Address given Feb 11th 1854 describing his experiences in the wreck of the ship Meridian on her voyage from England, and subsequent rescue.

Photocopy of handwritten notebook of vocabulary and phrases in Aboriginal languages, Queensland. Original notebook about 150 leaves, 16cm. Inside front cover of original : "W. Ridley, Minister of the Gospel, 21 February, 1855'.

Letter concerns purification of water at Balaklava.

Scrapbook belonging to Mary Ann Tiffin (nee Haig), who married Charles Tiffin, Queensland's first Colonial Architect, in Hobart on January 1, 1857. Includes architectural plans and drawings and other original drawings by Charles Tiffin. Also includes drawings by Charles Tiffin's mother, Jane Haig.
Notes on provenance of scrapbook included in parcel with scrapbook.

Notes of a tour made in the eastern Mediterranean as tutor to a family named Leyland, mention also made of a Dr. Anthony.
Accompanied by explanatory notes by Cecil Hadgraft, dated 10 Feb. 1965.

Lecture delivered in the School of Arts, Sydney, 1857 Nov 23. As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1857 Nov 24. Also: comment in Sydney Morning Herald on the above, 1857 Nov 30, suggesting that Deniehy's estimate of Harpur's importance would be ridiculed overseas.

Correspondence, miscellaneous family documents, papers relating to the Australian Natives Association, newspaper clippings, photographs.

The papers relating to the Briggs family consist mainly of correspondence, which belonged to Charles Henry Briggs and one of his sons Charles James Briggs, and a number of miscellaneous documents such as a tombstone inscription of the Briggs and Rowley families and papers relating to the Australian Natives Association.
The newspaper clippings in a bound volume are from the Brisbane Courier, the Telegraph and the Chronicle from December 1894 to April 1895 regarding the case against Rev Charles Ogg brought by the Presbytery of the Ann St Church.
There is also a illuminated parchment testimonial, which was given to Miss Margaret Ann Ogg, daughter of Rev C. Ogg, on her retirement.
Most of the studio portrait photographs are from an album of the Briggs family, some with identification.
Others are photographs of Ernest Briggs and the staff of the station 4BK in the 1930s, and there is also one of Miss Margaret Ann Ogg at her house in Windsor.
The collection was collected and presented by W.B. Ross (1857 to 1930).