Pages from an old notebook, apparently an incomplete transcript of a now lost original, containing the log of William I.S. Mackay's journey from New York City to Port Philip aboard the William Frothingham. The log commences on 28 August 1852 and ends mid-sentence on 1 October, on which day the ship crossed the equator. This notebook also includes a brief poem addressed from Chatham to an unnamed lady on St. Valentine's Day, 1851, as well as a letter to the British Consul at Tahiti from the passengers aboard the Melbourne packet from Port Philip to Callao. The passengers were complaining about the extortions of a Captain Hardy. Photocopies of the obituary notices of Captain Huntly Brodie Mackay, who died in East Africa, are also included in this collection. The obituary notices come from the Montreal Witness, printed on the 18th of July, 1891. H.B. Mackay was a close relative of the Gordon family. In fact, according to the depositor Commander G.S. Gordon, both his father and son carry the name of Huntly.

Papers. Miscellaneous papers, including letters, deposited by Commander G.S. Gordon of 'Argyle' Station (west of Glen Innes). Much of the material pre-dates the establishment of 'Argyle' Station and relates to the Mcdonald, Sutherland and Gordon families and to places other than Australia. One item which does relate to Australia consists of notes made by William Gordon (later a member of the Victorian parliament) for an electoral speech in 1886.