Four scrapbooks containing Australian and English literary and historical material of the late 19th century. Includes newspaper cuttings, photographs, poetry, and articles including Our Men of Mark: Daily Observer 188-? (v.1) -- Telegram from Wm Tasker to John J. McGregor, solicitor, announcing the capture of the Kenniff Brothers (v.3) and Where the pelican builds / Mary Hannay Foott (signed holograph with comments about poem) (v.3).