Typescript of extracts taken from original journal.
Extracts from a journal by Charles Archer, recounting the discovery of the Fitzroy River. Subtitled: 'Memoranda taken on a journey to the Dawson and some of its tributaries, April 1853.'

Diary written by Mrs. Katherine Browne describing a trip from Tartha Station on the Moonie River to Ipswich. Started 6 March 1861; concludes 21 March 1861.

2 pocket diaries, one for 1860 and one for 1867.

Autobiography of Queensland pioneer and pastoralist Thomas Archer.
First published in 1897 in Yokohama, Japan by the 'Japan Gazette' for private circulation.
This transcript was copied by hand by William James Gall (1867-1938); it concludes as Archer departs for California.

Diary kept by Arthur J. Browne, Booral, Queensland, 1903-1907. Son of James Arthur Browne; written as a schoolboy.

Diary 1931.
Written in Woods' Australian Diary for 1931.
Accompanied by an obituary of her husband, James Arthur Browne, dated 23 July 1931.

Letters (3) 1931 12 Nov. -8 Dec. to Firmin McKinnon re: his historical articles, Alan McPherson and his pioneering at Mount Abundance. Discusses pioneering in this area, in some detail.

Handwritten letter to Arthur J. McConnel re his father Henry Mort, his recollections of John McConnel and the early history of settlement in South East Queensland. Accompanied by handwritten notes from the Moreton Bay Courier 1846-1847.

Three letters to Arthur J. McConnel, 1931 Dec 23 and 1932 Jan 5 and subsequent undated, re his contributing recollections of early days on Cressbrook, Durundur and Dugandan Stations.

Three handwritten letters from Ethel Butler to A.J. McConnel re her family history, the Murray Prior family and their early days in Queensland and New South Wales. The letters are dated 9 February, 8 March, and 14 March 1933.