works at Risdon. Large sign reading “SAFETY” is mounted at ground level.
Pencil and coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Darwin, Northern Territory 27/10/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Loranthus amplexans, Mistletoe
Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Jay Creek, Northern Territory 27/12/30. Identified by Olive Pink as Loranthus miguelii "veins in leaves lighter and more yellow than leaf - flowers bright red"
An aerial colour photograph shows distinctive shelter belts around cultivated hop fields alongside River Derwent at Bushy Park, Glenora and Macquarie Plains. Long shadows being cast from the low sun to the west
