Diary of a trip from Brisbane to the Gulf of Carpentaria aboard the S.S. Wandana, June-July 1938.
Includes photographs, drawings and press clippings.

Kept by Oswald Bloxsome on his voyage in the "Florentia" sailing vessel in 1838 to Australia with his wife and son , 4th April 1838 to 3rd Aug. 1838.

Diary records a sea voyage round the world, including a stay in North America.

Diary of sea voyages in the' Warrior' from Plymouth to Lisbon, 1853 Aug 5 - Dec. 12; and the 'Africa' from Mersey River to Australia, 1854 Apr - July 5, stopping short of arrival in Australia.
4 notebooks bound into one volume, some blank pages cut out.
Handwritten.

Shipboard diary of a young English lady, describing the social interaction, entertainments, and weather during the voyage. Last 3 pages of diary : poems 'sent to Frances from Blanche, Toowoomba'.

Typescript. Description of journey on board the City of Brisbane which sailed from Plymouth on 26 February 1862 and arrived in Brisbane on 2 July 1862. There were 360 immigrants on board who were addressed before leaving by H. Gordon Esq. Describes living conditions, weather, meetings with other ships, volunteer duties, marine and bird life. The writer, John Thomas, and his brother Richard, left the City of Brisbane after it's arrival in Brisbane. According to the diary, from 4 July, "J.J. Brown, R. & J., John Thompson, Bull & S. Lawn" and a guide went on horseback to the Pine River. Richard and John Thomas purchased a lot situated at the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve on 14 July 1862, which coincides with the details in the diary. Richard Thomas (1840-1922) and John Thomas (1841-1927) were children of Hannah Blossom and George Thomas who lived in Union Terrace, Yorkshire. The source of this diary is unknown.

Log of voyages made as master of various ships to and from England and the Americas, Hong Kong and Melbourne.

"The Delessert manuscript" accompanied an exhibition of the bound manuscript "Voyages l'Oceanie en 1844, 1845" by Eugene Delessert. The manuscript was exhibited at the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Qld., 2001.
The Fryer Memorial Library lent the work "Voyages dans les deux oceans Atlantique et Pacifique 1844 a 1847" for the exhibition.

Original typed manuscript of the author's first book, originally published in Sydney by Angus & Robertson in 1933.
Includes a title-page, 3 leaves of contents containing 37 chapters, a preface page, 424 single-sided leaves of typescript, and an original mounted photograph of the author[?] and others beside a 1930s automobile. Also the bookplates of Francis Clune, N. [Noel] Pearson, and Murray Henry tipped-in.