ARTICLE: ALL ABOUT OLIVE

ABC LOCAL RADIO

"Playwright and actress Natasha Raja dyed her hair grey to play notorious anthropologist and activist Olive Pink in new play The First Garden. A small sacrifice, she says, to play the extraordinary Miss Pink"... Article by Emma Sleath, ABC Local Radio Alice Springs.

REVIEW: THE FIRST GARDEN

ALICE SPRINGS NEWS ONLINE

"The audience sat facing south and it was so lovely it would almost have been alright for nothing more to happen. But then Miss Pink, played by Natasha Raja, appeared over the hill, triumphantly carrying a dead perentie. She cried out excitedly to a man we couldn’t see, speaking partly in English, partly in an Aboriginal language. He replied sternly, angrily, telling her she has spoken of things she should not have: she must go, she is no longer welcome..." Review by Kieran Finnane

ARTICLE: REPLANTING MISS PINK

ALICE ONLINE

"Brilliantly conceived, beautifully acted and directed, and written with love and care, The First Garden was arguably the stand-out feature of this year’s Alice Desert Festival. It was an inspired idea to plant a play about Olive Pink in the garden she nurtured with her own hands...." Dave Richards discusses the production and its historical context.

ARTICLE: WAS SHE THE FIERCEST WHITE WOMAN IN CAPTIVITY?

ALICE ONLINE

Article by Dave Richards about the historical figure Olive Pink. Originally published in HQ Magazine in 1997.

AUDIO: SHADES OF PINK

ALICE ONLINE

Acquaintances and friends remember Olive Pink. Produced by Dave Richards for the Olive Pink Botanic Garden.

REVIEW: A FESTIVAL LIKE ALICE 1

AEROHAVENO, A TRAVEL BLOG

Tim Richards reviews the Alice Desert Festival, including the play The First Garden at the Olive Pink Botanical Gardens.

ALICE SPRINGS TRAILBLAZER OLIVE PINK REMEMBERED ON STAGE

7.30 NT, ABC, 15 MARCH 2013

'The First Garden' a play inspired by the life of Olive Pink is performed in Sydney.

SUNDAY PERFORMER - "THE FIRST GARDEN: STORY OF OLIVE PINK"

702 ABC SYDNEY, 28 FEBRUARY 2013

Botanical illustrator, anthropologist, environmentalist and trailblazing Aboriginal rights activist Olive Pink is the subject of a play by Chris and Natasha Raja.

AUDIO: OLIVE PINK ON STAGE

ABC RADIO NATIONAL, 23 AUGUST 2012

Christopher and Natasha Raja talk to Radio National about their play, The First Garden.