Parcel 1
Item 1: Notebook with handwritten title on cover: 'Cairns Aquatic Review (by Prudence) pen name Charles Callins, Year 1895 onwards to 1924 ; other stories included in book'. Contains: handwritten notes, newspaper articles written by Charles Callins under the pseudonym “Prudence” which were published in the Cairns Post during 1922 to 1923 in instalments called the Aquatic Review; biographical notes with one black and white photograph of Callins' children Gordon and Heather; the autobiographical account continues further than 1924. Previously numbered as 85/1.
Item 2: Handwritten recollections of seeing Cairns and district, most likely written in 1976, (33 leaves). Previously numbered as 85/2.
Item 3: 'Accomplished', handwritten autobiographical story written over January-February 1974 to work in with his oil painting Accomplished, (16 leaves). Previously numbered as 85/3.
Item 4 : Kuranda Station, (1 leaf ; 78 x 20 cm). Page consists of three exercise book pages glued together. Written in 1979. Previously numbered as 85/4.
Folder 1: Charles John Callins : to celebrate his 90th birthday; a retrospective exhibition of paintings. Contains photocopies of correspondence regarding the exhibition at Gallery a, Sydney, photographs of the opening, catalogue of exhibition, photographs of the paintings and newspaper cuttings. The folder was a birthday present to Charles Callins from his family, original copy etained by Callins. Previously numbered as 85/5

Parcel 2 Accomplished, oil on board, 57 x 84.5cm. First seascape painted by Callin. Text hand written into the painting. Frame probably made and painted by artist. From reverse of painting: started in 1977, completed 10 Jun 1978; title Accomplished written in capital letters in white; label, stuck to back, with text of poem (tattered on edges and faded); and fabric pocket glued to centre.