Original folder entitled 'Chapter 6 - The North Family and Saranna' (now discarded) containing photograph, correspondence, and notes relating to the name Fairnie Law by John Steele.

Material relating to Alistair Macdonald's career as Associate to Justice Alan Mansfield, including correspondence, small notebook, Statement issued by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Sydney and Melbourne, in an endeavour to throw light on the present trouble in North China, sovenier for Allied forces present at the surrender of the Second Japanese Army, Certificate of Service of an Officer, order of service for Thanksgiving for Victory in Europe, The dominions: partnership or rift by Arnold L. Haskell, Alistair Macdonald's passport, satirical notes on the first day of International Military Tribunal for the Far East, photographs of Justice Norton Stable and Justice Alan Mansfield.

13 items of incoming and outgoing correspondence, including letters, greeting cards and telegrams.

21 photographs of various sizes that do not fit into standard albums. The majority are formal portraits of Ian Macdonald.

Transcriptions of letters and militia records, family trees compiled by various researchers, recollections of Mary McConnel, handwritten notes of an interview with Lester and Jean Knopp, and notes on the Vaux Brothers by Margaret Thompson.

10 newspaper cuttings relating to Alistair Macdonald.

Original folder entitled 'Chapter 7 - Descendents of Frank Nicholson and Saranna (North)' (now discarded) containing photographs, notes, family trees, correspondence, order of service and press cuttings.

Items, generally ephemeral in nature, collected by Alistair Macdonald. File includes school report, driver's licence, Brisbane Grammar School Magazine June 1918, Australia's home of health booklet, ration books, identity card, British Armed Forces Special Voucher for 3d, 'Order of the Longest Hop', bus timetable, YMCA membership card, menus, membership cards, short form birth certificate and plan of drainage for 'Hillview'.

Parcel containing the following items that belonged to Ian Macdonald:
Commission as Sub Lieutenant dated 1 October 1919
Small Union Flag
Knot
White Royal Australian Naval sailor cap with 3 H.M.A.S. Tasmania tallies
Dark brown leather coin purse
Silver matchbox
Silver cigarette holder (presented to Macdonald by the US Navy)
Box of drawing instruments
Brown cardboard glasses box containing Royal Australian Navy dress buttons
Tin for Bell's waterproof wax vestas containing shirt studs
Travel salt and pepper container
Black cat pin
Ivory cigarette holder

Original folder entitled 'Chapter 8 - Frederick Charles North and Daisy and Descendents' (now discarded) containing correspondence, notes and souvenir programme for April 1927 Bushman's Carnival, held at Beaudesert, along with draft of Chapter 8