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.

Letter 8 July 1862 to [A.C.] Gregory introducing Mr. Maclaren.
Also letter dated 29 Sept 1941 to Mr. Pennington [James Forsyth Librarian] from Mrs. E.J. Burrell, previous owner of Bowen's letter.

Handwritten exercise book. Inside front cover: Garibaldi Lodge, Sandy Creek, Tarnagulla. Accompanied by small booklet entitled, Bye-laws of the Castlemaine district of the Manchester Unity I.O.O.F., 1853.

A weekly journal (incomplete) written on board the ship Fusilier, from 14th May 1864 to 20th August 1864. The Captain of the Fusilier was C.D.B. Carvosso.

Diary of Robert Henderson while working as a shepherd on the Darling Downs, near Dalby.

Covers the following dates : August 6, 13, 20, 27, September 3, 10, 17, 24, 1864. Periodical created for 'amusement' of passengers on board the Queen of the Colonies. Includes an abstract of the ship's log.
Accompanied by 2 leaves photocopied from 'The Presbyterian Outlook', 1931 March 1 : about Mrs J.S. Kerr (nee McLeod), who came to Brisbane with her family on the Queen of the Colonies in 1864.

Reports 1864 from John Jardine, Police Magistrate at Somerset, Queensland to the Colonial Secretary, Brisbane. Contents: 6 Sep on formation of the new settlement, enclosing copies of letters; 31 Dec. with return of issues and sale of rations.

Diary of a voyage from Glasgow to Moreton Bay. Entries continue in irregular fashion till 1864, when he was working at Gayndah.

Letter reports author's arrival in Rockhampton and execution of instructions re road surveys.
Author could be A.C. Macmillan, but draft appears to be in a different hand.

Performances of Gounod's Faust, Meyerbeer's Les Hugenots [sic], Bellini's La Sonnambula.
Artistes : Mme Lucy Escott, Mlle Rosalie Durand, Miss Emma Neville, Mrs Ada King, Mrs Andrews, and Miss Georgina Hodson. Mr Henry Squires, Mr Armes Beaumont, Mr Henry Wharton, Mr J E Kitts, Mr W Baker, and Mr Fred Lyster.