Additional Information
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.
Resources
Link - Mr. Bob and Mrs. Adele Purvis
Territory Stories
Link - Getting history out of Pandora’s box
Alice Online
Link - Ignoring history costs us dearly
Alice Springs News
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.