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

Watercolour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, various dates, 1943. Page of sketch book

Coloured pencil on blue card sketched by Olive Pink, T.R.H (Thompsons Rock Hole), 1942. Not identified by Olive Pink. "Has black berries with russ (waxy) calex later, grows from a few feet to 5ft high - creamy blossom and stamens"

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Not identified by Olive Pink. "Don't know name - small low plant and tall ones too. Very difficult so frail in texture and transparent paperish that the light shine through. They come out at dusk and look lovely ( 5 petals) stamens the same colour as petals with deeper knobs of pollen"

Pencil on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Described by Olive Pink as "light green stems dark green leaves almost lemon yellow at joints" (drawn on the back of P6-15-13a)

Watercolour on card sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Sturt Bean Tree blossoms and Crimson chat (Leach)

Water colour and pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 16/12/42. Described by Olive Pink as " aboriginal name Nulyubi (vine) don't know whites name - a very strong vine - the aboriginies use in place of string - twine - dull surface, berries".

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

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

Watercolour on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 1943. Identified by Olive Pink as Lavender (coloured) bush in spinifex country

Water colour and pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 16/7/45. Identified by Olive Pink as Evening Primrose "Yuggilli Burinyu". Has unidentified sketch on the verso P6-15-18b

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, 9/10/42. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree. (Erythrina vespertilio) "flowers point upwards - this branch was growing like this (a la Japanese print I thought!)"

Coloured pencil on paper sketched by Olive Pink, Thompsons Rock Hole, 27/8/42. Described by Olive Pink as " I call this hybiscus but I think the whites here call it the Desert Rose ( a silly name !). Fully open blossom - the effect is very papery and slightly more mauve ( in parts) than I have it - buds lovely, rosey and like quince blossom buds rather".

Pencil on card. Sketched by Olive Pink at Thompsons Rockhole 22/11/43. Identified by Olive Pink as Bean Tree.