Donald Watson was employed as a lecturer at the University of Queensland Department of Architecture from 1979 to 1989. He lectured in design and supervised history theses and electives. He was responsible for the Architecture Department's public programs, including lunch-time lectures and exhibitions. Included in this series are: course notes for Bachelor of Design Studies (B.Des.St.); lunch time lectures research and planning; student projects; exhibition catalogues; and correspondence.

This series contains supplementary documents to the jobs Graeme Thiedeke worked on. It follows the arrangement of the six large binders that originally housed the material and were numbered Book 1 to Book 6: Overseas projects; Australian projects (residential); Tanglewood; Australian projects; Single residences (Mexico and Australia) and Churches; Master planning and Public relations. It includes drawings, articles, presentation sets, architectural plans, photographs of architectural plans and photographs.

Audio recordings of sessions at the North Queensland Labour History Conference held at the Australian Workers' Union Hall in Townsville, from 6 to 8 June 1987. The recorded sessions are: 'Opening address' by Margaret Reynolds; 'Progressive women in the North' with Carole Ferrier, Agnes Hall and Jim Henderson; 'Aborigines in North Queensland' with Geoff Warner (Chair), Joe McGinness, Tom Sullivan, Warren Bowden and Fred Thompson; 'Labour activists between the wars' with Warren Bowden and Jim Henderson; 'Labour after the war' with Jeff Wills and Fred Thompson; and 'Labour past and present' with Tom Bland, Warren Bowden, George Bliss, Laurie Crofton, Jim Henderson and Agnes Hall. This series also includes audio recordings of one-to-one interviews conducted by Paul Turnbull with Jim Henderson, Pat Clancy, Warren Bowden, Joe Flowers and William Alexander Travers, an interview by an unidentified woman with Agnes Hall, and recollections by George Bliss, Lou Elliot, Laurie Crofton and Warren Bowden.

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

Photographs relating to the Bell Family and their activities and interests.

Draft chapters of book (untitled); includes notes and miscellaneous writing; transcribed by Percy Trezise, undated.

‘A man of the Lardil’, published as Moon and rainbow : the autobiography of an Aboriginal : handwritten and typescript drafts. c.1971

Material relating to the Macdonald family of 'Hillview', Greenslopes, including correspondence, notes, photographs and ephemeral material.

This series includes: newspaper cuttings relating to Shirley Hazzard; manuscripts (handwritten and typescript) by John Beston, including the manuscript for 'Patrick White : The search for a life value'.

Files of reports, newspaper cuttings, photographs and ephemera relating to advocacy activities and exhibitions.

This series contains drafts, notes, newspaper cuttings, research material and correspondence. Sticks that kill was published by University of Queensland Press in 1983. Initially the novel was preceded by a stage play called Goaribari. This series includes drafts, handwritten notes, research material, cuttings of reviews from journals and magazines, and material removed or deleted from the novel.

The novel is set in British New Guinea and covers a very short period from 1900 to 1903. The story centers around John Rhys, newly arrived to Port Moresby, who works as clerk to the Government Secretary, Mr Ellison. During Rhys's time there the tensions of colonial government (with Britain and Australia both having responsibility for the region during this time) , missionaries, and the local population are revealed.

Miscellaneous personal items of Caroline Kelly and Timothy Kelly.