Olive Muriel Pink b. 1884

  • Artist (Painter)
Pink was an artist with training at the Hobart Technical College and the Julian Ashton School, Sydney. Working from a base in the Northern Territory, she was an Aboriginal-rights activist, teacher, anthropologist and gardener. Her wild flower paintings were displayed in her home outside of Alice Springs

Citations

  • Julie Marcus (1 January 2002), 'Pink, Olive Muriel (1884–1975)’.

    http://www.adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pink-olive-muriel-11428

  • Julie Marcus (1 January 2001), 'The Indomitable Miss Pink. A life in anthropology’.

  • Marcus, Julie (2002), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, [Ritchie, J. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (2001), 'A Passion for Truth’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists