Diaries (15) dated 1885-1931; minute book of Jimboomba Cricket Club 12 Nov. 1892; minute book of Jimboomba State School Committee 21 May 1898-30 Apr. 1899; family photographs, copy of Thomas Strachan's birth certificate, biographical notes written by grandson N.D. Strachan.

Papers primarily concern Russian-Australian relations, 1803-1946, and cover initial Russian contacts with Australian colonists in the nineteeenth century, consular/diplomatic relations, involvement of Russian political radicals in Queensland politics before and after World War 1, formation of the Communist Party of Australia, and Russian immigration to Australia. Includes copies of official documents from Russian, Finnish, British and Australian archives; journal articles, early Russian-language newspapers, memoirs, travel accounts, private correspondence, drafts of published works, photographs. Documents are in Russian and English.

Research notes, manuscripts, correspondence relating to novels Blood Red, Sister Rose and Gossip from the Forest.

Newspaper cuttings, articles and letters to editors (Courier mail and Telegraph) ; collections of serialised newspaper stories ; poetry ; correspondence ; typed extracts from Hansard and Votes and Proceedings ; typescript and holograph papers relating to the Parliament of Queensland; newspaper cuttings and articles and papers on Queensland Parliament, politicians, and incidents in Parliament.

Meeting minutes, correspondence, and related records.

Correspondence, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (Qld.Div.) circulars, minutes of meetings, submissions and reports, Combined Federal Railway Unions (Qld. State Committee) minutes of meetings and newspaper clippings, etc.

Certificates, war service papers, journal, correspondence, notebooks and clippings books, manuscripts of stories, pictures and photograph.

Administrative records, production files, personal papers of Carolyn Howard, promotional material, photographs, posters, audio-visual recordings.

Manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, research notes, literary awards, publishing contracts, diaries, drafts of speeches, some Astley family history material. Includes two portable Hermes typewriters: green, in case 7 x 29 x 31 cm; and cream, in case 8 x 31 x 32 cm.

The Cane Toad Times was a satirical magazine, published in Brisbane. It was published over two periods. In the first period in the 1970s, 7 issues were produced. In the second period between 1983 and 1990, 15 issues were produced. In 1986 the company ToadShow evolved from The Cane Toad Times.