Draft, version 11, 22 leaves, extracted from the 117 pages of this version. The other 95 pages were without any amendations and have not been retained.

Draft, version 14. Version 13 with only very few minor corrections has not been not retained. Handwritten emendations, 112 leaves, many notes on post-it notes attached to the margins, with additional typed paragraph on A5 paper at p. 5, and with additional 3 typescript pages after pages 9 and 19.

Correspondence, incoming, from 2008-2009, undated:
2008 – 12 letters: Gail Jones (2); Others (10).

2009 – 14 letters: Ihab Hassan (2); Gail Jones (1); John Ralston Saul (1); Others (10).

2000s undated – 19 letters: Eve Duncan (1); Gail Jones (1); David Rowbotham (1); Jaya Savige (2, one is a fragment only); Others (14).

Nine printout drafts of eight stories, all but one published in Every move you make. Includes title page. There are handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, cut and paste typescript inserts (attached with sticky tape) and typescript inserts.

1. The Valley of Lagoons, 57 leaves.
2. Every move you make, 27 leaves.
3. War Baby, [43] leaves, 41 hand numbered leaves.
4. Towards Midnight, 13 leaves.
5. Elsewhere, title handwritten in pencil on first page, 16 leaves.
6. Mrs Porter and the Rock, 41 leaves.
7. Mrs Porter and the Rock, 39 leaves.
8. The Domestic Cantata, 'Revised Version, 2' written on pencil of first page, 31 leaves.
9. 'Honey', 18 leaves, unpublished.

Short stories, most of which appear in the short story collection Every Move You Make. The short stories that appeared in the publication are: The Valley of Lagoons, Every Move You Make, War Baby, Towards Midnight, Elsewhere, Mrs Porter and the Rock, and The Domestic Cantata. This sub-series contains two files of short story typescript drafts.

Ransom retells the story of the Iliad from books 22 to 24. This subseries has manuscript and typescript drafts, with handwritten emendations. By close textual comparison (including with the published novel), these versions have been put into the order in which they were likely produced.

Literary awards and nominations include:
2010 winner International Awards — John D. Criticos Prize. Awarded to David Malouf for his novel Ransom.
2010 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction - for Ransom.
2010 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal ... presented to David Malouf for his novel Ransom.
2010 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction - for Ransom.
2011 shortlisted International Awards — International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - for Ransom.

Typescript, version 2 (typed by David Malouf), in five sections numbered I – V. (sections III and IV present in two versions), with handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, cut and paste typescript inserts (attached with sticky tape), and handwritten inserts.

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

Typescript, version 3 (typed by David Malouf), with handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, cut and paste typescript inserts (attached with sticky tape), and handwritten inserts.