Sydney Lionel May collection

Envelope 5: 2 alphabetically indexed notebooks.

• "Biographies" - people and places.
• "No 28" - various notes.

Envelope 64: File of papers relating to people named "A" to "IC".

Envelope 65: File of papers relating to people named "L" to "Z".

Envelope 22: containing birth, death and marriage certificates relating to:

• Death certificates:  William Landsborough, George Howard, John Henry James Bingham, Abraham Horrobin, John Henry James Bingham, Georgina Landsborough, William James Wain.
• Typed details of marriages and baptism records of St Pauls, Ipswich.
• Birth certificate of Abraham Horrobin.

Envelope 47: Papers on the Allingham family and their connections with the Ingham, Armidale and Mt Spec regions.

Envelope 48: Includes papers on the Archer family and their connections with the Rockhampton and the Fitzroy Valley region.

Envelope 49: Includes papers on the Bateman family and their connections with the Ballandean, Applethorpe and Stanthorpe region.

Envelope 60: Correspondence, ephemera, typed manuscripts about the Neame Family and their business interests.

See also OM65-09 Arthur Neame papers 1870-1897; 1959-1962.

Envelope 79: File of papers and correspondence on miscellaneous topics including the Neame family.

Envelope 123: Mostly handwritten material relating to the Schwennesen family genealogy and pastoral holdings.

Envelope 66: File of papers relating to Stanthorpe

Envelope 108: Two copies of a document titled "Short biographical sketch of some of Stanthorpe's early residents" (16 pages) - an alphabetical listing of people and their occupations.

Envelope 20: Biographical notes of Surat families. Typed and handwritten notes and correspondence about families including family trees.

Envelope 29: Death certificates, family trees and biographical details of a number of local families of Surat/Warroo, including the Daisey, Horrobin, Marsh, Rouse and Wehl families.

Envelope 21: Warroo Shire - includes notes on homesteads and families.

Envelope 113: Original and typed copies of correspondence between Sydney May and various retired police officers about their experiences in regional Queensland, particularly the deaths of Aboriginal people and police officers.

Includes letters from:

• Commissioner of Police Frank Bischof
• Inspector John Gallagher regarding the deaths of PC Wavell, Joe Flick and Ringer Burke, and
• material related to the killing of Constable Mark Beresford by the Kalkadoon people near Mt Isa

Envelope 51: Kathleen Emmerson

Extensive file of correspondence with Kathleen Emmerson of Chinchilla about historical matters. Contains many references to Aboriginal language and people.

See also OM78-02 Kathleen Emmerson papers 1933-1968.

Envelope 53: Correspondence between Syndey May and A.B. Goody about the Burnett District, including some Aboriginal words and place names.

Envelope 114: Correspondence with Lillian Hammond about pastoral stations of the Barcoo Shire, and H.W.F Gunning about the families of Mackay.

Envelope 54: Handwritten letters received by Sydney May asking for information. Some stories of Knockbreak Station, and Aboriginal people including Granny Sinclair of Old Cannindah.

Envelope 55: Correspondence between Sydney May and Henry G. Lamond about historical matters, explorers and cattle.

See also 3004 Henry G Lamond manuscripts

Letterbook - July - October 1941

Envelope 129: Letterbook

A book of carbon copies of letters written by Sydney May from August 1942 - August 1944.

Envelope 134: 2 books of carbon copies of letters written by Sydney May, one relating to place names (1941-1944) and one relating to his role as Organiser in Music at the University of Queensland in 1944.

Envelope 56: Correspondence between Sydney May and Dorothy Linton

Envelope 11: Miscellaneous correspondence 1957-1967, some with references to pastoral runs.

Envelope 125: 

• Small bundle of assorted correspondence regarding place names.
• Letter from Post Office Records in London regarding John Milbourne Marsh Senior.
• Letter from Albert Strickland of St John's Church of England, Lilydale regarding the baptism of Pamela Armstrong and the St Johns Church of England Lilydale Register of Baptisms.
• Running sheet for the baptism of Pamela Helen Fullerton Armstrong Nov 14 1918.
• Genealogical information of William Kent and the Evans family of Jondaryn Station.

Envelope 130: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts on various subjects.

Envelope 131: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts on various subjects.

