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continued agitating for reform via extensive correspondence.During this period she heard reports of poor conditions in the Alice
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the leaves of 'Mr Marsh' were bright and green or 'Mr
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Springs and suffering financial difficulties she lived in huts and a tent on the outskirts of the town and living off the proceeds of her home grown fruit and flowers and exhibitions of her artwork at the museum she established at her home. She also worked at the local courthouse and
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Aboriginal section of the cemetery. Pink was also buried, according to her instructions, with her gravestone facing west (opposite to others buried there), toward Mount Gillen which she loved.
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pastoralists, making uncompromising demands and constantly badgering politicians. In 1938 she sought help from the Sheetmetal Workers' Union, an organisation with communist ties, which resulted in her being investigated by
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