Kept by Oswald Bloxsome on his voyage in the "Florentia" sailing vessel in 1838 to Australia with his wife and son , 4th April 1838 to 3rd Aug. 1838.

The collection comprises two bound scrapbooks of records collected by Mary Montgomerie Bennett when compiling the history of her father, Sir Robert Christison; correspondence; and glass plate negatives. The bound volumes include: newspaper cuttings, extracts of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, reprints of articles, and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land. Most of the material covers the period 1870 to 1910. The correspondence is that received by Mrs Bennet regarding her book Christison of Lammermoor. There are notes compiled by Mrs Bennett that accompany the 21 glass plate negatives created by Mary Christison, Mary Bennett mother. The slides are of Lammermoor Homestead and a portrait of Robert Christison, most taken by Mary Christison between the years 1896 to 1910; and of individuals in the Dalleburra Tribe, Mitchell District in North Queensland, 1870 to 1900, taken by Mary Christison.

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Mainly letters, postcards and telegrams written to or by Edmund Hodgson Yates or his son Edmund Smedley Yates, or to or by other members of the family. The papers were collected by Edmund Hodgson Yates and Edmund Smedley Yates.
Bulk of papers 1840s-1890s.

9 folders containing photocopied manuscripts including: Folder 1 -- Ludwig Leichhardt's letter to B. Graham and P.S. Thomson; J. Gilbert's letter to F. Strange. Folder 2 -- Lionel Lindsay's manuscript of "Addled Art". Folder 3 and 4 -- Lionel Lindsay's typescript of "Discobolus and other verse" with handwritten emendations. Folder 5 -- Henry Lawson's manuscript of "Andy's gone with cattle". Folder 6 -- Henry Lawson's handwritten letter to his sister. Folder 7 -- Henry Lawson's poem "What manner of man is he?". Folder 8 -- Henry Lawson's poem "The child slaves of the fairy west". Folder 9 -- Two black and white photographs of Henry Lawson in his youth.

Sermon delivered at the Scots Church, Elgin, Scotland, 7 June 1840. Accompanied by transcript, (7 l.), made by John Sutherland for the Fryer Library, 1974. Includes biographical note and letter 1862 August 25 from Alexander Munro from Littleton, New Zealand introducing Frank Gordon McKean (son of F. S. McKean) to his brother resident in Australia.

Typed transcript of conditional pardon issued by Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land on 27 January 1840 and signed by John Franklin. Accompanied by descriptive physical notes about George Miller and rubbing of seal. Additional notes by F. W. Robinson.

Letters, holograph, scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, stamp album, petty cash book, papers of Cressbrook Station, Toogolawah, Amateur Racing Club programmes, speech relating to the Joyce family.

Conditional pardon for Thomas Clarke, signed by Governor Gipps and registered on August 8, 1843 and a set of doll's drawers made by Clarke.

Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney.