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The journal of the surgeon David Samwell, kept on the second Pacific voyage of H.M.S. Resolution in 1776-1779.

Memoirs written while working as clerk in Auckland in 1842. They describe his first 20 years (1817-1837), including his service on the West African survey and the Mediterranean Station.

The memoir of Edward Robarts was written between 1811 and 1824. It covers his extensive travels in the preceding decades including: Cape Horn, Chile, the Galapagos Islands, Marquesan Islands (where he resided for several years), Tahiti, the Bay of Islands in New Zealand, Penang and Calcutta. The memoirs provide detail about the Marquesas Islands, including a vocabulary of language, and his life during this time, with information about his Marquesan wife and family. His life before and after leaving the islands is detailed, covering the many difficulties he experienced.

Papers include copy of Francis' talk on Sir Robert Garran to Canberra and District Historical Society, 1977, Journal of Edwin Francis on ship Clara Symes, from Bristol to Australia, 1852-1855; Journal of Edwin Francis, 1915 and records of births of Francis children.

The journal was written by Emily Braine, who sailed from Liverpool on 23rd December 1854 on board the ship 'Eagle'. She and her grandmother arrived in Melbourne on the 5th of April 1855. The journal describes the journey and her grandmother's illness.

Journal kept by Francis Taylor on a journey on the Stag from London to Adelaide, including descriptions of other emigrants, reading of Australian books and impressions of Adelaide.

Includes George Wise's journal and a track and log account of the ship 'Alfred'.

Journal March-June 1853 of a voyage from London to Melbourne on the immigrant ship Ida describing day-to-day events on the ship and weather conditions.

1) Letters from Stobart to his mother, Mrs Thomas Chilton, 15 Aug. 1846, Oct. 1852-Apr.1856, on board the ships Resolute, Early Bird, Singapore, Bengal, Calcutta, Indus and Lotus and from Sydney, Brisbane, Wollongong, Ceylon, India, the Nile, Cairo, Jerusalem, Paris and Cannes. Many are written in diary form and they are chiefly descriptive.

Journal 1863 of White's voyage to Australia on the Henry Fernie September-December 1862. Most of the passengers were Irish, and White writes of their attitude to the English and Scottish passengers. He describes in detail conditions on board, entertainments arranged during the voyage, relations between the passengers, marine life observed, and deaths and burials at sea. He writes vividly of the ship's arrival at Melbourne and his first impressions of the city and its people. An appendix to the 153-page journal contains a copy of a testimonial presented to the captain and published in the Argus of 26 December 1862, a table recording the ship's bearings each day and a note of the destinations of his cabin mates Frederick King, Arthur Hiddle, George Samuelson and James Hall.