Typescript of talk (9 minutes) by Rosamond Siemon for the A.B.C. on the Wickham Terrace Observatory Tower. Also notes on Woolston House, and letters to Rosamond Siemon from L. Campbell and Stuart Galletly on Queensland history and Australian language.

Letter 1967 Oct 13 to Mrs. B.G. White re: preservation of the old Government House building and the Bellevue Hotel.

Includes brief historical summary with acknowledgment to Neville Lund, and annotated floor plan of the building.
Bishopsbourne was the home of the Anglican Bishops and Archibishops of Brisbane from 1868 to 1964. Old Bishopsbourne [now St Francis Theological College] includes a 1912 Robin Dods designed stone chapel, 1930s terracing and a number of buildings associated with St Francis Theological College Milton [from 1936]. It is significant historically as one of the oldest ecclesiastical precincts in Queensland. The two-storeyed stone residence was constructed by architect Benjamin Backhouse in 1865-68 for Edward Tufnell, the first Anglican Bishop of Brisbane.

Newspaper articles by Firmin McKinnon from the Courier Mail on Brisbane's historic homes. Includes Bulimba House, Merthyr, Whytecliffe, Bishopsbourne, Auchenflower House, Ormiston House, Lota House, Bardon House, Newstead House, Coochin Coochin Homestead, Roslyn, Kedron Lodge and old Government House.

Letters concern the garden at Government House, Brisbane.