The collection primarily relates to gold mining operations in Fiji undertaken by Emperor Mines and to Wallace H. Smith, a Director of Emperor Mines. The collection includes Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts for Emperor Mines; publications relating to Emperor Mines and gold mining in Fiji; and three cross section maps detailing mine workings in Vatukoula, Fiji. The collection also includes photographs of mines, mining operations and mining employees in Fiji, New Guinea and Cracow, Queensland.