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.

Oscar & Lucinda screenplay by Laura Jones, based on the novel by Peter Carey. Third, fourth and revised fifth drafts.

Five drafts with four titles, which begins 'My mother and father are dead'. Footer from the final draft has the date 7/5/92 and the title 'Dear Mum & Dad', 10 leaves. Other titles are: 'Child's play', no footer on printout, 9 leaves, undated; 'An expatriate', no footer on printout, 10 leaves, undated; 'An expatriate', no footer on printout, with handwritten emendations, 10 leaves, undated; 'The successful five year old', footer in printout has the title 'Melb. Hyatt Speech', 10 leaves, undated.

Incomplete drafts sent to Peter Carey by Anthony (Tony) Hassall, corresondence and faxes between the two, and copies Carey's chronology for the book.

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.

Typescript drafts 6 and 7 of the novel, and complete copies of final manuscript, with print out dates and chapter/draft numbers in the footer.

Correspondence with Faber & Faber and University of Queensland Press. Includes faxes and handwritten notes mostly regarding The unusual life of Tristan Smith, some about Collected stories and other stories, 30 Dec 1993 to 19 May 1994 and undated. Includes handwritten notes (from Alison Summer's?) regarding The Big Bazoohley.

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".

Two drafts, 25 Apr and 13 May 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'.