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.

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.

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

Original manuscript of "The big bazoohley* returned from Henry Holt and Company to Peter Carey. Printout date from footer Sep 1994, titles in footer draft 6, 77 leaves, with handwritten emendations, post-it note emendations throughout, and accompanied by a letter from Brenda B [?] of Henry Holt and Company, 21 Aug 1995.

First page proofs for "The big bazoohley* for the Henry Holt and Company publication in the United States, 115 leaves, with some handwritten emendations, and accompanied by a letter from Albert LaFarge, Associate Editor of John Macrae Books, 24 Apr 1995.

Complete and incomplete drafts of Peter Carey's first children's book The big bazoohley.

Copy edited manuscript returned to Peter Carey with a letter by Emma Platt of Faber and Faber, 24 May 1995; and a fax from Carey to Charles Boyle of Faber and Faber, with a list of changes, 16 Mar 1994.

Personal interest items and research materials for The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith: newspaper and magazine cuttings, brochures, information about pigeon breeding and racing and about birth defects.

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