Diary of a trip up Sepik River to Yellow River, a tributary four hundred miles from mouth, Ormildah Oil Company, January 30 1925.

Diaries of trips into interior of New Guinea, prospecting and recruiting native labour.

567 photographs of Papua New Guinea (including Sepik River, Hermit Islands, Marienberg Mission, Central Mountains, Yuat River Warrior, Maramuni River Area and Maron); also photographs of Brisbane 1912-1914. Handwritten descriptive notes by John Murphy on back of Papua New Guinea photographs.

50 black and white photographs of Papua New Guinea, depicting landscapes, aeroplanes and airstrips, goldmines and indigenous people. Places depicted include Rabaul, Salamaua, Wau, Lae, Bulolo, Durantina, and Watut. Photographs taken by R.N. Wilson; handwritten identifying notes on the back of each.