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MS 9642 comprises papers relating to multiculturalism in Australia, including reprints and photocopies of articles, conference papers, government reports, parliamentary debates, and ministerial statements and pamphlets, 1949-1992; minutes, agenda papers and correspondence of the National Advisory and Co-ordinating Committee on Multicultural Education, 1984-1988; talk to the Australian Arts Council in the series, Great religious books (1955); and, ABC Nation's forum of the air: Can Asians understand the West? broadcast on 30 June, 1954 (26 boxes).The Acc03.131 instalment comprises papers relating to ethnic affairs and multiculturalism, conferences and professional activities, Asian relations and public engagements, Australia-Sri Lanka projects, Asian studies and cognate activities and development studies, the Buddhist Society, activities prior to coming to Australia in 1971, Sydney student days, 1950-1955, and Sri Lanka, academic record, media reports, curriculum vitae and miscellaneous matters, and, correspondence relevant to public affairs, professional and academic work (8 cartons).The Acc03.183 instalment comprises papers relating to Law and Religion Project (Living and Harmony) and WA constitutional Committee Forum, University of WA files, papers relating to racism and correspondence (1 folder)The Acc03.251 instalment includes correspondence, cuttings and other papers (1 box).The Acc07.053 instalment comprises correspondence, publications, writings and other papers relating to the National Multicultural Advisory Committee, ethnic affairs and multiculturalism, Jayasuriya's university and professional activities and documents, "Symposium: marking 100 years of "White Australia" policy 2001", Australia-Sri Lanka projects, and, Buddhist activities in Western Australia (8 boxes).The Acc09.062 instalment includes meeting agendas and papers for the National Multicultural Advisory Council, WA Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission, Migrant Issues and Migrant Services Directory Project, National Advisory Coordinating Council of Multicultural Education (NACCME), WA Government Anti-Racism Steering Committee; correspondence with parliamentarians, University of Western Australia, various colleagues, Committee of Inquiry into Crime; Buddhism and religious affairs; papers relating to public engagements; copies of publications and associated correspondence; files relating to Sri Lanka including Australia-Sri Lanka cricketing episodes, donation of books to Sri Lankan universities, Colombo University psychology programmes and social policy research; updated curriculum vitae and personal documents, awards, certificates including Order of Australia (AM) 1985 (2 boxes).The Acc13.069 instalment comprises personal papers, including correspondence, relating to Jayasuriya's academic and public engagements; reports, published and unpublished articles; publications relating to multiculturalism, Sri Lankan and Buddhist studies (5 boxes).

Papers 1791-1794 of astronomer William Gooch who sailed on the Daedalus. They include: an account relating to part of the journey; notes on the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, Marquesas Islands and Sandwich Islands; and a statement written by Thomas Dobson giving details of Gooch's murder in 1792 in Woahoo (Oahu).

This collection comprises John P. Ingram's musical output, and related scripts and correspondence. The musical component of the collection includes Ingram's own compositions and his published works relating to church music, choral settings for various combinations.

Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.

Autograph letters or fragments of handwriting of biologists and geologists, including W.B. Clarke, Sir Edgeworth David, John B. Brazier, Robert Etheridge, Richard Daintree, Henry B. Guppy, Charles Hedley, Sir William MacGregor and Bernard Woodward.

Material in the Geography and Travel ephemera collection covers significant information about the geography, history, and tourist activities of places in Australia, its Antarctic and island territories. This includes geographical features, national parks and reserves, regions, cities, towns, buildings and other man-made structures. The collection includes advertising material, pamphlets, price lists, tokens, area and accommodation guides, brochures, postcards, stickers, labels and tickets.

Professor F.W Ledgar's collection of photographs consists of works by numerous well known photographers such as J.W. Beattie, Charles Nettleton, Nicholas Caire, Samuel Sweet, E.G. Amos and the Bardwell's Studios. There is also a small proportion of photographs by unknown photographers. The photographs were taken between 1858 and 1910 and show public buildings and street scenes in Melbourne, Sydney, Bendigo, Ballarat and Hobart. Many also show country life in Victoria, New South Wales, New Zealand and Tasmania.

The papers of Margaret Kartomi document her activities as a composer, musicologist and ethnomusicologist.

The collection contains papers assembled by Alex Brown during his expeditions to Macquarie Island (1956), Mawson (1958) and Davis (1961) in Antarctica. The papers include personal messages sent to his family, official monthly newsletters, a catalogue of lichens and algae collected on Macquarie Island, a diary of a four month seismic traverse south of Mawson, nest records and logs for research into snow petrels (1958-1962), Davis and Platcha weather station radio logs, newspaper cuttings and photographs, and colour slides of Macquarie Island and Antarctica including expeditioners, wildlife and landscapes.