Photographs of military subjects.

Programmes, menus and fixture cards relating to Rugby Union tours in New South Wales and New Zealand in which Fred Nicholson played for Queensland and Australia.

Folder containing assorted personal papers of Alexander Rose Macdonald, including handwritten notes on North Queensland, newspaper cuttings relating to his career, correspondence, a sketch map of plantations and mills in Mackay dated 1887, reports on the Pacific Islanders' Fund and Hospitals dated 1888, copy will and 2 obituaries. One letter dated December 1903 appears to be a copy in the hand of Nancy Armitage.

Letters written by James Macdonald to his parents Alexander Rose Macdonald and Nancy Macdonald between 3 January 1915 and 29 May 1917 while on active duty as a member of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I.

Correspondence, several versions of an article entitled 'Notes on the European War from embarkation' by Alistair Macdonald, and commission as an Honorary Lieutenant.

Photographic reprints of historical portraits of family members.

Photographic negatives and reprints of family properties including Lota House and Bluff Downs and historical portraits of family members.

Correspondence, medal two maps of France and a newspaper cutting relating to presentation to Jim Macdonald prior to leaving for the front.

Materials relating to the continued memorialisation of James Macdonald after his death including correspondence; 2 copies of a stab-sewn booklet entitled In Memoriam: Captain James Shaw Rose Macdonald; Thanksgiving Sunday 1919 order of service; Brisbane Grammar School booklet Memorial in honour of the Volunteers in the Great War; newspaper cutting; guide to Dickiebusch New Military Cemetary issued by the Imperial War Graves Commission; photographs and negatives. The latter part of the file relates to Michael White's enquiries as to the location of James Macdonald's grave and images of poppies placed on the grave each ANZAC Day.

5 items of correspondence by Alistair Macdonald.