Letter 9 Sept 1929 to Mr. Ervine, covering note for an enclosure, not held, referring to previous conversational battles 'about wives keeping their own names, matrimony and whatnot.'
Handwritten.

Letter to Margaret Connah, Editor of 'Scope' re his work continuing the family genealogy and history begun by his farther Henry Tardent. Also mentions many old friends from Brisbane in the 1920s and later. Accompanied by newspaper article on him from the gold Coast Bulletin, 10 November 1978 about his life, his time as a soldier during World War 1 and his theory on the death of the 'Red Baron' and various cuttings on the Tardent family.

Diary written at Nudgee and is mainly concerned with vineyard records and procedures at his Toombul Vineyard, Nudgee, Brisbane. Further material can be found in the Kennedy collection UQFL171.

Letter to his wife Lucy written from Adelaide describing visits to vineyards and wineries.

Pages from a commonplace book containing transcripts of poems and metric versions of the psalms apparently the work of Childs. The original from which these sheets were photocopied, contains some hundreds of pages of verse. These leaves were selected at random as illustrating a general level of taste in latter 19th century in Australia.

Diary of a trip to Ramu River from Madang, August 1927, transcribed from rough notes on field sketch map in poor condition. Also article from Pacific Islands monthly, April 1971, and newspaper cutting on the Akmana expedition, Sydney Morning Herald, April 10, 1971. Three leaves ms., three leaves sketch maps. Cover title of folder: Expedition 'The Akmana'.