The collection includes addresses; articles (including articles on Republic vs Monarchy); biographies (Harold Boas, John Hampton); correspondence (including that relating to proposed relocation of District and Supreme Courts (1995-1998) and to Republic vs Monarchy (1991-2000)); files of personal correspondence (1985-1987); Deputy Governor Government House file (1977-1988); histories; interview; legal papers; indexed letterbook of Septimus Burt; WA Bar Association minutes (1963, 1988); newspaper cuttings (including cuttings re Miss Burt); notes (including one giving his thoughts on role of Governor); photographs; photocopy of laying of the foundation stone of the Burt Memorial Hall; plan of proposed sewerage works for Septimus Burt; printed materials (re PNG constitution, relocation of District and Supreme Courts, independence of the judiciary, native title in Australia); reminiscinces; speeches (1990-1999); wills (Septimus Burt 1919, Arthur George Vaughan 1923).
