Fly Away Peter is a novella, set in Queensland before the First World War, the story of Jim Sadler, a dedicated bird watcher, Ashley Crowther, his employer and Imogen Harcourt, an eccentric English photographer. It was first published in 1981 with Child’s Play under the title The Bread of Time to Come. It was republished in 1982 as Fly Away Peter. This subseries includes “original first hand-written drafts of Fly Away Peter (usually referred to as Birds)” [D.M.]; rewritten first draft in Brisbane; first typescript draft; second typescript draft; rewritten passages in second typescript draft; chapters 8, 10, 15 of first typescript reworked and replaced and afterword to Fly Away Peter.

Fly Away Peter was the winner of the 1982 Age Book of the Year Award.

Assorted photographs and carte de visite relating to the Macdonald family.

Initially called 'Life and death in the south side pavilion', 'Dancing on the water' is an unpublished screenplay written by Peter Carey and Ray Lawrence. It is based on the short story Life and death in the south side pavilion by Peter Carey first published in short story collection, The fat man in history (1974). Comprises 8 typescript drafts.

Includes Constitution, Membership lists, History of the Society, Annual reports, Purchases for the QAG, Minutes, 1964 - 1981, Correspondence, 1960s and 1970s, Catalogues, 1959 - 1979, Newsletters

General financial records including correspondence, receipts, bank statements, cheque and deposit books, tax returns.

This subseries comprises research material, correspondence, notes relating to the overseas activities of Judith Rodriguez.
Folder 1: Visit to Canada, New York, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Munich and Rome in 1980.
Folder 2: Research documents relating to Judith Rodriguez and India, 2000 to 2004.
Folder 3: Australia Council, Cultural exchange documents, 1980 to 1989.

Correspondence from government departments, Society of Artists, exhibition organisers, galleries, lawyers, dentists, real estate agents, and more.

Ledgers with expenses and income from rental property from 1937 to 1959, most of which were probably kept by her father until his death in 1954 and then by mother and/or Daphne. Ledgers kept by Daphne Mayo from 1960 to 1965 incorporate income and expenses for property, dividends and her profession. Folders contain correspondence, notes, invoices and receipts, and rental books for property in Highgate Hill, Brisbane.