Envelope 63: File of personal correspondence.

Envelope 12: Correspondence, mainly 1964-1965, mainly related to place names and families, but also horseracing, surveyors and a typed eulogy for Alan Walter Sydney May.

Envelope 13: Correspondence re: various research topics including south-west Queensland stations, Aboriginal place names and meanings, various family trees.

Envelope 14: From a folder marked "Miscellaneous" (correspondence). 
Correspondence regarding place names, mostly in south-western Queensland. The letters are mainly from John Oxley Memorial Library, Queensland Museum and local councils.

Envelope 101: Correspondence and notes re. properties and stations.

Envelope 69: Correspondence relating to the publishing of May's research, particularly with W.R. Smith and Paterson Pty Ltd.

Envelope 70: Correspondence and papers relating to the Queensland Place Names Committee.

Envelope 72: Letters from H. ("Pop") Richards of Eulolo Station in McKinlay regarding Boulia, Innaminka, Mt Leonard Station and other stations in Western Queensland.

Envelope 73: Letters from Eric Sammon, a police officer stationed at Birdsville in 1958, about his knowledge of local Aboriginal words and various events in the area.

Envelope 23: Correspondence between Sydney May and some families from Surat and Warroo, about the history of the area and people.

Envelope 76: Letters from Fred Teague, mostly relating to the Flinders Ranges.

Envelope 25: Correspondence and a list of flora and tree names in Warroo Shire.

Typed notes for local high school students about the Balonne.

Envelope 78: Correspondence from Nancy Yuan regarding the Numinbah Valley

Envelope 19: Manuscript - from a folder marked "Incomplete (ends only)".  

Bundles of typed papers, perhaps drafts. Includes some correspondence and Aboriginal word lists.

Envelope 120: various manuscripts

• Typed manuscript "Vocabulary of Aboriginal Dialects of Queensland by Harriott Barlow" -  detailed word lists relating to the following Aboriginal Groups: Coongurri; Wirri-Wirri; Ngoorie; Yowalleri; Cooinburri; Begumble; Cambooble; and Parrumgoom [see also OM91-69 Harriet Barlow Manuscript ca. 1865 ]
• A list of "Trees of S.E. Queensland quoted by Petrie and Welsby", including the Aboriginal language words, botanical names and common names.
• Newspaper cutting - 'Aboriginal Sculptress on Walkabout' about Kalboori Youngi.

Envelope 111: Three typed manuscripts:

• Journal of an excursion to the Bunya Country situated in the North of the Moreton Bay District, NSW, 1843
• Observations - diary of Reverend Eiper who accompanied Dr Stephen Simpson on this expedition
• Dr Simpson's Overland Expedition - an extract of a diary

Envelope 18: From a folder marked "Incomplete (beginning and end both missing) manuscript".

Incomplete typed documents, some relate to Captain Mackay, Cairns, Frazer family of Bowen, Ipswich and Warwick.

Envelope 17: From a folder marked "Incomplete (beginnings only)".

Incomplete typed documents, some relate to Cape York, Herberton, Redland Shire and the Victorian Sugar Co.

Envelope 110: Manuscript by Sydney May "How did the name Clifton come to be used on the Darling Downs?"

Envelope 139: various manuscripts, correspondence and research relating to Diamantina, Barcoo and Boulia shires.

Envelope 103: Arthur Neames diary (includes publications entitled "Faversham Official Guide" and "Shephard Neame Ltd - Brewery - Faversham").

See also The diary of Arthur Neame, 1870-1897 / edited by Sydney May

Envelope 126: Small diary, February 17 - September 9 1883, filled with pencil handwriting recording daily life of travelling around Queensland. Possibly written by Arthur Neame.

Envelope 133: Hardcover diary with handwritten inscription "Diary of Queensland Events" with a small number of entries.

Envelope 109: Bound copy of a manuscript titled "Drayton - the Alford Story 1839 - 1923" by Richard S. Alford. Records the story of the Alford family who arrived in Queensland in 1842. 

