Olive Pink Botanic Garden, which specializes in plants of the desert zone of Australia, spread over an area of ​​16 hectares in Alice Springs. The garden was created in 1956 as the Reserve Plant desert areas of Australia as a result of many years of effort anthropologist and a fighter for the rights of Aboriginal Muriel Miss Olive Pink, became the first curator of the garden.

The Botanical Garden is part of the impressive Royal area of ​​land stretching to the east of the Todd River to the southern borders of the Central Business District, Alice Springs. Until 1956, this was a no-man's-land. There were grazing wild goats, rabbits and cattle, which significantly changed the nature of the vegetation - as Miss P! Nk took over the place, there were no trees, no shrubs.

For two decades, Miss Pink and her assistants from the indigenous inhabitants desperately fought arid natural conditions and an almost complete lack of funding. Together, they have planted trees and shrubs are typical of central Australia, as well as cacti, garden flowers and other plants that can withstand extreme summer temperatures.

After the death of Miss Pink in 1975, the reserve was placed under control of the Government of the Northern Territory, which decided to continue the work enthusiast. In the garden was built a network of hiking trails, visitor center was built, the river planted eucalyptus, acacia and other trees. Here it was arranged well and recreated an ecosystem of sand dunes.

In 1985, the garden was named its founder, was opened to the public. Ten years later, he was listed as a national heritage of Australia.