The Carlin Family Papers contain the correspondence of Sarah Carlin (nee Brooke) and her husband Frederick Benjamin Carlin, their daughter Ethel Maud 'Nettie' Darling and her daughter Mary 'Molly' Flewell-Smith. The papers were collected together by Oriel C. Morris, the daughter of Mary Flewell-Smith.
The earliest correspondence contained here are letters from friends and family received by Sarah Brooke before her marriage to Frederick Benjamin Carlin. The Carlins emigrated to South Australia in ca. 1849 and the correspondence contains letters written and received by them and from their families in England, including letters Sarah Carlin sent to her parents William and Dinah Brooke. The papers also contain letters received by the Carlins daughter Ethel Maud 'Nettie' Darling (nee Carlin). This includes letters from her husband Charles Alfred Darling and her daughter Mary Ethel Carlin 'Molly' Flewell-Smith (nee Darling) . There is also some genealogical material compiled by Oriel Morris (nee Flewell-Smith) tracing the Carlin (1792-1850) ; The papers also contain a couple of unidentified photographs, Masonic membership certificates from London as well as a facsimile issue of the 'London Post' from 1745.

Minute books, correspondence, annual reports, financial records including cash books, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, scrapbooks. Includes records of:

1. Newspapers in which the Andrew Dunn acquired a controlling interest, 1887 - 1973.
2. Dunn Family businesses, 1929 - 1968.
3. Associated Press of Queensland, 1910 - 1916.
4. Queensland Provincial Newspapers, 1937 - 1953
5. Queensland Country Press Association 1910 - 1943.
6. Queensland Country Press Ltd. 1914 - 1975.
7. Regional Dailies of Australia (Qld Div.), previously Australian Provincial Daily Press Ltd (Qld Division) and Associated Dailies Information Service, 1953 - 1983.
8. Provincial Newspapers (Qld) Ltd, 1968 - 1989.
9. Newspapers acquired by PNQ, 1958 - 1975.
10. Regional News Service, 1975 - 1982.
11. Historical research papers, 1956 - ca. 1980.

The collection contains material relating to Queensland Country Press and in particular the Dunn family of Maryborough, Rockhampton and Toowoomba who initially traded as A. Dunn and Family and were incorporated in 1957 as A. Dunn and Company Pty. Ltd. They were substantial shareholders in Provincial Newspapers (Qld.) Ltd. which controlled nine regional daily newspapers.

Press cuttings, typescript articles, reports, pamphlets, periodicals. 10 boxes contain material relating to the development of self-government in Papua New Guinea. 3 boxes contain material relating to left-wing politics and the student protest movement in Brisbane in the early 1970's.

Photographs, diaries, correspondence, maps, journals, publications, annual reports, typescripts, articles relating to Papua New Guinea by Arthur Lyons, John Murphy, Daphne Winnifred Lyons, and others.

Collection reflects the work of both Max and Thelma Afford, particularly from the early 1930s to the late 1950s. Personal and business correspondence (Max Afford : 1939-1966; Thelma Afford : 1930-1987). Drafts, typescripts and recordings from Max Afford's work for stage and radio. Transcript of interview, "Conversation with Thelma Afford" by Hazel De Berg. Typescript "Adelaide, little theatres of the 1930s and their visionaries" by Thelma Afford. Press books of Max Afford (1929-1936, 1936-1954). Albums of costume designs by Thelma Afford for the Minerva Theatre (1946-1949) and Sydney theatres and television (1938-1958). Family photograph album of Thelma Afford, with images of her early life in Broken Hill and Adelaide, and with Max Afford. Press material relating to Sesquicentenary parades costumed by Thelma Afford.

Correspondence dealing with the history of the mineral sands industry (1976-1980) and with University of Queensland Press (1980-1981); general correspondence, typescript drafts and galley proofs of "Black sands"; transcripts of talks given by Ian Morley (1977-1978); photographs, sound recordings, transcripts of sound recordings, mineral samples; newspaper cuttings; card file; personal papers including curriculum vitae 1975, 1979, 1982; research material for Black sands: a history of the minerals and mining industry in eastern Australia.

The collection is comprised of press clippings, letters, postcards, catalogues, drawings, photographs, and personal papers. Photographs and negatives taken by Mobsby include: the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908; the visit of Duke and Duchess of York to Brisbane in 1927; Fireworks of the 1901 Federation Celebration; aerial photographs of Brisbane; the British Empire Exhibition 1924 to 1925; and Australian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition; photographs while working for the Intelligence and Tourist Bureau (Brisbane) of 'Queensland views of Rosewood and Stanley Districts' from 1908 and 'Queensland views of Central District' from 1980

Membership records, minutes, reports, newsletter, correspondence, bank statement, publications, proposed constitution, annual report, cheque book.

This collection has typescript and handwritten drafts, notes and research material relating to published works and also to a wide range of literary projects mostly undertaken during the later part of Hill's writing career, from 1945 onwards. These unpublished works cover a variety of genres: novels, plays, descriptive writing and scripts for radio, television and film. Included are drafts and research material related to 'Johnnie Wisecap', 'The Coast of the Holy Ghost', 'Zodiac Road / Blanked over the moon', 'Women of Australia', 'Grand Kangaroo', 'Mother of Pearl'. There is material on the life of Daisy Bates, and plans for a film based on her life; personal correspondence, and two complete unpublished novels.

There are 3,156 photographs, some prints, some negatives, reflecting very large collection of photographs taken by Hill during her many long tours of outback Australia, from the early 1930s and cover all aspects of Northern, Western and outback Australia: flora and fauna, scenery, missions, homestead life, coastal scenes and shipping, traditional industries such as fishing, droving, pearling and sugar farming, mining, camel transport, dwellings, cemeteries, and public buildings. There is pictorial material relating to the life and customs of Aboriginal Australians in all areas of Australia.

Includes minutes of meetings, agenda papers, annual balance sheets, reports to conferences and minute books.