Envelope 112:  Six typed manuscripts:

• Kilcoy Historical Notes and Reminiscences by P.J. Walsh, 22 January 1959.
• "Kilcoy", an extract from "The Queenslander", 18 January 1939.
• Imbil.
• Letter from E.G. Conrick regarding Robert Frew of Birsdville.
• Blackbutt-Yarraman Forestry by Jules Tardent, 1 March 1945.
• A history of the Biggenden Shire Council by Sophia McVicker.

Envelope 15: Correspondence and manuscripts from a folder marked "Misc".

Includes papers on Cracknell Road, Macleay Island, Cloncurry and western Queensland stations. Includes Aboriginal material.

Envelope 137: two manuscripts

• A typed list of Queensland place names with Scottish origins. 
• 302 page draft manuscript of place name origins in alphabetical order

Envelope 138: Various manuscripts, correspondence and research relating to place names in Queensland.

Envelope 16: Correspondence and manuscripts from a folder marked "Incomplete (handwritten)".

Envelope 75: Typed manuscripts of talks given to organisations such as Rotary Clubs.

Envelope 102: Manuscripts presented by Sydney May:

• 1858 - 1959 Captain Holt's 100th birthday (19 pages) - and Ipswich "pioneer".
• Letter from W.H. Watson 2 Sept 1934 regarding the murder of McConachy and floods at Coonyngerra.
• Poem - "Beautiful Names" (3 pages). - uses Aboriginal language words.
• MS - "An interesting relic - A reminiscence of the Queen of the Colonies" (5 pages) - about a shipwreck and a pandanus tree at Caloundra.
• MS talk - on Huon de Kerrilleau and his family (8 pages).
• Letter from W.H. Watson re: James Wentworth Keyes and Roseberth Station.
• Currawilla, Mooraberrie, Connemana and Morney Stations (2 pages).
• "Notes by Mrs Scott" regarding Mr Campbell of Glengyle, Denny Ling of Currawilla, John Costello landowner along Cooper Creek, and silos.
• Letter from A. Frew to Mrs Scott 4 Jan 1935 regarding families on station in Western Queensland.
• Copy of the will of Dame Nellie Melba (11 pages) (2 copies).
• "Memo of the principle events in my life - Arthur Neame" (1 page).
• MS - "The early days of Harrisville" (2 pages).
• Correspondence from Gwen H. Kent (3 pages) about Cracknell Road Annerley, Jondaryan and Arthur Neames. 
• MS "Mt Fox" (4 pages), written by May.
• MS "This research is in answer to a request for a reasonable origin of the name 'Isis'" (3 pages), written by May.

Envelope 119: typed list of schools in Queensland, including those located on stations, indicating their location in relation to towns.

Envelope 141

• Typed list of the nomenclature of Queensland railway stations, July 9 1937 (63 pages).
• Printed document titled "Annexe II Queensland Place Names".

Envelope 142: typed list of the nomenclature of South Australian railway stations (26 pages).

Envelope 140: Various manuscripts, correspondence and research relating to Tara, Bendemere and Yuleba.

Envelope 116: various manuscripts:

• List of railway sections and the dates of their opening.
• 2 pages listing rail lines and branches with towns and post office information.
• "Coochin Coochin - Reminiscences of the early days" by Mrs G.A. Bell.
• "Coaching in the early days" by Thomas Mathewson.
• "The early days - Ingham in 1874" and "The Crinoline at Ipswich".
• "An old tragedy" as written by Thomas Mathewson.
• "Ipswich 60 years ago - W. Mathewson's recollections.
• How elections were won in 1864.
• "A trip with my camera sixty years ago" by Thomas Mathewson.
• "Calabashes" by F.W.S Cumbrae-Stewart.

Envelope 117: various manuscripts by Thomas Mathewson (photographer):

• "The Campbell Family".
• "The Crinoline at Ipswich" (from Mathewson's diary).
• "Fifty years ago and more".
• Short stories. Beginning "An old time inn", "Toowoomba - About the Name", "Calabashes"
• "Early Dalby, further recollections"
• "Gentle Annie"
• "The first day we were with Bill Foster...".
• 3 letters from Thomas Mathewson's son.
• "The early days - Ingham 1874".
• "The late Sir Joshua Peter Bell".
• Pages 2 and 3 - An account by Mathewson.
• Copy of a letter to Mathewson from the Hinchinbrook Shire Council 23 Nov 1922.
• "Toowoomba's first gala day".
• "Historical Society of Queensland".
• A veteran photographer (on Mathewson).

