Documents relating to the eruption of volcanoes on Vulcan Island and Matupi, near Rabaul, in 1937. Documents include the 4 June 1937 issue of The Rabaul Times, three letters from around that time, a typed account of the events, and two published articles.

Photographic prints of people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Matala Plantation, Kolopo and Rugenhafen. Some of the photographs feature members of the McCosker family and their associates. The album also contains a sequence of photographic negatives attributed to Walford King which show Chinese and Japanese fishing boats and cargo ships.

Letters from a folder labelled 'letters to Whitey', addressed to either Whitey or Auntie Spesh.

Letters, newspaper cuttings and an extract from The Rabaul Times. Most of the file comprises letters written in New Guinea by Marjorie McCosker to her friend in Australia, Madge White, addressed in the letters as Whitey.

Two letters and typed manuscripts of 10 short articles about life in New Britain.

Assorted newspaper cuttings and articles about Heinrich Wahlen and other topics relating to colonial life in New Guinea. The file also contains letters from Stan McCosker to The Bulletin.

Business and personal correspondence of Stan McCosker, a copy of the certificate of marriage of Stanley McCosker and Marjorie Martin, a hand-drawn map of the boundaries of the Matala plantation and a newspaper cutting by Marjorie Martin about her life on Mingan in New Guinea. Correspondence includes four letters from Rombin to Stan McCosker. Rombin was one of McCosker's plantation employees.

Photographic prints showing people, plantation life and scenery in the Australian Territory of New Guinea. Locations include Wara-Ta-Bar (New Ireland), Ningau, Matala Plantation and Witu. Many of the photographs feature local people wearing ceremonial dress, undertaking ceremonial performances and posing for the photographer. Most of the photographs were taken in the 1930s.

A licence to drive a motor vehicle, issued by the Territory of Papua New Guinea to Stanley McCosker; a certificate issued by the Federal Institute of Accountants to Marjorie Martin certifying her as a Provisional Associate of the Institute; a sheet bearing the imprints of two ink stamps: the stamp of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft Abteiling Bismarck Archipel, and the stamp of the New Guinea Compagnie. The original ink stamps used can be found in Series E, File 1.

Three maps of New Britain. The earliest map, dated 1927, shows New Britain in relation to surrounding islands and the New Guinea mainland. It includes an index of properties and places, and shows plantations and trading stations. The other two maps were issued by the U.S. Army in 1943 and show sections of New Britain. An accompanying note by Anne McCosker states the maps were used by Stan McCosker during the war years.