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This collection comprises scripts for "The Bushranger" by James McDonald. The plot of the play outlines a gang of five bushrangers who came to Australia as convicts, or in seek of fortune and escaping the "cruel and oppressive" laws of England. Having found that gold is more scarce than they had been led to believe, they intend to kidnap a young woman, Ellen Moore. Moore is the heroine of the story, having emigrated with her family to Australia after having fallen on hard times. The story also features "the monkey" whose purpose in the play was to provide slapstick comedy. This play demonstrates the presence of the Australian Bush and convict life in the artistic consciousness of the English audience. The play outlines opinions of England's laws as oppressive, and mentions the "liberal" nature of shipping criminals to the other side of the world at the crown's expense, but due to the presence of the heroine as hardworking in opposition to the convicts, it is likely that this sought to portray the convict classes of Australia and the people who criticised the system in a poor light.

This collection contains correspondence sent by and to Norman Lindsay. Correspondents include Jane Lindsay, Harry Chaplin, Brian James (John Lawrence Tierney), Keith Wingrove, Hugh McCrae, Frank Rinder, Adolphe Beutler and Guy Howarth, and childhood friend Mame.

This collection comprises of a copy of a manuscript score of Nigel Butterley's Goldengrove, Musica Viva press photographs and papers relating to the Seymour Group. Included also are programs and brochures for concerts, recitals and miscellaneous events, annotated review copies of concert programs 1959-1988, an index which includes a register arranged by composer A-Z, a Chronological Register of all events attended since 1944-1992 and an alphabetical performance summary for composers (annual) and list of abbreviations.

The collection primarily comprises tins and small envelopes from the estate of Sidney Nolan. Inscribed with "Central Australia 1948", these containers originally housed 35 mm negatives from Sidney Nolan's trip through Central Australia. Note that the negatives themselves are held by the estate of Lady Mary Nolan and do not form part of the National Library's Nolan collections. Damian Smith obtained the containers when he worked as the inaugural archivist for the Sidney Nolan estate. Smith was later assigned the publishing rights by Lady Mary Nolan to Sidney Nolan's photographs from the years 1949-1952. Also included in the collection is a post-production script for the film "Sidney Nolan: an Australian dream" - a co-production between Don Bennetts and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1982, which was given to Smith by Don Bennetts.

This collection features correspondence, financial records, ledgers, station diaries, family history research, printed material and ephemera dating from 1796 to the early 1960s. This material provides a record of the pioneering Whittakers family and farming life on various stations in New South Wales and Victoria. The papers also include Clyde Whittakers' correspondence and notes relating to his research, most of which contributed to his work The Whittakers Story, which was first published in 2021.

Papers relating to conductor and musicologist John Raymond Hopkins AM OBE, including correspondence; press clippings; scores; personal diaries; Victoria College of the Arts teaching programs; personal reflections on the music industry in Australia; and a school report.

This collection comprises photograph albums, papers, publications and other documents from the families of James Frederick James and Helen May Cameron that provide a portrait of expatriate life in Kobe (and to a lesser extent, Yokohama) from the late 1800's up to the Second World War.

MS Acc09.044 comprises a combination of books, business records, correspondence, discs, ephemera, certificates, clippings, conferring of degree booklets, handbills, programmes, scrapbooks, journals, memorabilia, music manuscripts, photographs, posters, prints, printed sheet music and a sketch. The contents cover the period 1891-2007 (98 boxes, 15 folio boxes, 8 map folios, 1 large rolled items box, 1 phase box, 1 folio packet).

Papers including correspondence, interview transcripts, drafts, photographs, personal documents, articles, ephemera, printed material, chronologies and press clippings compiled by Peter Golding for research leading to biographies: "An unqualified success: the extraordinary life of Allan Percy Fleming"; "Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator" and "They called him Smoothie: John Joseph Cahill."

The collection includes detailed diaries kept by Boyd for the period 1941-1955; manuscripts or typescripts of many of writings; a small amount of correspondence; legal and financial papers; notebooks; photographs; and news cuttings. Also examples of artwork by both Boyd and his extended family.