Photocopies of correspondence with relatives in England and New Zealand.

Journal of a voyage to Port Phillip on the sailing ship Hooghly, 29 July to 27 Dec 1848.
Janet Richardson came to join her father at Camperdown with her brother James and sister Anne. Accompanied by notes (2 l.) about the family who later settled at Burrumbeep which adjoined Gorrinn in Ararat.

Photocopy of typescript copy of the Australian diary of the Rev. Benjamin Glennie, January 16th, 1848 to 30th September, 1860. Original in possession of Mr. John McInnes. Note on title page: To be given to the Oxley Library on my death / E. Walker, 25.12.41.

Handwritten album containing photographs, cards, sketches, and verse.

Photocopies of correspondence 1849-1851 with Charles Sturt and South Australian officials on exploration and surveying of new areas. Letters, documents, cuttings of biographical interest compiled 1963-1967 by C. Hadgraft. Letters from V. Sinnett on family matters. Letter 1963 from Hans Mincham to Hadgraft.

Minutes and reports of the Queensland Place Names Board 1967-68; minutes and related correspondence of the Oxley Library Advisory Committee 1967-69; material relating to the Australian Dictionary of Biography; typescripts; lecture notes; newspaper clippings. Collection reflects author's academic interests; board responsibilities; and research into the history of Queensland, local government and labor politics.

Address: Church Street, Camperdown. Entries mainly record passing of legislation, legal decisions, in Queensland and Victoria as well as New South Wales. Some references to New Zealand.

Research material relating histories of the Duckett White, the Macdonald, the Nicholson and the Morisset families.

This series contains material such as theatre programs, concert notes, invitations and ephemeral items relating to Australian theatres.