Locks' Press was established in 1979 in Brisbane, Australia. It was a private press, owned and operated by Fred and Margaret Lock. In 1978 Fred and Margaret Lock moved to Ontario. Margaret Lock illustrated most of their work. The Press ceased book publication after 2000, though it continued to produce broadsies until 2013 when it ceased operations and the Locks' moved to England. Frederick Peter Lock was born on 2 October 1948 in London. Margaret Helen Capper was born in 1950 in Canada. They married in 1974. Fred Lock worked at the University of Queensland from 1974 to 1988.

The Supreme Court of Queensland was established in 1859 when the colony of Queensland was established. It is the highest court in Queensland, comprising a Trial Division and the Court of Appeal.

On January 1 2001 The Queensland Theatre Orchestra combined with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra to create The Queensland Orchestra.

Established in 1861 by the Sisters of Mercy, All Hallows' School is the oldest secondary school in Queensland. It stands on its original site on Ann Street in Brisbane. It has been a single-sex school for girls since its founding.

Previously known as Department of History and Political Science.

The Parliament of New South Wales is the law-making body for the State of New South Wales, Australia.

The Half Dozen Group of Artists was founded in 1941 by Lilian Pedersen, Mona Elliott, Frank Sherrin, Len Shillam, Ann Ross and Rosalie Wilson as a group of professional artists whose aim was ‘to enlarge and add to the art interest of Brisbane’ (Minute Book, 1941). Since 1941 the group has held annual art exhibitions. In 1951, it established the LJ Harvey Memorial Prize, which was administered by the Queensland Art Gallery until 1987. As well as the founding members, other past members have included Irene Amos, Vincent Brown, Nutter Buzzacott, Betty Churcher, Roy Churcher, Margaret Cilento, Donald Friend, Cyril Gibbs, Melville Haysom, L J Harvey, Vida Lahey, Kenneth Macqueen, Daphne Mayo, Jon Molvig, Mervin Moriarty, Margaret Olley, Margaret Preston, Lloyd Rees, John Rigby, William Robinson, Kathleen Shillam, James Wieneke. Since 1975 the group has offered untutored and tutored workshops to its members. Through the 1980s and early 1990s the focus of the group gradually changed to become an association of largely self-taught amateur artists. Members of the Half Dozen Group were also active in the Arts Council of Australia (Queensland Division), and a few records contained in this collection, dating from 1952 to 1960, relate to this group.