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The papers of the Hayward Family filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project include: a typescript copy of Johnson Frederick Hayward's 'Incidents in My Australian Life' (c.1872), being an account of life on a sheep station 1846-1856; three journals kept by J.F. Hayward describing journeys to and from England 1858-1859; diaries of Martinus Peter Hayward 1863-64 kept on voyages between England and Australia; testimonial 1857 to M.P. Hayward as candidate for post of South Australian Emigration Agent in England, containing many signatures and a number of portraits of various members of the Hayward Family.

Journals kept by Hodgkin on voyage on the Orontes from Tilbury to Melbourne (January-March 1909), and during his trips to Tasmania, New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and journey back to England on the Orontes and Otranto (November 1909-January 1910).

Journal, October 1927-April 1929, kept while Lieutenant on HMS Laburnum. The Laburnum served at the New Zealand Station and visited Fiji, Samoa and the Society Islands, June-October 1928. The journal records life on the ship, excursions and entertainments on shore and impressions of places visited. There are a number of watercolour, crayon, and pen and ink sketches by the author.

The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: journal of the voyage from England to Sydney March to August 1843; diary May 1844-May 1845 containing an account of a voyage on HMS Thalia, sailing first to Tahiti, then to Hawaii; Book lists on various topics such as natural history and geography, followed by a note that Hope settled at Molong, New South Wales, in 1846, although there is no record of his time there; journal January-May 1851 kept during a voyage from Sydney to England on the General Hewett, when he took as part of his baggage lizards and small Australian birds to give to the Zoological Gardens, plus three emus to grace the lawns at Hopetoun House; list of over 300 botanical names with location of habitat, noting which plants are peculiar to certain Pacific Islands, or are widely found; and journal February-October 1857 of daily activities on a property near Brisbane, including mustering cattle, shearing sheep, and building.

Journal November 1825-May 1826 kept on a voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land on the Albion, including accounts of life on board the ship, the weather and other passengers.

An 18th century copy, together with an English translation made for Sir Joseph Banks, of the journal of Abel Tasman (1603-59) on the voyage of the Heemskerck in 1642-43, during which he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand.

Describes the voyage of the First Fleet, Smyth's stay in Australia and his return voyage via Tahiti and China. Details are given of treatment of the women convicts during the voyage and events in the first three months of the new colony, including comments on the behaviour of convicts and marines, encounters with the Indigenous Australians and the fauna and flora of the mainland, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Contains detailed lists of the ship's company, officers stationed in N.S.W., female convicts aboard the Lady Penrhyn together with a list of children on board.

MS journal of a voyage of the 'True Briton' from Deal to Port Nicholson, with later journals of voyages from New Zealand to South America and from South America to England.

Journal of Beaumont Fetherston, January 1889 - April 1894, mainly kept on his travels in Europe, Egypt, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Copy of Journal of Captain James Cook kept on HMS Resolution on his second voyage to the Pacific, 9 April 1772 – 19 July 1775, in two folio volumes (416 and 558 pages).