Special Achievements

• A pastoral matriach from Woodgreen Station, Adele was the first person to donate a box of papers to the Alice Springs office of the Northern Territory Archives when it opened in 2003.  Founder of the Northern Territory branch of the National Trust.  A music teacher and keen local historian.

Link - Mr. Bob and Mrs. Adele Purvis

Territory Stories

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Link - Getting history out of Pandora’s box

Alice Online

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Link - Ignoring history costs us dearly

Alice Springs News

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Image - Mr. Bob and Mrs. Adele Purvis

There is no date on the photograph. The Northern Territory Library believes it is pre-1955.

Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection, Northern Territory Library, PH00950353, Mr. Bob and Mrs. Adele Purvis.