Manuscript collections

• A voyage to New South Wales by William Bradley, 1786–92
  Lieutenant Bradley's illustrated journal recording the voyage of the First Fleet and the early years of settlement in New South Wales and Norfolk Island.
• George Bass - Letter received from Matthew Flinders, 15 February 1800; compiled 15 to 21 February 1800
  An important, highly personal letter written by Matthew Flinders to George Bass, it is one of only two known letters written by Flinders to Bass.
• Letters by Patrick White
  Letter to Father Christmas, 1918 and letter to the Fairies, 1919
  Correspondence with Marshall Best, 1966–1981
  Aviva Layton — letters received from Patrick White, 1973–1989
  Mr Mylett — letter received from Patrick White, 14 June 1970
  John Sligo — letters received from Patrick White, 1972, 1973, 1978
  Joan M. Ritchie — letter received from Patrick White, 11 May 1972
  Laura Burns — letter received from Patrick White, 3 September 1961
• A selection of colonial letters
  Letters include those by convict Mary Reibey to her aunt, written on her arrival in New South Wales in 1792.
  Letter from Captain Hill to Jonathan Wathen, 26 July 1790
  Penelope Hope — letter received from her niece Molly Haydock (Mary Reibey), 1792
  Francis Grose — letter to an unknown correspondent, 2 April 1792
  Letter to Francis Bond from Thomas Bond, 10 November, 1792
  Letter from Mary Johnson to Henry Fricker, 21 December 1795