Album containing nine coloured (180 x 130 mm) and one black and white (205 x 135 mm) photographs of the Port of Brisbane, with printed captions. The album, which is not full, is a Saga self-adhesive album made in Japan. The first page reproduces the Charter and the Coat of Arms, with description (all in colour). The second page sets out brief facts about the Port's involvement in coal exports.

237 x 186 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with sailing ships moored and cranes loading sacks of wheat from railway trucks. Trucks loaded with coal can be seen on the line to the right.

265 x 204 mm. A view looking along the railway lines which run down to the wharves, with the harbour and Nobby’s Head beyond. By the dockside is a raised track and machinery for loading coal with the masts of berthed ships visible behind.

242 x 192 mm. A view looking out over the roofs of the town towards Nobby’s Head, with shipping in the harbour and moored to wharves. Nobby’s Head was originally an island (first mentioned in Captain Cook’s log for May 1770), the breakwater being constructed between 1818 and 1846. The lighthouse, built in 1857, can just be seen: previously the island had served first as a convict labour camp and then as a quarantine station.

241 x 191 mm. A view looking out over rooftops towards the harbour. In the foreground shipping can be seen moored to the wharfs, with a railway running along the dockside. Out in the harbour, ships can be seen moored to a partially completed breakwater.

A view looking out over the gardens, and beyond the statue of Governor Phillip to Farm Cove. Government House can be seen at the extreme left of picture, with Fort Denison beyond it in the harbour. On the horizon North Head can be seen - the outmost entrance to the harbour.

200 x 150 mm. An interior view of part of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and the walls lined with framed Botanical illustrations. With a figure standing in the background.

204 x 153 mm. A slightly blurred print showing an interior view of the museum, with display cases and specimens, and a figure standing in the background.

350 x 274 mm. A view looking down on the railway terminal situated beside the wharves, where two steamers are moored, with the promontory of Nobby's Head beyond. The promontory is situated on the outer lip of the harbour.

350 x 274 mm. A view looking across the harbour, in which various American warships can be seen, among them the 'U.S.S. Connecticut'.

A portrait of William Haines 'from a daguerreotype by T.A. Hill' and a description of his life in public service. The page is undated, but refers to Haines occupying the Legislative Assembly seat for South Grant in the new Parliament, which he held 1856-1858.

97 x 132 mm. A head and shoulders portrait, mounted on card and signed 'Yours sincerely E.C. [?Lucas] 20.2.22'. Photograph by Hammer and Co., Adelaide.

A collection of loose prints with captions on the reverse, which have been recorded as found. The photographs, which are of various sizes, are portraits of people from Africa, the West Indies and Australia.

195 x 130 mm. The same building as photographed in Y3085C/10, but with an identical extension on the right of the picture, built in the intervening period. With a horse and cart in front of the building.

181 x 131 mm. A view of the Post Office, which stands at the junction of Elizabeth and Bourke Street. Built between 1859-1867, the building is seen here without the third storey and enlarged clocktower which were completed in 1889.

215 x 167 mm. A view looking along William Street with the Advertiser office in the foreground and the Post office behind. The foundation stone of the Post Office was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867 and the building was completed in 1872.

232 x 160 mm. A view of the new Post Office. The post office in Y3085C/10 is now the Post and Telegraph Offices. Built by John Petrie, the first mayor of Brisbane, the Post Office was completed in October 1872.

280 x 230 mm. A view of the unfinished building from George Street. The fenced-off land to the left, along which the building extends, was later to become Martin Place. This monumental building, which took over 20 years to complete, was designed by James Barnet. Work started in 1866. The tower, not yet built in this photograph, was completed in 1887.

Collection of photographic postcards, 138 x 85 mm., with 'Busseldon [sic] W.A. 1925' written on the back of each. Busselton is a holiday resort on Geographe Bay, 149 miles by rail south of Perth. Though settled by the Bussell family in 1832, it made little progress until it received an impetus, about 1921, under the group settlement policy of the State Premier, Sir James Mitchell. The photographs are not captioned and the following descriptions are derived from their content.

120 x 92 mm. A view showing the entrance to potholes in a fault ina rock formation. In the foreground is a seated figure (partially inside the entrance to a pothole) with a large plate camera on the ground beside him. Photograph by H.W.B. Talbot. Negative No. 568.

250 x 165 mm. Aboriginal rock paintings at the Escarpment on the Arnhem Land plateau, Northern Territory. Produced by the Australian Information Service.

205 x 153 mm. A view looking down the length of the classroom, with work benches, chemicals and various apparatus.

205 x 151 mm. A view showing workbenches with various experimental equipment, looking towards the blackboards at the front of the classroom.