Research notes relating to Brisbane literary societies and writers in the 1880s and 1890s. The majority of the collection consists of photocopies of 19th century newspaper articles and other publications that relate to a particular society or person. Some correspondence, notes and drafts of material written as part of the author's PhD dissertation 'Civilising the city : literary societies and clubs in Brisbane during the 1880s and 1890s' (Griffith University, 2005) are included throughout.

Correspondence, manuscript notes, newspaper cuttings, sketches.

Notebooks, photographs, slides, correspondence, reports and other material relating to land use and conservation, and the establishment of National Parks in Queensland.
It includes images of people (Album 4), stone axes (Album 1 and 4), middens (Album 4), Kata Tjuta and Uluru (Albums 1, 3 and 4), Jane Table Hill (Rirrmerr) (Albums 1 and 4) and burial sites (Albums 1, 3 and 4).

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions. This resource contains images of culturally sensitive sites.

Meeting programs, activities and pamphlets; committee meeting agendas, minutes and reports; and manuscript copies of papers presented.

Letters and manuscripts mostly relating to the Royal Papua Yacht Club.

Photographs, negatives, articles, notes, correspondence, and newspapers cuttings relating to the career and archaeological research of John Henry ‘Harry’ Iliffe.

Meeting minutes, financial records, membership records, newsletters, correspondence, and framed items (original letters patent, photographs, and paintings).

Correspondence, publications, manuscripts and other material written by or relating to Professor Gordon Greenwood.

Manuscripts, publications, personal records and framed portrait.
Most of the items in this collection are inscribed by Briggs. Multiple copies of the same manuscript title may have different binding and inscriptions.

2515 architectural plans.