Five typescript drafts for a speech given by Peter Carey before the publication of Oscar and Lucinda.

Letter from Shrewd Productions with 'Brave new world' at the top of the page accompanied by the transcript of interview with Jeffrey James and Mark Street around the time Bliss the screenplay was being written as well as the magazine article 'Brave new world'. Cutting from Honi Soit (issue 11, 1982) of an interview by Claudia Castle and Rex Butler of Peter Carey.

Two copies of the speech at a literary lunch for the launch of The tax inspector, 5 leaves each, one copy with handwritten emendations, 1991.

Drafts and notes for a fax/letter to Robert Ross at the University of Texas on Carey's place in Australian literature.

Typescript drafts for speeches and related correspondence for Oscar and Lucinda. Speech begins 'Professor Wong was in Australia recently', September 1987. Also includes a speech for the Australian Bicentennial.

Notes, story outlines and fragments, some of which have titles. Includes typescripts with the titles: 'The Botticelli stories'; 'The ice room'; 'K.L. Story'; 'Story: body sellers'; and 'Notes on life in the whorehouse'. Typescript where first line begins: 'Claire Schnier lay in a bed in ward 5...'; 'She had a face like someone who has come out of a sad movie....'; 'He tried to write stories about the people he knew...'; '1. The ride from the airport...'; 'I saw you today and now I'm home by myself...'; 'To truly appreciate paradise,...'. Several pages of Bliss. Also includes loose fragments.

Two drafts of the article From an alien to his second son, published in HQ Magazine in 1993. One has 'First draft' written above title, with handwritten emendations, 6 leaves, undated. The other draft has 7 numbered leaves and is undated.

Three drafts of a speech entitled 'Making it up', all of which start 'You have, standing before you, the person who - well, I was a teenager, I admit but still...'. One draft is incomplete with 4 leaves, and the title in the footer says 'Literary Lunch Spech, Tax Insp. Launch'; the next has 6 unnumbered leaves; and the last has in the footer the title 'FDU Speech', page leaves numbered 1-10, 19 Oct 1992.

Two drafts, 25 Apr and 13 May 1994.

Page proofs, layout design, queries, corrections for University of Queensland Press edition of A letter to our son. Letters and faxes from Rosie Fitzgibbons, University of Queensland Press, and Michael Ward Designs, August 1994.