The original typed up version of An Imaginary Life was professionally typed. The top copy went to Braziller, the publisher. This is the second copy which later went to Curtis Brown.
Typescript draft of An Imaginary Life, 137 numbered leaves, 1 unnumbered title page, and 2 unnumbered leaves with the Afterword. The title page has the stamp 'From: Curtis Bown (Aust.)' (literary agent) and includes editorial corrections, mostly in green pencil, and some black biro. There are a few pages that are copies of the typescript draft. Undated.

One handwritten note '1st typescript, heavily corrected'. With first typescript draft, 72 leaves, extensive handwritten emendations, Chapters 10 and 13 not included. Undated.

One handwritten note by author: 'late rewriting of pages for the final typescript'. Three typescript leaves of amended pages for the final typescript draft, with minor handwritten emendations. Undated.

One leaf, handwritten in blue ink, with notes by author on rewritten passages. Rewritten passages in second typescript draft, 5 leaves, 1981?

Original typescript and photocopied typescript draft of Harland's Half Acre, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape, now degrading).

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

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections. Undated.

Typescript, handwritten emendations, and white-out corrections. Undated.

Typescript, handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape). Undated. Pages numbered in top right-hand corner. Accompanied by handwritten cover note by author: Version of stories from Antipodes, my own typing: early / late drafts".

Explanatory note from David Malouf regarding the origins of the novel, 1leaf.
Drafts of an early version of The Great World, The Great World is a later version of a book originally titled ‘The Memorialists’. This typescript and handwritten draft comprises the material from this original version which was incorporated into The Great World. Approximately 323 leaves, extensive handwritten emendations, cut and paste inserts (attached with sticky tape), most pages have handwritten numbers in top right-hand corner, page numbers are out of sequence, undated.