Includes speeches by Richard Hall, Vivian Smith, Craig Munro, Olaf Ruhen, Jean Stone, Jack Lockyer and Geoffrey Dutton.

Transcript of an interview with Ken Wilder, former Chairman and Managing Director of the publishing company William Collins, on the occasion of his presentation of a painting by Ray Crooke (for the cover of Xavier Herbert's "Poor fellow my country") and various other related papers to the Fryer Library , University of Queensland, in memory of his son, Christopher, 25th October 2001.
Includes audio cassette recording of interview.

Draft of "Who killed my Sadie" (25 l., typescript photocopy) and letter (5 l. holograph) from Xavier Herbert.

Letter 23 Sept. 1973 to Olive White thanking her for her part in having his Jubilee lecture for the English Association of Queensland ('English and the nations') printed.

Manuscript drafts of books and poetry, correspondence, diaries, speeches, notes, taped interviews, newspaper cuttings, photographs.

Contains corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of Bicycle and Other Poems, Johnno, An Imaginary Life, Child's Play, Eustace, The Prowler, Fly Away Peter, Harland's Half Acre, Antipodes : Stories, 12 Edmonstone Street, The Great World, Remembering Babylon, The Conversations at Curlow Creek, Every Move You Make, and Ransom. Most of the typescript drafts have handwritten emendations, white-out corrections, and cut and past inserts (attached with sticky tape). These drafts give a good insight into how Malouf wrote and amended his works.

Papers relate to the writing of the book, Oodgeroo, by Kathie Cochrane.

At head of title : 'Bernard Hickey, Griffith University, 20 August 1981, launching of Barry Oakley's 'Marsupials' and 'Politics'.

Photographs, notebooks, correspondence, invitations, paintings and documents created by or about Margot Hutcheson.

Drafts of plays and books by Ian Callinan.