One leaf, handwritten in blue ink, with notes by the author on the draft that accompanies it. Rewritten first draft of 'Birds' story, 21 numbered pages. According to the accompanying note: "Rewritten in Brisbane between March and early May 1981….contains the new material to be added, a second draft of the latter half of the book and notes made for background from a history of the 41st Battalion, Queensland".

One handwritten note by author: 'Original typescript for afterword (unused). Later rewritten for programme note for the ballet, then for a piece on North Queensland in the Griffith Review.’ Accompanied by the draft, which has handwritten emendations in pen and pencil, thirteen leaves are original typescript, 7 leaves are photocopies, all 20 leaves hand numbered from 124 to 139.

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

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

Correspondence, incoming, from 1980-1983:
1980 – 31 letters: Jim Davidson (17 Apr, 19 Jun, 25 Jul, 18 Sep, 15 Oct 1980); Don Dunstan (6 Jul 1980); Geoffrey Dutton (28 Jun, 26 Dec 1980); Others (23).

1981 – 18 letters: Jim Davidson (6 May, 14 Jul, 8 Oct, 10 Nov 1981); Others (14).

1982 – 28 letters: Murray Bail (5 Jun 1982); Jim Davidson – Meanjin (10 Feb 1982); Don Dunstan (1); Jim Tulip (1); Robin Wallace-Crabbe (9 Jan 1982); Others (23).

1983 – 21 letters: Scripsi - Michael Heyward and Peter Craven, editors (9 Oct 1983); Norah Smallwood (21 Jan, 2 Aug 1983); Others (18)

Correspondence, incoming, from 1984-1985:
1984 – 30 letters: Geoffrey Dutton (2) ; Nin Dutton (1); Scripsi - Michael Heyward and Peter Craven, editors (1); Others (26).

1985 – 38 letters: Barry Humphries (1); Scripsi, - Michael Heyward and Peter Craven, editors (4); Jacki Weaver (1); Others (32).

Handwritten note by Malouf on contents of this subseries. Typescript note, originally intended as preface to 12 Edmonstone Street (1 leaf, typescript, handwritten emendations). Handwritten and typescript drafts, some incomplete, of 12 Edmonstone Street, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape, now degrading).

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.

Editorial material re: 12 Edmondstone Street
• Letter from Jeremy Lewis, Chatto & Windus to David Malouf, 20 Mar 1985, 1 page
• Editorial queries, 4 pages, typescript
• Revisions, 8 pages, typescript
• Insertions, 13 pages, photocopy of typescript

Photocopy of typescript (with handwritten emendations), some corrections of the photocopy in red pen, last page is original typscript, 42 leaves, undated, most pages numbered at top right-hand corner with some errors.