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’

The Kyogle Line is part of 12 Edmonstone Street, a collection of autobiographical essays published by Chatto and Windus in 1985. Three typescript leaves, with handwritten emendations in blue and red ink, unnumbered pages, undated. Seven photocopied leaves of the typescript draft with handwritten emendations: the first leaf is titled 'Inset' (which is to be inserted on page 5 of the next six leaves); there are six leaves, with the title' The Kyogle Line', numbered in the top right-hand corner, undated.

Correspondence, incoming, from 1987-1988:
1987 – 50 letters: Luciana Arrighi (3); Alison Clark (1); Nin Dutton (3); Nick Enright (6); Kathy Lette (1); Ian Sinnamon (1); Peter Weir (1); Others (34).

1988 – 29 letters: Luciana Arrighi (1); Murray Bail – (1); Alison Clark (4); Nin Dutton (1); Nick Enright (1); David Marr (1); Carlo Olivieri (1)
Others (19).

Handwritten letter (2 double sided pages) from Nora Smallwood to author with editorial suggestions attached (3 leaves).

One leaf, handwritten in blue ink, with notes by author on rewritten chapters. Rewritten chapters in second typescript draft, 16 leaves, 1981? Chapter 8 becomes chapter 9 in final manuscript. Chapters 10 and 15 also renumbered in final draft. With handwritten corrections in blue ink, handwritten page numbers in bottom left -hand corners.

Eight leaves with handwritten and typescript lists of changes for the draft of An Imaginary Life. Last page has only a handwritten note 'for Christopher Edwards'. Undated.

One handwritten note by author: 'late rewriting of pages for the final typescript'. Three typescript leaves of amended pages for the final typescript draft, with minor handwritten emendations. Undated.

One leaf, handwritten in blue ink, with notes by author on rewritten passages. Rewritten passages in second typescript draft, 5 leaves, 1981?

Handwritten and typescript draft of Part II of Harland's Half Acre, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, undated.

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