10,000 Miles Away (1969-70) was commissioned in 1969 for performance in 1970 for Cook Bicentenary Year by Adult Education Department, Sydney University. Performed around New South Wales with 3 actors and directed by Rex Cramphorne. This subseries has 2 different versions that have been extensively edited with cut and paste inserts (stuck with sticky tape which have fallen apart).
There are two photocopies of each version which are to be used as access copies

The collection of autobiographical essays, 12 Edmonstone Street, A Place in Tuscany, A Foot in the Stream, and The Kyogle Line were published as 12 Edmonstone Street, by Chatto and Windus in 1985. This subseries consists of a note by David Malouf originally intended to introduce the book, drafts of 12 Edmondstone Street with editorial material, and drafts of A Place in Tuscany, A Foot in the Stream, and The Kyogle Line. Handwritten and typescript drafts, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape, now degrading).

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections. Undated.

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape). Undated.

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections. Last two pages are photocopied. Pages numbered in top right-hand corner. Undated.

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape).

Typescript, handwritten emendations, and white-out corrections. Undated. Pages numbered in top right-hand corner. Accompanied by handwritten cover note by author: Version of stories from Antipodes, my own typing: early / late drafts".

'A Winter’s Tale (The Round of Time). After William Shakespeare'. Three versions of draft for libretto, [ca. 30 leaves each], [David Malouf’s 2017 note: Commissioned by the English National Opera, 1988/9. Michael Berkeley set part of the text (Paulina) in a song-cycle. The commission fell through.] With two associated pieces of correspondence by Malouf and Berkeley

One leaf, handwritten in blue ink, with notes by author on Afterword. Handwritten draft of the Afterword to Fly Away Peter, 5 pages, April 1981. Photocopy of typescript draft with handwritten emendations of the Afterword, 13 leaves, numbered 127 to 139,

An Imaginary Life is a novel dealing with the last years of the Roman poet Ovid in exile and his strange relationship with a wolf-child. It was first published in 1978. Originally the title was 'Letters from Pontus'. Includes letters from George Braziller Inc., New York relating to the publication of this novel, typescript drafts of the novel, editorial markup by literary argent Curtis Brown of the final draft, and changes for final draft.