Reports 1864 from John Jardine, Police Magistrate at Somerset, Queensland to the Colonial Secretary, Brisbane. Contents: 6 Sep on formation of the new settlement, enclosing copies of letters; 31 Dec. with return of issues and sale of rations.

Diary of a voyage from Glasgow to Moreton Bay. Entries continue in irregular fashion till 1864, when he was working at Gayndah.

Letter reports author's arrival in Rockhampton and execution of instructions re road surveys.
Author could be A.C. Macmillan, but draft appears to be in a different hand.

Baptismal certificate, emigration permit, Prussian passport for trip to Australia, extract of Church records of Ploewen, certificates of conduct and proficiency of Ferdinand Ludwig Daniel Seefeldt. Typed summary of documents in English included.

Performances of Gounod's Faust, Meyerbeer's Les Hugenots [sic], Bellini's La Sonnambula.
Artistes : Mme Lucy Escott, Mlle Rosalie Durand, Miss Emma Neville, Mrs Ada King, Mrs Andrews, and Miss Georgina Hodson. Mr Henry Squires, Mr Armes Beaumont, Mr Henry Wharton, Mr J E Kitts, Mr W Baker, and Mr Fred Lyster.

Xerox copy of original mss exercise book owned by the Fortitude Club, Brisbane. Accompanied by a typed copy (12 l.) Diary is an account of the voyage to Moreton Bay aboard the ship Melmuby.

Letter concerns the author's correspondents and Mrs. Russell Todd.
Handwritten, signed.

The private letters contain instructions and advice about departmental procedures, work in progress, staff engagement and deployment, budgetary matters, parallel official correspondence. Most of the work was concerned with surveying for new roads.
Accompanied by reprint of article 'Archibald Campbell Macmillan' from Cummins & Campbell's monthly magazine, June 1934.

Typescript printed poem, author unknown.
Accompanied by biographical note on Edward Charles Close, 1790-1866.

Sketch showing Government residence, Police, Customs House, Marines, Medical Superintendant, Hospital.