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Collection of photographs of Bim Hilder's sculptures taken by Max Dupain and Tom Balfour.

Papers 1847-1851 of Sir Phipps Hornby concerning British and French interests in the Pacific. Correspondents include William Miller and George Pritchard.

This collection was purchased in two parts. The first portion, consisting of two scrapbooks of the artist John Ford Paterson, was acquired in early 1982, having been offered for sale by Barbara Kerridge, the daughter of Betty Paterson in October, 1981. These scrapbooks contain press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and memorabilia relating to John Ford Paterson, his brother, Hugh Paterson, other members of the Paterson Family and the artist community of Melbourne in the period 1884 to 1930.

Papers 1847-79 of Sir Henry Keppel, including: log of Meander, account of voyages in East Indies; labour problem in East Indies; and death of Capt. Owen Stanley.

The Clifford collection of manuscripts comprises 75 English and European manuscripts, including nine medieval volumes and one of three extant 14th century Chertsey Abbey cartularies, books owned by Cardinal Weld and writings about the Catholic religion. There is also a file of correspondence of Charles Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford, dating from 1812-1825.

Extracts from the Barton Collection, comprising a copy of the will of Rev. Robert Knopwood of Van Diemen's Land 1834, and notes on the Hoyle and Wall Families of Gloucestershire and New Zealand, written in 1965.

Records of the Auditors of the Imprest, Commissioners of Audit, Exchequer and Audit Department, National Audit Office and related bodies.

Annual reports of the Society 1834-1957. These are printed reports and in some cases only the sections relating to Australia have been microfilmed. There is an index to the earlier volumes. Each report lists missionaries and agents, and shows financial returns, as well as detailing colonial operations in Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa, Canada and North America.

Catton Papers comprising correspondence of Wilmot Horton, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828. The collection is arranged in four series:

Correspondence and other papers mainly concerning the establishment of the whale industry in the Pacific. Other papers deal with: claims of the East India Co in the Pacific; trade with the East Indies; the cultivation and import of hemp; and the establishment of the colony in New South Wales. Correspondents include W. Pitt, Capt. J. Blankett, Samuel Enderby, G. Chalmers and Capt. A. Phillip.