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

Photocopies of handwritten and typescript diaries of Albert McDonald. Includes diary of Fanny Rowland McDonald for 30 Nov 1884 - 23 Dec 1884. Diaries 12 Dec 1864 to 30 Mar 1865, and 19 Sep 1864 to 23 Dec 1864 are in different handwriting to others. Albert McDonald lived in the Maryborough region.

Kerosene-fuelled magic lantern projector [possibly made by John Browning of The Strand, London circa 1885], 7 wooden mounting frames for use in projector, 24 glass slides [some of Melbourne, circa 1890s?].
Glass slides are mostly colour and 8 x 8 cm, supplied titles in square brackets:

1. [Lantern slide, with drawing of a rooster, undated]. --
2. [Lantern slide, with illustration depicting a cat peeping over table at rats eating a cake, undated]. --
3. [Lantern slide with text of 'Rule, Britannia' by James Thomson, undated]. --
4. [Lantern slide, with illustration of sparrows, undated]. --
5. [Two brown treecreepers perched on a chopped tree trunk fixed to a base, undated]. --
6. [Carnations, undated]. --
7. [Carnations, undated]. --
8. [Carnations, undated]. --
9. [View of the Upper Ward towards the northwest, with George IV gateway at the extreme left, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, undated]. --
10. [View of unidentified building, road in foreground, unidentified location, undated]. --
11. [Lantern slide, with illustration of a castle by a river, showing a boat in the foreground and a bridge, trees and bird flying in background, undated]. --
12. [Sculpture, bust of woman, undated]. --
13. St Kilda foreshore, Melbourne, [ca. 1914?]. --
14. [View of unidentified street, unidentified location, c1900 - ?]. --
15. Railway Buildings, Spencer Street, [Melbourne, undated]. --
16. [View of trams on tram track, Melbourne, undated]. --
17. Botanic Gardens [with view of Government House from lake, Melbourne, undated]. --
18. Coburg gardens, [Melbourne, undated]. --
19. Camberwell, TH GDNS [gardens?], [Our Lady of Victories in background, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, undated]. --
20. [View of Place de la Bastille with Colonne de Juillet at centre, Paris, undated]. --
21. Blank slide. --
22. [Four hand painted scenes].

Handwritten letter (3 p.) from Miss Rachel McGhee, a domestic servant in West End, Brisbane, to Mr Scott, informing him of the birth of his child.

A collection of letters mainly from Australia, written between the years 1833 and 1855, for the most part to William and Julia Archer of Tolderodden, Laurvig, Norway, by those of their sons who emigrated within this period to New South Wales.

Diary of a voyage to Australia aboard the S.S. Duke of Westminster, London to Brisbane, 1886.
Photocopy of typed transcript from original manuscript, accompanied by a photocopy of the first three pages of the manuscript.

Appears to be a valuer's notebook.
Includes records of town property in Gladstone, with details of occupiers, owners, type of building, addresses, sizes and values. Also poems, stories, newspaper cuttings, some of which are by or about Richard McClure Harvey.
Includes explanatory note by donor.

Notebook records contracts, 1876, and income and expenditure March 1877 to February 1886, of Joseph Smith, boilermaker.

Rules for the operation of the prison library at St. Helena Penal Establishment in 1887, signed by N.M. Townley, Superintendant.