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The papers consist mainly of secondary source material. They include university lecture notes, handwritten notes, lecture notes for real estate courses, various reports and papers prepared by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, technical documents and journal articles on explosives and notes on public speaking.

The main part of the collection comprises records relating to the editing of manuscripts and articles for publication in Issues 1-8 of The New Federalist. There is correspondence with contributors, edited drafts and final drafts of articles, as well as documentation relating to the compilation of each issue. Visual material such as photographs, postcards, cartoons and photocopies is also included. General correspondence, subscriber information and financial records also form part of the collection.

1. Papers 1892-1901 covering the 7th Earl of Glasgow's term as Governor of New Zealand, including correspondence, addresses, cuttings, photographs and scrapbooks. Correspondents include Lord Glasgow, Richard Seddon and Lord Ranfurly.

Papers concerning the political crisis in South Australia in October 1877 when the Colton Ministry was defeated in the Legislative Assembly by a no-confidence motion. They include a minute of Cabinet and Jervois' reply and notes by J.P. Boucaut on the formation of a new Ministry.

The Hunterian Oration in Honour of Surgery … Delivered in the Theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. February 14, 1822 by Sir Everard Home (36 p.), London (1822). The subject of the oration was Sir Joseph Banks. A page of typescript notes 'collected in conversation with Sir Everard Home' 10 October 1825 identifies certain events and people referred to in the oration.

The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Records of H. Wilson, Clerk of the City of Peterborough Education Committee, relating to the exchange of flags between St Peter's Church School, Sydney, and St John's School, Peterborough, 1911; Papers 1856-1893 of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester, and William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, concerning properties in Australia, Australian Transcontinental Railway and Queensland Emigration Scheme and Papers 1885-1900 of Linton Family of Stirtloe, Buckden, concerning the estate of Sydney Linton, Bishop of Riverina, and the marriage of Frederick Chamberlin and Helen Kaye.

1. Approximately 170 letters 1858-64 written by Hobhouse and his wife to relatives in England, most of them addressed to his sister Eliza but some of those obviously intended for circulation within the family. The letters contain: descriptions of the voyage to New Zealand; the settlement at Nelson; details of domestic and church life; Hobhouse's numerous journeys around his vast diocese and his work among the settlers and the Maoris. Mary Elizabeth Hobhouse sometimes accompanied her husband on his travels and her letters describe the countryside around Nelson and settlers there, as well as her impressions of visitors to the district and of churchmen. Domestic life in New Zealand is outlined in great detail, but the letters also reveal her interest in the provision of schooling for local children. Nearly all the letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.

Includes: Memorandum of agreement September 1861 regarding the 1861-62 cricket tour of Australia; photograph December 1861 of the English team in Melbourne; addresses by the Queenscliff, Melbourne and Castlemaine Cricket Clubs to the visiting team; printed items: The Cabinet: A Repository of Facts, Figures and Fancies Relating to the Voyage of the Great Britain SS from Liverpool to Melbourne

Items filmed by the Australia Joint Copying Project include: Address presented to Sturt, signed by Justices of the Peace in Melbourne (n.d.); address presented to Sturt, signed by fellow Melbourne magistrates 1858; commission 14 October 1863 appointing Sturt to Major in the Victorian Volunteer Force; letters patent 4 September 1855 appointing Sturt as Resident Magistrate at Melbourne; extract of marriage entry 14 February 1852 of Sturt and Mary Frances Grylls; typescript chart showing the relationship between Evelyn and Charles Sturt.

1. Three books of newspaper cuttings 1852-1860 and 1867-1868 referring to Cadell's trade on the River Murray and his Northern Territory expedition.