An autobiography of Robert Thomas of Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, written 1863-1864, describing his early life in Llanfechain and other places in Montgomeryshire and Salop, 1836-1852 (ff. 2-9 verso, 11-23 verso), a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, September-December 1852 (ff. 23 verso-51 verso, 56 recto-verso) and, in some detail, his life in the Australian goldfields between December 1852 and April 1854 (ff. 56 verso-149 verso). The volume also contains an incomplete summary of contents (f. 1 verso) and a log of his return voyage from Melbourne to London, May - August 1862 (ff. 10 recto-verso, 52-5).

An account by Robert John Griffith, Y Fron, Nant Peris, co. Caernarfon, of his voyage to Melbourne, 26 September - 3 November 1913, together with a few accounts, 1911 (ff. 1 verso-2, 69 verso) and transcripts of poetry.

Cuttings of the account contained in NLW MS 21902A as it appeared, with variations and additions, in Y Genedl Gymreig, January-February 1914; letters and cards, 1915-1925, from Robert John Griffith in New South Wales; and a broadsheet with verses by John Ellis Jones ('Elidirfab') in memory of John Griffith, Fron, Nant Peris, 1903.