Printout of draft, 11 leaves (last leaf has no text), 25 Apr 1994. Begins 'You sit in the sun by Sydney harbour in an elegant restaurant'.

Drafts, complete and incomplete, of the autobiographical story that was published in book Four easy pieces (Belmont Press, London, 2002). Not all drafts have numbers and/or dates. Draft numbers are 4 to 7. Working title was 'On going home' and was on the original folder (discarded). Some drafts have printout dates in footer, 19 Apr to 21 Apr 1994.

Five drafts. Three drafts with 11 leaves and undated. One draft entitled 'A tourist in my own country', 10 leaves, with some handwritten emendations, printout footer title '#6', printout foot date 24 Oct 1994. One draft, 10 leaves, 8 Sep 1995, with handwritten emendations, and (word processing) change tracking.This is an account of a house rented by Peter Carey, his wife and two children at Port Douglas.

Printout title on draft 'Peter Carey / Adele Hamon', 2 leaves, leaves numbered by hand in top right hand corner 2-3, undated.

Three drafts, two have handwritten emendations, printout footer title on draft 'Boston U', 5 leaves, undated.

This series includes photographs (some related to writings), personal papers, publishing contracts, publicity material, business records.

Brochures, travel and tourism information, accommodation information and correspondence relating to Far North Queensland and Port Douglas. Some of this information may relate to details in the short story 'Port Douglas'.

Nine typescripts, with handwritten notes, of transcripts for people from Thursday Island. Includes a list of names with the heading 'Faces & Voices from Thursday Island' (eight of the names have transcripts) and an envelope addressed to Carey with the date stamp of 18 May 1971.

Two drafts. One draft has printout date from footer 5/13/95, printout title Carey / GQ, 13 May 1995. Both drafts have 2 leaves and handwritten emendations.

Three drafts of A small memorial, published in New Yorker on 25 September 1995 and Four easy pieces in 2002. Printout title from footer 'Revised Draft #1', printout date 22 May 1995, 16 leaves, plus one page of handwritten notes; Printout title from footer 'Author's corrected draft', 25 May 1995, 16 leaves, with handwritten emendations; Printout title from footer 'Corrected draft #2', 2 Jul 1995, 14 leaves. This is a memoir about his first wife's abortion and miscarriages.