Envelope 118: various manuscripts:

• Douglas Shire - Wonga Beach.
• "Rock paintings" - an account of artworks in a cave near Mt Fox.
• "G.S. Bailey - Old Cannindah".
• "When on a visit to my Grandmother Kilner…" - an account of the shipwreck of SS Whatonga.
• "The Darling Downs - first town - Drayton". 
• "Limestone 1828 - 1842".
• "Meandarra".
• "The White Atherton Hoax" - an acocunt of an anti-Chinese event in Atherton. 
• Cutting "Palm Scrub" by M.L. Allingham.
• Page 3 of a correspondence from M.L. Allingham.

Envelope 122: various manuscripts:

• On Frederick William Bassett.
• "History of Jingi Valley District 1840-1959" compiled by Mrs R.C. Grundy.
• Letter from Quilpie Shire Council re: pronunciation of Bulgroo and Bulloo.
• "Mrs Fred Bundell of Bohlevale - pioneer girl, wife and mother".
• Letter from Edwin Ward to E.H. Stewart regarding the origin of the name Hebel and some observations on the culture the Aboriginal people of the district. A document titled "The Australian Aboriginal re: dialects" is attached.
• Newspaper clipping - Courier Mail May 2 1966 - "Idea that helps Diggers" about Harry Cunningham and Strathmore Station near Bowen.

Envelope 24: Draft manuscript of "The Shire of Warroo" and some smaller manuscript histories.

Envelope 6: Published maps

• Map showing approximate areas occupied by four lingual divisions of Aboriginals in South Eastern Queensland by F.J. Watson.
• South Eastern Queensland local authorities.
• Moreton district 2 mile map sheet 3.
• Map of Queensland Railways.
• Part of a map of the Queensland coast from Hinchinbrook Island - Halifax Bay.
• Photographic reproduction of Map S182.1 showing the mouth of the Nerang Creek and adjacent subdivisions, owners and streets.
• Map showing the boundaries of the electoral district of Balonne (the Electoral Districts Act of 1958).
• Queensland 1949 - the Electoral Districts Act of 1949 - Map B - South-Eastern Electoral District (exclusive of the metropolitan area).

Envelope 127: Maps and plans

• Plan of sections No. 1 - 12 town of Mirani, March 1885.
• Drawings of a proposed memorial cairn to the late George Essex Evans dated 24 June 1960
• Plan of Brisbane Town Moreton Bay 1839.
• Plan of Brisbane - 1840 handwritten on the item
• "Key to photo"- hand drawn reference map of the names for a group photo (no photo in the envelope).

Envelope 3: Publications

• Watson F.J. "Vocabularies of four representative tribes of south eastern Queensland", 1944
• Shell Co. of Australia. "The Back of Beyond" (on the making of a film by the same name), 1954?
• Forbes, David. "Reminiscences of the early days of the present colony of Queensland". (Photographic reproduction pages 50 - 62), 1900
• Pages 215 and 216 (photographic reproduction). "Drawing of a jackaroo cover" and "Genesis of Queensland", 1888

Envelope 8: Miscellaneous items and indexes.  

• Index to Walkabout Magazine Vol 23 1957 and Vol 24 1958.
• List showing the correct address indicator for each locality in the Greater Brisbane Area (Postmaster-Generals Department Brisbane June 25 1936.
• Publication - "Queensland Railways - Nomenclature of Railway Stations" (Brisbane Nov 1956).

Envelope 121: Photographic reproduction of "The Atlas - Sydney Weekly Journal of Politics, Commerce and Literature" Sat. 29 November 1845.

Envelope 52: Series of cuttings from a column written by Nancy Francis published in "The Cairns Post" 1939-1940, about local history and Aboriginal culture.

See also 29205 Nancy Francis papers 1920-1949

Envelope 1B: Correspondence, excerpts and histories related to Aboriginal history and language.

Includes transcripts of writings by Thomas Welsby, and correspondence with institutions regarding Aboriginal language words including the Mitchell Library, Queensland Museum, Australian Baptist Home Mission, The Courier Mail, Australian Museum, Aurukun Mission etc.

