Papers, correspondence, photographs, newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to Frederick Thomas and Elizabeth Brentnall and their family, in particular their daughter Flora Harris and grand-daughter Noela Denmead. Photographs and papers relating to Daphne Mayo and her work on the Queensland Women's War Memorial in Brisbane, Australia, in the early 1930s.

The Alcock collection consists of over 2000 glass slides. The series within the collection, called "Images of early Brisbane", includes images of buildings, landmarks and views of Brisbane, including the 1893 floods. Also images of University of Queensland in its early years.

Eight notebooks (four written in ink and four in pencil) and six photographs. Field notes of surveys in north Queensland, with some geological observations. Areas: Lyndhurst to Oak Park stations; Lyndhurst - Cave Creek; Murray's Creek, Tommy's Creek, Specimen Gully, Golden Gully; Cape River traverses; Mt. Ramsay - Cape River, Duck Creek, Nigger Creek, Oxley Creek, Mt. Cook, Rannes,; Gympie goldfields, coal in the Dawson Valley, Woogaroo coal mine, N.S.W.; Ravenswood, Burdekin reef.

Bound volumes created by Cameron Brothers, recording their clients' estate holdings, real property transactions, chattel sales and rental business, and the financial accounts of the firm itself. Legal papers of the Mayne Family. A plan of the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, Brisbane.

Poems, letters, newspaper cuttings, photographs, birth certificates and other research material gathered by Zoe O'Leary in writing the biography of her father Alfred Midgley, and a typed, annotated draft of "The little Byron: The life of Alfred Midgley, Queensland Poet, Parliamentarian and Methodist Pioneer".

Scrapbooks relating to Randall's work as Emigration Agent for Queensland in England. The scrapbooks contain personal correspondence from Colonial Secretary Arthur Palmer, copies of his official reports to the Agent General's Office in London, printed ephemera, including flyers distributed by Randall in England promoting his lectures on Queensland. One scrapbook contains a small group of printed ephemera from the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition. One scrapbook contains original pencil drawings by Randall's elder son, the artist Richard John Randall. This includes a portrait of George Randall.

Research material (including notes and photocopied archival material) and correspondence relating to Deebing Creek and Purga Aboriginal Missions. Includes transcripts of interviews, photocopies of Queensland Department of Public Instruction records, material for history thesis, and files of Deebing Creek Cultural Committee relating to the Committee's efforts to have part of original Deebing Creek Mission made an Aboriginal reserve. Also includes letters from Frances Wright, and maps. Much of the material was used for Bill Thorpe's book, 'Remembering the forgotten : a history of the Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission in Queensland 1887-1915'. Includes typescript and CD copies of Thorpe's thesis, 'Archibald Meston and the Aborigines'.

Financial records of S.B. Watkins' Brisbane residential properties and Montville farm. Papers relating to history of Thornton (Laidley) and Toowong. Queensland Acclimatisation Society records (1870-1876).

Correspondence dealing with the history of the mineral sands industry (1976-1980) and with University of Queensland Press (1980-1981); general correspondence, typescript drafts and galley proofs of "Black sands"; transcripts of talks given by Ian Morley (1977-1978); photographs, sound recordings, transcripts of sound recordings, mineral samples; newspaper cuttings; card file; personal papers including curriculum vitae 1975, 1979, 1982; research material for Black sands: a history of the minerals and mining industry in eastern Australia.

The collection is comprised of press clippings, letters, postcards, catalogues, drawings, photographs, and personal papers. Photographs and negatives taken by Mobsby include: the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908; the visit of Duke and Duchess of York to Brisbane in 1927; Fireworks of the 1901 Federation Celebration; aerial photographs of Brisbane; the British Empire Exhibition 1924 to 1925; and Australian Pavilion, Panama Pacific International Exposition; photographs while working for the Intelligence and Tourist Bureau (Brisbane) of 'Queensland views of Rosewood and Stanley Districts' from 1908 and 'Queensland views of Central District' from 1980