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Printed pamphlet entitled Letters from New Zealand by an ex-Canterbury resident, published in London, and dedicated to John Bull, Esq., Junior. It consists of ten letters and is mainly a philosophical comment on the New Zealand way of life but with important notes on particular features such as the importance of the discovery of gold, the need for railways, and Maori agitation. There is very little personal detail although the last letter on the botanic system of medicine relates his own experiences.

Typescript copies of letters 1852-57 of David Watson to various family members in Scotland. They were written from Leith, London, Plymouth, Melbourne, Forest Creek, Geelong and Sydney. Subjects include: his voyage to Australia; impressions of Melbourne, Sydney and Blue Mountains, Forest Creek and Ballarat diggings; economic conditions in Australia; Union Bank; churches in the colonies; and his travels in Western District of Victoria.

Includes: letters of Gregory Bateman to his brother Rev. Stafford Bateman, written from Liverpool, Melbourne, Kerang, Bendigo and Moama. They describe Bateman's journey to Australia on board the Marco Polo in 1858, life in Australia and family news; papers relating to Bateman's death in 1895 and his estate.

The Bunbury Family Papers contain 215 letters written by Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah, Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury to their parents and letters received by Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury. The letters described Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury's voyage to and life in Australia.

Letters written from Australia and Java, to his mother Ellen Woodbury (later Ellen Lloyd). They contain news of life in Australia, gold diggings in Victoria, establishment of photographic business in Melbourne, travels in Java, and photographs of East Indies.

The collection comprises 18 letters written by John Stuart Mill to Dr John Chapman regarding articles Mill had written or intended to write. They were written from Blackheath Park, Salzburg and Saint Vernan in Avignon between 1861 and 1867.

The ephemera collection contains documents of The Shadow Ministry. These may include: Shadow Ministry management groups, members and senators.

Deborah Peake-Jones graduated with honours from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, then went on to study at the Royal College of Music with Margaret Kingsley. She has performed numerous roles in Britain and in Australia, including Cherubino with the State Operas of Victoria and South Australia and Zerlina with Surrey Opera. She has given solo recitals at St. Martin in the Fields, the Royal Festival Hall Ballroom, and Leighton House to name a few. Deborah was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Competition, Australia, and the French Song prizewinner at the Britten-Pears School. – Wigmore Hall International Song Competition program.

On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. This collection documents campaigners, voters and signage near the polling place at Old Parliament House in Canberra on voting day.

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