Materials relating to Ian Macdonald's naval career, including correspondence relating to his admission to the Royal Australian Naval College; official naval correspondence relating to postings; warrants; licences; souvenirs of voyages, including his time as a liaison with the United States Fleet; and two copies of the All Ships naval message announcing his death.

Original folder entitled 'Chapter 2 - Robert Nicholson' (now discarded) containing correspondence.

Correspondence by and addressed to Michael White relating to various matters including family history. Also included are some photographs, both prints and saved digitally on a compact disc.

Photograph of Khudadad Afghari and correspondence between Afghari and Jenny Riley, including some letters in Dari.

Mass declarations by asylum seekers and related correspondence, including some material in Dari. The declarations follow a standard format, with each signatory declaring she or he is being detained on Nauru against their will and instructing pro bono lawyers to take legal proceedings on their behalf.

Letters and Cards to William Fryer
• Ruth Mathews, London to William Fryer, 25 Apr to 16 Jun 1937
• Easter card, from [?] to Will Fryer, 5 Apr 1917

Fifty-seven drafts, typescript and handwritten, mostly of reviews of other authors literary works. Also includes a short report on the Struga Poetry Evenings (1978); and transcripts of and interview with Thomas Shapcott (1978) (2 drafts) and one with David Malouf (1978).

Some literary works and related documents. Includes works with the following titles: 'Why is poetry important to you? : Interview for Coral Hull 27.9.2001'; 'Brushes with greatness', about David Frost, Mar 1988; 'Poetry in a prosaic age', undated; 'The public face of poetry', undated; 'Miss Virtue', undated; 'On women's lib', 1973-6?; 'The day of the Lapswits', undated; 'article on Emily, 6-Oct-1981, originally in folder with 'Emily Hope' on cover (folder discarded).

Letters (1 enclosed with poem), from John Manifold, 1957 to 1969.

Varous documents and material related to Colin and Sybil Bell and their family. Includes:
• a letter from the Longreach District Railway League,
• financial information including share details (including QANTAS shares)
• estate information,
• race horse lease
• correspondence regarding the estate of Sybil Frances Bell, 1945 to 1947;
• Newspaper cuttings of the marriage of Josephine Thora Bell (daughter of Colin and Sybil Bell to Arthur Hamilton Taylor (on 18 Jul 1933), engagement notice, death notice for Arthur Hamilton Taylor (photocopy of originals provided);
• Pocket Calendar for 1907 [London: Ernest Nister, printed in Bavaria], with inscription ‘To S. Bell from [the P. P.?] with best wishes for 1907’, [most likely Sybil Bell, wife of Colin Basil Peter Bell].
• estate information,
• Letter to Frances (Needham Bell) (son of Colin and Sybil Bell), regarding an article by E.T. Towner, 1947?, with a copy of Towner's article 'Nationalisation of banks'