Illywhacker was published in 1985 in Australia by University of Queensland Press. It has won a number of awards and was short-listed for the Booker Prize. This series includes typescript drafts for 'Pets' (Illywhacker) and Illywhacker, showing substantial revisions at every stage and the development of the novel from earliest ideas to finished form. Correspondence, notes, research material and index cards are included. Illywhacker has won the Age Book of the Year Award 1985, Fellowship of Australian Writers Victor - Barbara Ramsden Award 1985, National Book Council Award for Australian Literature - Banjo Award 1985, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1986 and Ditmar Awards 1986.

Typescript, with handwritten emendations, 61 leaves, undated. With an attached annotated compliments slip to Peter Carey from Cait Buckley, The Almost Managing Co. Pty Ltd.

Printout of Peter Carey's first (incomplete) draft on continuous computer paper. This draft was in an envelope (now discarded) with revised draft of the screenplay by Michael Almereyda. It dates from 4 to 6 October 1988. Envelope had handwritten on front: "Michael Almeyreda's 1st draft plus my first draft in progress".

Incomplete 7th draft and notes, 24 Oct 1986.

Printout of incomplete draft on continuous computer paper, pp. 118-174, 11-12 October 1988. Hand written notes attached.

Drafts for Book 1 of 'Pets' (Illywhacker), most with handwritten amendments. Original folders may have notes.

Drafts for Book 2 of 'Pets' (Illywhacker), most with handwritten amendments. Original folders may have notes.

Drafts for Book 3 of 'Pets' (Illywhacker), most with handwritten amendments. Original folders may have notes.

Two incomplete drafts on the unpublished novel 'Wog', typescript, with emendations, undated.

16 folders of typescript, with handwritten emendations, and printouts of Carey's computer directory listing files for sections and chapters of the novel. 1st - 12th drafts of the novel. Carey's labeling on the folders indicates that writing began on 3 Feb 1988. The 11th draft is dated 20 Nov 1990. Drafts have extensive handwritten emendations. Some of the 9th and 10th draft material includes extensive handwritten notes probably by Alison Summers.