Incomplete draft, 62 leaves, ends at chapter 18, typescript leaves numbered by hand. Footer indicates all leaves are from 3rd draft, some from draft 3#1, some from draft 3#2. All leaves are dated 15 April 1994.

Typescript drafts 1-8 of the novel, and complete copies of final manuscript with print out dates and chapter/draft numbers in the footer. There are several copies of the 7th draft some with annotations by Robert McCrum and Carey. Annotations date the 7th draft as being October and November 1996. 8th draft has annotation by Carey: "with Alison's suggestions". There is also folders of rejected material mainly from 3rd and 6th drafts labelled: "Off-cuts".

Printout of draft, 7 leaves, 13 May 1994. Begins 'When my New York friends come back from Australia....'.

Printout date from footer 9/15/94, printout title #6, 10 leaves, begins 'The truth is - I wanted to live in Australia again, in a wide verandahed tropical house in Queensland', 15 Sep 1994.

Incomplete and unnumbered draft, 55 leaves, with handwritten emendations, no title page, footer in printout has Chapter and page numbers.

Incomplete draft, 57 leaves, ends at Chapter 14. Pages numbered by hand. Footer indicates all leaves are from 3rd draft, some from draft 3#1, some from draft 3#2. Leaves are variously dated between 16 March 1994 and 13 April 1994.

Written by Peter Carey, this article begins "When I was fifteen years old I went walking in the bush near the Australian town of Mansfield, looking for a road which existed only in fiction." In the footer of the printer it has the title The tax inspector and in the pagination section of the footer it has 'Carey/Driscoll' before the page number. Five leaves, undated.

Two drafts, 25 Apr and 13 May 1994.

Typescript, 4 leaves, 1 Jun 1994.

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'.