2 letters handwritten; one typescript (photocopy).
First letter, Easter Monday 1969, concerns Xavier Herbert's trip with Percy Trezise to Sandy Creek. Signed 'Your Bunga, FX'. Second letter, June 4 1979, deals with his critics, his ill health and his proposed appointment at Newcastle University coinciding with the publication of 'Poor fellow my country'. Signed 'F.X.' And the third letter, 25 June 1975, talks of the television programme 'The contract', and the treatment of Percy Trezise's 'Quinkan country'; Dick Roughsey; and the inspiration for and writing of 'Poor fellow my country'.
Includes unidentified handwritten transcript of the June 4, 1979 letter.

This collection is comprised of correspondence by Dick, Elsie and Lindsay Roughsey; the manuscripts of Dick Roughsey; the manuscripts of Percy Trezise; and 20 original artworks by Goobalathaldin (Dick Roughsey) and Percy Trezise, many of which were proposed illustrations for The rainbow serpent (1979). It includes some explanatory notes by Fedora Fisher.

Last days of a wilderness : drafts. Preliminary drafts : handwritten, in 6 notebooks. Final draft : typescript, 294 leaves. ca.1973

‘Rock art of south-east Cape York : drafts and notes, handwritten and typescript, ca.1970.

‘English book’ : draft, handwritten, in 4 foolscap notebooks. Unpublished. Undated.

‘The Cape York Galleries : development or destruction’ : national seminar on Aboriginal antiquities, 1972’ by P.J. Trezise and D. Roughsey. 1 notebook, handwritten.

Quinkan National Park Appeal, 1973 : folder of papers .

Twenty paintings, synthetic polymer paint on paper, by Dick Roughsey and Percey Trezise. Many were proposed illustrations for The rainbow serpent (1979). Three of the paintings are accompanied by explanatory drawings.