Envelope 50: Papers on botany, birds, wildlife and fauna, rainfall records of Alice Springs, trees and grasses, geology. Includes a list of the trees of south-east Queensland as quoted by Petrie and Welsby, with Aboriginal language words.

Envelope 2: Correspondence and lists related to Aboriginal words, place names and meanings.

Envelope 80: three notebooks

• Notebook 1: Names, words and their meanings (Australian Aboriginal also foreign).
• Notebook 2: In front of book mainly botanical - in back of book alphabetical lists of places and locations.
• Notebook 3: "Sundry notes Warroo".

Envelope 4: Exercise books.

• 2 exercise book covers with list of "Queensland Towns and Places of Aboriginal origin and their meanings" (compiled by Sydney May, one with card attached).
• Exercise book - Place names and meanings - some notes on places also.
• Exercise book - "Barcoo Shire" (notes and correspondence and list of North Queensland place names and bibliography).
• Exercise book - "Mt Spec" mainly (also inserted back half of another book).
• Exercise book - Notes on properties and colonists.
• Exercise book - Notes on properties and colonists.
• Exercise book - Notes, correspondence, lists of words, place names and meanings (Aboriginal).
• Exercise book - See front cover for details, notes.

Envelope 10: Indexed cuttings book (also includes some notes). Alphabetically labelled with newspaper cuttings relating to places names. Some handwritten notes and Aboriginal place name lists.

Envelope 82: three notebooks

• Notebook 7: Notes and correspondence regarding place names. Aboriginal word lists. A letter referring to "Melba".
• Notebook 8: Handwritten notes.
• Notebook 9: Newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence and a photograph - possible of May's family.

Envelope 83: three notebooks

• Notebook 10: Places with Aboriginal names and descriptions of their locations. 
• Notebook 11: Places and names and some other notes.
• Notebook 12: Notes and correspondence.

Envelope 97: 2 notebooks

• Notebook 26: Notes and correspondence on Dame Nellie Melba. Letters from H.W.F. Gunning.
• Notebook 27: Aboriginal word lists.

Envelope 99: 2 notebooks

• Notebook 30: Aboriginal word lists from the Numinbah Valley region. Newspaper clippings about the Chillagoe Caves. Aboriginal word lists for types of birds.
• Notebook 31: Details of pastoral runs in the Surat. Genealogical information and family tree of William Neill and Frances Jackson. Typed paper about Undulla family records. Typed paper on the meaning of the Aboriginal word Gilgai.

Envelope 86: two notebooks

• Notebook 19: Notes on various family histories.
• Notebook 20: Various.

Envelope 105: A collection of various papers, including about the South Brisbane Racecourse, John McDonald - the first mayor of Charters Towers, the Tooth family, the Thorne and Willard families of Birkdale, Moreton Bay, a list of people holding positions in the Marine Board, an annotated map of Blackall, an address by May about the placenames around the Logan River, Beenleigh and Beaudesert, and the Bailey family of the Burnett.

Envelope 106: A collection of various papers, including about the South Brisbane Racecourse, John McDonald - the first mayor of Charters Towers, the Tooth family, the Thorne and Willard families of Birkdale, Moreton Bay, a list of people holding positions in the Marine Board, an annotated map of Blackall, an address by May about the placenames around the Logan River, Beenleigh and Beaudesert, and the Bailey family of the Burnett.

Envelope 107: Includes documents on Robert Frew, Jimna, pioneer women of western Queensland, Alma Moodie, the Theatre Royal, a transcript of a diary of early surveyor Edward Willmott Pechey (includes Aboriginal word list from around the Condamine district), an 1848 map of the Darling Downs showing the stations occupied by squatters, and Macartney family of the St Lawrence Plain.

Envelope 59: Papers about music, including correspondence, ephemera and typed manuscripts.

Envelope 104: Papers relating to the Neames family and the Macknade Sugar Mill, including diary entries containing references to relationships between Aboriginal people and settlers, and the employment of Aboriginal people and South Sea Islanders.

Envelope 9: Alphabetically labelled exercise book with ephemera, correspondence and notes about place name origins.

