Diaries, newspaper clippings 1892-1934, official and private correspondence, photographs, records, Prizewinners' list from Ipswich Grammar School, financial papers, invitations and programmes; inter-departmental memoranda from period as Under-Secretary for Home Affairs and Protector of Aborigines; manager and inspector list from Bank of New South Wales, mining and share prospectuses, reports and circulars; notes on Queensland and Australian history.
Bulk of papers 1880-1938.

Probably written by William James Gall.
Accompanied by: 'The old days', parts 2-3, written by Hill and clipped from 'The Daily Mail', 1922 Jan.

Letters relate to Gaden's life, particularly his exploring trip with Dr. Wilkin circa 1854; Gaden's sister, C. Davidson, also speaks of her husband's adventures in north Queensland in the 1880s.

Letter concerns early residents of the Gregory River and Burketown districts, including G. Phillips and R. Edkins.

Letters (16) 1922-1928 to W.J. Gall re: collecting of Australiana; 1923 Apr 18 re: Hume's search for Leichhardt expedition, 1924 Apr 1, 10 re: death of A. Meston, proposed bibliography of his works; 1928 Dec 31 re: demonstration at the Italian Consulate in Innisfail.
Also 2 letters to Steve [nephew], 1959, re: William Gall's collection of books and papers. Also includes 2 letters [1965 17 Aug, 1 Nov] to Cecil Hadgraft re: papers of A.G. Stephens.

Letter concerns George Phillips, surveyor with the Lands Department from 1865, who accompanied explorer William Landsborough in an expedition from Bowen Downs.

2 letters (one typescript, one handwritten) regarding author's father, A.J. Richardson; Jardine brothers, Gaden family and J.G. MacDonald.

Concerns the 'Gatton murders' of 1898 and Archibald Meston's interpretation of events.
Accompanied by second letter, 1922 Nov 4, to W. J. Gall.

Letter 1923 Jan 12 to W.J. Gall re: books and papers relating to his father, Robert Logan Jack; also origin of place-name Almaden, Queensland.