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The papers reflect Ernest Crome's long passion for aviation history and airmails. The collection comprises material collected by Crome, whether given to him directly by aviators or their families, or acquired commercially.

The Papers of Bruce Smeaton comprise original feature film, television drama and television commercial scores, working notes and parts, along with initial sketches for cues, composed and orchestrated by Smeaton between 1975-2005. The film scores include Picnic at Hanging Rock, the Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the Devil's Playground, the Cars That Ate Paris, Monkey Grip, Grendel Grendel Grendal, Roxanne starring Steve Martin and Plenty starring Meryl Streep. The television scores include Seven Little Australians, Ben Hall, A Town Like Alice, The Eureka Stockade, Patrol Boat and Castaway. Also included are newsletters for the Composers and Songwriters Guild of Australia, a group formed in Sydney in the 1970's, for which Smeaton was an editor.

The collection includes correpondence, diaries, speeches and notes, cuttings and cutting books, photographs, personal documents and invitations, financial papers and ptinted material.

This collection comprises R.C. Strangmans photographic archive containing many 35mm colour slides documenting Canberra scenes, and other Black and white photographs and negatives including some taken during his military service in World War 1; Photographic equipment, accessories and notebooks; books and ephemera featuring Strangmans photography; correspondance; and documents related to Strangman's military service, photography work, estate and death.

The papers include manuscripts, lectures, essays, official papers, literary correspondence, speeches, diaries, notebooks, subject files, photographs, newspaper cuttings, publications and other papers relating to McGuire's literary career, his official position as Minister and Ambassador to Italy and his interest in Catholic issues.

MS 10757 encompasses Richard Bonynge and Dame Joan Sutherland's working career archive and research library, with the most substantial component comprising a vast array of music manuscripts, published scores and sets, sheet music, photocopies, and music excerpts. The archive contains a collection of singing methods, vocalises, and treatises ranging from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, used to research and develop singing techniques appropriate to different time periods and styles of vocal repertoire; as well as numerous scores and parts annotated and used by both Richard Bonynge and Joan Sutherland, including arrangements by Douglas Gamley for recordings and live performances, and Joan Sutherland's annotated libretti and performance notes.

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.

The Lance Nelson photographic archive encompasses his entire career working as a documentary, freelance, commercial, corporate and stock photographer, internationally and in Australia. The collection comprises approximately 320 35 mm colour transparencies; 50,000 black and white negatives; 300 black and white prints; documents including personal and commercial correspondence, research notes, transcripts, note books, maps and published work including company annual reports and brochures. Includes proofs from Nelson's work for Annals magazine (Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, 1966-1973) documenting the Northern Territory missions at Port Keats (Wadeye), Bathurst Island, Tiwi and Daly River; Papua New Guinea missions at D'Entrecasteaux Islands from Milne Bay to Rossel Island and Trobriand Island; contact sheets from Boggabri Country Town Family project; contact sheets of trip to Indonesia in 1966 documenting all major islands, families, farming, mining and culture for a publication: 'Mask of Time : an Indonesian discovery'.

The material provides a selection of the work of the Sydney architect, Eleanor Beresford Cullis-Hill (n. Grant) from 1938 to 1980. The architectural drawings, photographs and papers give details on the original designs and additions to 19 projects, primarily domestic architecture but also including two kindergartens, a school and a church.

Collection of instrumental and vocal music, covering a broad musical repertoire. A large proportion of it is European and includes a variety of vocal music including art songs, choral music and operatic works as well as piano music, symphonies, orchestral music and miniature scores. Some editions from the 18th and 19th centuries are included.