Envelope 81: three notebooks

• Notebook 4: Queensland Place Names Committee.
• Notebook 5: Words and meanings/Places and map location etc.
• Notebook 6: Cuttings and notes

Envelope 84: three notebooks

• Notebook 13: Place names, words, derivation and some histories.
• Notebook 14: Properties and their owners.
• Notebook 15: Gaelic words and meanings and note on property and family histories.

Envelope 31: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on Aldershot, Alberton, Alice Springs, Aminungo, Anduramba, Archer Point, Argentine, Atherton Tablelands, Augathella.

Envelope 32: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Bald Hills, Ballandean, Balonne country, Barcoo, Barkly Tableland, Barolin, Baroona, Beaudesert, Bellenden-Ker, Behana, Benarkin, Betoota, Bigumbel, Binna-Burra, Birdsville, Birkdale, Birralee, Blackall, Blackbutt, Boobigan, Boolba, Boonoo Boonoo, Booringa, Borumba Dam, Bowen, Boyne Valley, Bribie, Brightview, Brisbane and Brisbane suburbs including Cracknell and Ekibin Roads, Bundaberg, Bundamba, Burpengary, Byamee.

Envelope 115: Photocopied material including:

• "Biographical data and photograph of George Allan Warby - pastoralist "Booreeyamma" Station Mungindi NSW.  
• "Raglan Station - 1st 100 years" by Ian T. McDonald.

Envelope 33: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Caboonbah, Cairns, Callide Dam, Campbells Gully, Cape York, Cedars Sugar Mill, Channel Country, Carrington, Charleville, Chinchilla, Churchbank, Cleveland.

Envelope 98: 2 notebooks

• Notebook 28: Notes and letters about Barcoo Holdings, Cooktown, the Bell family of Beaudesert. Letter from Norman Holt regarding Iron Pot Creek.
• Notebook 29: Typed notes about Matthew Gogg and various pastoral leases around Chinchilla and the Condamine River. Typed biographical details about Colin Marsh Kellock of St George.

Envelope 34: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on Clifton (on the Darling Downs).

Envelope 35: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Cloncurry, Clontarf, Condamine, Coochin, Cooeeimbardi, Cooktown, Coominya, Cordelia, Cooparoo, Cressbrook, Crinzean, Crows Nest.

Envelope 36: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Daintree, Dalgangal, Dawson, Dingo, Dirranbandi, Drayton, Dugandan, Dunkeld, Dykehead, Edungalba, Esk, Euchareena, Eukey, Evrie, Fassifern, Fernvale, Fitzroy Shire, Flinders River, Flying Flea, Gildiat, Glengallan, Glengyle, Goondi, Goondiwindi, The Granites and Tanami, Gregors Creek, Harrisville.  

Envelope 37: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on Hebel.

Envelope 38: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Herbert River, Hillside, Herberton, Hinchinbrook.

Envelope 39: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Hinchinbrook Shire, Ingham, Inkerman Downs, Innaminka, Innisfail, Innot, Ipswich, Ironbark Ridge, Irongate, Iron Range, Isis. 

Envelope 40: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Jericho, Jimna, Jinghi, Jondaryan.

Envelope 41: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Kallangar, Karara, Kargoolnah, Killawarra, Kilcoy, Killarney, Kinellan, Kingaroy, Knockbreak, Kolan, Kooroongarra, Kuripla, Kruger Hill.

Envelope 42: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Labrador, Lake Clarendon, Lawnton, Lethbridges Pocket, Llanrheidol, Longreach, Lota, Lowood.

Envelope 43: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on Mackay.

Envelope 26: Typed documents about the Maranoa Picnic Racing Club, horseracing in the Maranoa and the Surat, and the McCormack family's interest in horses.

Envelope 44: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Macleay Island, Magnetic Island, Maleny, Mapleton, Maryborough, Marango, Mary Kathleen, Meandarra, Miallo, Millaa Millaa, Mirriwinni, Mitchell, Milgarra, Milton House, Mirani, Monkey Waterholes, Moondarra, Moonie, Moreton Bay, Mt Dillon, Mt Edwards, Mt Fox, Mt Hutton, Mount Perry, Mt Esk, Mt Garnet, Mt Hallen, Mt Isa, Mt Omega, Mt Spec, Mourilyan, Mulgrave Mill, Musgrave Range, Muloorina.      

