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From an alien to his second son (1993)

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.

'History and denial'

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

'A house in Queensland'

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.

Driscoll and Carey on The tax inspector

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.

'Making it up'

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.

A letter to our son [book] (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.

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