The collection is comprised of material relating to the Buddies Refugee Support Group (BRSG ) including: meeting notes: pamphlets and other ephemera; printouts from websites; correspondence, including letters from refugees that have been copies and laminated for information and display purposes (names have been censored by BRSG); journal and newspapers cuttings; protest material; publications; photographs.

The Queensland Authors and Artists' Association organised the unveiling of the Steele Rudd Memorial in Toowong Cementry, Brisbane on 14 October 1956 by Queensland Premier Hon V.C. Gair MLA.