Durundur Station letterbooks and account book; autograph album; personal papers of John McConnel and Arthur John McConnel; legal and financial documents; surveyors' plans and parish maps (relating to family holdings in Burnett area); press clippings; breeding records; correspondence, miscellaneous papers, poetry, artwork.

Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain 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. Some photographs contain nudity. Women should be cautious as this resource includes some aspects of traditional Men's Business.

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.'

Photocopies of items from a scrapbook: photographs, letters, birth certificates, newspaper clippings, notes for a family history.
Also photocopies of typescript transcripts and handwritten letters from Mrs. H.G. (Annie Margaret) Wheeler (nee Laurie) to Rockhampton newspapers 'The Morning Bulletin' and 'The Capricornian', 19 Jun 1917-15 Nov 1917 (10 items). Bulk of material 1886-1920.

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

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.

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.

Handwitten biographical notes sent to A.J. McConnel on William Butler by his son Roy Butler. Accompanied by note (1 l.) by A.B. White.

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

Letters, newspaper cuttings, 2 photographs, and articles written for the 'Women's Weekly', re: the Browne family of Durham Downs Station near Roma, other pioneering Queensland families, and the author's life on 'Gresford', Kumbarilla, near Dalby.

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.