Envelope 45: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Nanango, Narridy, Nebo, Neutral Bay, Nghuia, Nonda, Noranby, Numinbah, Noodoo, Pascoe Inlet, Pascos River, Patrick Plains, Peel Island, Perwillowen, Pialba, Pine Island, Pine Mountain, Pleystone, Poingdestre, Point Archer, Proston, Pyrmont, Quilpie, Quinalow.

Envelope 46: Places - their histories, stories etc.

Includes papers on: Raglan, Rainworth, Redbank, Redlands, Rochedale, Rockhampton, Roma, Rosebrook, St Lucia, Samsonvale, Sonoma, South Townsville, Southport, Spicer's Gap, Stanley River, Stanthorpe, Stradbroke Island, Strathmore, Strathpine, Sugarloaf, Surat, Sydney (ferry names), Tambo, Thorneside, Thulimbah, Tin Can Bay, Tolga, Toogoolawah, Toowoomba, Townsville, Tully (including a document "Some notes on the Tully Falls Hydro-electric project" for school children), Turtle Rock, Undulla, Vanrook, Volskow, Wandal, Wagganba, Wallangarra, Wando, Wanganui, Wangaratta Creek, Wandoan, Warrill Valley, Warrina, Warwombie, Warwick, West Burleigh, Western Australia, Whyanbeel River, Wicketawee, Wilsons Downfall, Wilsons Plains, Withcott, Wivenhoe, Wonga, Yamsion, Yarraman, Yatala (the steamboat Fanny).    

Envelope 85: three notebooks

• Notebook 16: Notes
• Notebook 17: Various histories and stories.
• Notebook 18: Mainly place names.

Envelope 87: notebook

• Alphabetically indexed book with handwritten notes of place names and histories.

Envelope 88: notebook

• Large notebook - histories of people and places

Envelope 89: notebook

• Notes and cuttings book - alphabetically indexed.

Envelope 90: notebook

• Notes and cuttings book - alphabetically indexed.

Envelope 91: notebook

• Large alphabetically indexed notebook listing place names, and some Christmas cards.

Envelope 92: notebook

• Notebook of alphabetically indexed places.

Envelope 93: notebook

Large notebook - notation on front is "M-Z Vol 2 p 99-200".

Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence with Ethel Day and Leslie Outridge, a program for a concert for the Ipswich Philharmonic Choir, handwritten notes about place names.

Envelope 94: notebook

Small indexed ringbinder - handwritten notes on people and places.

Envelope 95: 3 notebooks

• Notebook 21: Handwritten notes of Aboriginal words and place names, some pages torn out
• Notebook 22: Notes on Eidsvold. Notes on the family tree of Clarence Leslie Donald Hamilton.
• Notebook 23: Handwritten notes of place names, some Brisbane suburbs listed.

Envelope 96: 2 notebooks

• Notebook 24: People and places.
• Notebook 25: Alphabetical lists of Aboriginal words and meanings.

Envelope 135: Various manuscripts, correspondence and research relating to shires in Queensland.

Envelope 136: Various manuscripts, correspondence and research relating to shires in Queensland.

Envelope 68: File of papers relating to post offices.

Envelope 71: Papers relating to railways and station names.

Envelope 132: List of the names and nomenclature of railway stations in Queensland, including Aboriginal words and their meanings.

Envelope 57: Papers about the story of Waltzing Matilda, including correspondence, typed manuscript and sheet music.

Envelope 27: Documents about the Warroo Shire Council hall and offices, Anglican Church and sewerage in the Surat.

Envelope 28: Surat and Warroo Shire Council material, including 1899 rainfall records of Hillsborough Station, poetry, and a list of chairmen of the Warroo Shire Council.

Envelope 30: Warroo Shire documents about prickly pear, coaches, the reminiscences of William Lawnton and other local families.

Envelope 58: Typed, unsigned will of Dame Nellie Melba.

Envelope 62: Correspondence and research papers relating to Henry Augustus Noone, and a typed manuscript of The Story of Mena Creek and Paronella Park.

Envelope 74: Papers relating to John Burke's steamers and other ships.

Envelope 77: Papers relating to The Old Toll Bar Road near Toowoomba. Includes some family history documents of local families, including the death certificates of Sarah Ann Taylor and Thomas Ryan.