Drawings drawn by Birrell: [Item 1] New Post Office, Scotsdale, Tasmania 1948 ; [Item 2] Royal Visit 1952 Decorations ; [Item 3] Project No. 582. Section Office Bld. No. 61 ; [Item 4] Commonwealth Serum Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria 1954.

Student work of James Birrell while studying at Melbourne University , as a fourth year student in 1950 and fifth year in 1951. Includes: Living quarters for old people ; Lighthouse and coastguard station ; St Judes Church of England, Carlton, Victoria ; Multistory city building ; Factory Unit ; Dairy buildings on a farm at Nar Nar Goon ; Streatham District Hospital ; City Bus Terminal ; Collins Street premises for a diamond dealer ; Road sign at the Haymarket ; Post office building, North Essendon ; Tomorrows house ; Open air theatre ; Himalayan trade bridge ; Sketchbook of notable architecture in Britain and France.

Details for drawers, Title block indicates plan drawn by Northstate Engineering; pencil line drawing on tracing paper; undated.

[Crawl spaces in ceiling of Proposed New Dental School at St. Lucia]; Title block client name is The University of Queensland, Architect is J.P. Birrell (University Architect), ink drawing on tracing paper; untitled; undated; handwritten pencil annotations.

[Site plan with contours for Proposed New Dental School at St. Lucia]; no title block; author unknown; ink drawing on tracing paper; untitled; undated.