Publications that belonged to Lila Mayo. These papers are presumed to be from the estate of her mother, Lila Mayo.

Comprises:
Chisholm, A. (1922). Bird seeking in Queensland (1770-1922). Brisbane: Carter-Watson.[Inscribed and signed by author, June 1922]
Hall, R. (1906). A key to the birds of Australia (2nd. ed.). Melbourne: Walker, May &. [Annotations, notes, poetry by Lila Mayo]
Mitchell, E., & Cazneaux, H. (1950). Australian treescapes : A photographic study (Ure Smith miniature series ; 7). Sydney: Ure Smith. [Letter from ‘Verity’ to ‘Marmee’ inserted]
Read, H. (1931). The meaning of art. London: Faber and Faber. [Inscribed: To my dearest ones from Mayo June 1st 1936]
Ure Smith, S. (1943). Australian present day art (Present day art in Australia). Sydney: Ure Smith. [Inscribed: with love to Mum & Dad just to remind them how clever they are! March 2nd 1944 Daphne].
Zweig, S. (1947). Balzac. London : Cassell. [Inscribed: to my Mother and Father with love, March 1951]

Correspondence, reports, drafts of books and articles, newspaper cuttings, photographs, plans, maps, posters and recorded interviews pertaining to Harry Oakman's career as a landscape architect.
Collection includes some nineteenth-century material: Brisbane Botanical Gardens Reports 1861-1894, older city surveys and maps.

Camp Mountain Quarry supplied granite for the Town Hall basement.

Letters (16) 1922-1928 to W.J. Gall re: collecting of Australiana; 1923 Apr 18 re: Hume's search for Leichhardt expedition, 1924 Apr 1, 10 re: death of A. Meston, proposed bibliography of his works; 1928 Dec 31 re: demonstration at the Italian Consulate in Innisfail.
Also 2 letters to Steve [nephew], 1959, re: William Gall's collection of books and papers. Also includes 2 letters [1965 17 Aug, 1 Nov] to Cecil Hadgraft re: papers of A.G. Stephens.

Letter concerns George Phillips, surveyor with the Lands Department from 1865, who accompanied explorer William Landsborough in an expedition from Bowen Downs.

2 letters (one typescript, one handwritten) regarding author's father, A.J. Richardson; Jardine brothers, Gaden family and J.G. MacDonald.

Xerox copy of holograph, written in Italian.
Covering note from Bruce Molloy.