Short stories.
Partly autobiographical.
Also notes and correspondence relating to them.

Film scenario.
Accompanied by index card containing descriptive notes by Richard Fotheringham.

Poem.

One leaflet with text in English on one side and Dutch on the other. Above both headings is Japanese script. The translated script says 'To Allied Army prisoners' . After the Japanese Government surrendered in 1945, the leaflets were air dropped by the United States for Prisoners of War in Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere. Until the prisoners could be evacuated by Allied Nation forces, supplies of food, clothing and medicines were air-dropped. The leaflets, dropped prior to the first of the supplies, included details of bundle markings, contents and allowances per man, instructions for feeding 100 men, and a cautionary note to not overeat or overmedicate.

Printed sheet music.
With words and music of 'Sweet Hawaiian sands' by Jack O'Hagan.

Letter 1908 Nov. 23 : author compliments Sir Edward Hutton on his remarks on a lecture by General Baden-Powell and his stand on the issue of Territorial force. Letter 1908 Dec.5 : author thanks Sir Edward Hutton for loan of a book and describes his own company's work in the Territorial scheme.

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'.

Four-act drama adapted from author's novel of the same name.
First performed at Grand Opera House, St. Louis 27.3.1895; Lyric, London, 4.1.1896; Her Majesty's, Sydney, 8.5.1897.

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.

The record is in columned form with typescript headings : Date, Name of manuscript, Where sent, Accepted or rejected, Date, Payment. The record is in 2 sequences : Manuscripts sent to literary magazines and publishers, and Manuscripts sent to broadcasters (chiefly ABC, ABC TV, and two to BBC).