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The collection includes files which are maintained in the filing system used by the Association during their active life. The files include correspondence, minutes, statements, financial records, newsletters, agendas, examinations and printed material relating to the Federation's involvement in the monitoring of underwater safety, the setting of standards and the accreditation of scuba diving instruction, local and international diving competitions and conservation issues. The records also include a number of files documenting the Federation's links with international diving organisations and other Australian sporting bodies and government agencies.

The papers of Rex Hobcroft comprise a large collection of files relating to his early life and various stages of his career.

MS 7981 comprises correspondence, press clippings, programmes, photographs, posters, financial records, contracts, music scores, scripts, administrative files, stage management reports and other papers dealing with the numerous concert tours, stage musicals and theatrical productions promoted by Miller from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. These include such artists as Louis Armstrong, Arthur Rubinstein, Roy Orbison and the Rolling Stones; such musicals as Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar; and, theatrical productions including The boys in the band and The secretary bird. The collection also includes material on individuals managed by Miller including Graham Kennedy, Barry Humphries, Dame Zara Bate and Sir John Kerr. Also present are papers of an autobiographical nature such as those relating to Miller's trials and imprisonment on fraud charges in the early 1980s (85 boxes, 26 large cartons, 5 fol. boxes, 1 fol. packet, 2 elephant folios).

The material consists of business diaries, cheque books, newscuttings, posters, programs, reports and other ephemera which document the group's activities. There are also a number of cassette tapes produced by the group and video tapes of concerts they have performed and productions for which they have composed musical scores.

Approximately 160 sketches and watercolours, mainly of scenes in South Australia, but including nine watercolours painted by Frome in Mauritius 1852-53, one painting by J. Henderson entitled View in Van Diemen's Land and two paintings by Samuel Thomas Gill, one with the title Horticultural Show 1840.

Approximately 160 sketches and watercolours, mainly of scenes in South Australia, but including nine watercolours painted by Frome in Mauritius 1852-53, one painting by J. Henderson entitled View in Van Diemen's Land and two paintings by Samuel Thomas Gill, one with the title Horticultural Show 1840.

Collection of books, manuscripts and papers of C.J. Dennis and Hal Gye assembled by Harry Chaplin. They include typescripts and manuscript drafts of The Glugs of Gosh, notes by Gye on the frontispiece of Backblock ballads and later verses , an album of letters and photographs entitled 'Early life in Auburn and Laura' relating to Dennis' early life in South Australia, typescript poems by Dennis, an album of photographs and drawings of Dennis and Gye, letters of Dennis, and correspondence between Gye and Chaplin. There are also some notes by Hugh McCrae and letters of Sir John Monash, John Masefield, T. Inglis Moore, Dame Mary Gilmore and Olive Dennis.

Correspondence, diaries, newspaper cuttings and a photograph album.

Material in the Programs and invitations ephemera collection includes invitations to official events, dinner invitations honouring visiting dignitaries, dance cards, award presentations, openings, commemorative and sporting programs. Some programs and invitations may also include menus.

The papers document Street's involvement in the major feminist organisation at the time: the United Associations of Women (U.A.W). She was President of this organisation for many years, from its inception in 1929. The records relating to the struggle for Aboriginal rights are extensive and include petitions to the Holt Government calling for a referendum.