Typescript, 241 leaves, on white paper, handwritten emendations in blue and black pen and pencil, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape). Cover note by Malouf 'Final copy before proof'. Accompanied by 4 leaves with handwritten note 'Rejected passage, from The Great World'. Photocopy, 1 leaf, of inside cover and title page of the published work.

This file is comprised of handwritten notes and draft pages of Remembering Babylon on pages of various sizes, a small exercise book with a handwritten draft, and 106 typescript leaves. There is handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape).

A group of eight early draft typescripts of stories (two copies of one title), some still untitled, with handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, cut and paste typescript inserts (attached with sticky tape). All but one published in Every move you make.

1. Untitled (The Valley of Lagoons, [38 leaves], 36 hand numbered leaves.
2. Untitled (Every Move You Make), 16 leaves.
3. Untitled (War Baby), [28 leaves], 26 hand numbered leaves.
4. Towards Midnight, 9 leaves.
5. Untitled (Elsewhere), 11 unnumbered leaves.
6. Mrs Porter and the Rock, 24 leaves, 2 versions, including first draft on green paper.
7. The Domestic Cantata, 9 unnumbered leaves.
8. 'Closer' - unpublished, 8 unnumbered leaves.

Manuscript, version 1, A5 size paper, [ca. 100 leaves], mostly on the back of other typescripts and draft (?) letters

Correspondence, incoming, from 1969 to 1973:
1960 – 1 letter: Clem Christesen [Clement Byrne Christesen, editor of Meanjin], writing to another writer (probably Judith Green, later Rodriguez – see note below) about Malouf’s poems submitted for publication,
Note from AUSTlit: One of Malouf's friends, Judith Green (later Rodriguez), sent some of his early manuscript poems to Clem Christesen and one of them, published in Meanjin, was Malouf's first published verse.].

1967 – 1 letter: Christopher Edwards (29 Oct 1967 – ‘Today I am 12 years old’).

1969 – 4 letters :Lillian Roxon (3 May 1969); Frank W Thompson and Roger McDonald (UQP) – 3 letters.

1970 – 11 letters: Bruce Dawe (31 Mar, 8 Apr 1970); Geoff Lehmann (19 Nov 1970); Les Murray (7 Jul 1970); UQP (Roger McDonald) (30 Jan, 16 Feb, 20 Feb, 23 Jun 1970); Others (3).

1971 – 3 letters: John Blight (12 Jan 1971); Les Murray (12 Jan 1971); Lillian Roxon (10 Dec 1971)

1972 – 1 letter: Christopher Edwards.

1973 – 2 letters : Gough Whitlam (3 Apr 1973), inviting Malouf to become a foundation member of the Literature Board; Others (1)

Correspondence, incoming, from 1986:
1986 – 37 letters: Luciana Arrighi (2); Geoffrey Dutton (1); Nick Enright (4); Others (30).

Correspondence, incoming, from 2002-2004:
2002 – 26 letters: Nick Enright (1); Ihab Hassan (3); David Rowbotham (2); Jaya Savige (3); John Ralston Saul (1); Others (16).

2003 – 12 letters: Bruce Beresford (1); Ihab Hassan (2); Geoffrey Lehmann (1); Jaya Savige (2); Others (6).

2004 – 12 letters: Bruce Beresford (1); Ihab Hassan (1); Gail Jones (1); Jaya Savige (2); Others (7).

Correspondence, incoming, from 2005-2007:
2005 – 8 letters: Gail Jones (3); Others (5).

2006 – 14 letters: Bruce Beresford (1); Espie Dods (1); Ihab Hassan (2); Gail Jones (1); John Ralston Saul (2); Jaya Savige (1); Penelope Seidler (1 - thanking him for speaking at the Harry Seidler Memorial); Others (5).

2007 – 15 letters: Ihab Hassan (1); David and Ethel Rowbotham (1); Jaya Savige (4); Others (9).

One handwritten page with notes for the first draft, which gives details of how the first draft was created. With the note is the first draft of Child's Play. This draft comprises handwritten and typescript leaves. Handwritten pages are in blue and red biro and some in black ink. Typescript leaves have extensive handwritten emendations. Undated.

One-page working plan, 17 Mar 1980, together with newspaper article Come sono lontani da Bakunin questi burocrati del terrorismo from La Nazione, which in Malouf’s words ‘was the spur’