Original diary in Oswald Bloxsome's handwriting of a voyage to New South Wales, April-June 21, 1838. The continuation of this journal is in photographic form and covers the remainder of Bloxsome's journey until he landed in Sydney on August 3. The continuation also exists in typed transcript form with a biographical note on Bloxsome written by Emmeline Fisher nee Bloxsome, London 1926. The collection also includes: a photostat of 'A short biography of Oswald Bloxsome, Senr.' compiled by Herbert S. Bloxsome, 1942; 'Mosman's Bay ...romance of an old whaling station', an offprint from the Australian Historical Society journal and proceedings, vol. 2, pt. 10 (1909), p. 230-270; and a photostat of a sketch of Nelson's Bay, N.S.W., from Pall Mall Magazine, vol. vii (Sept.-Dec. 1895), p. 266.