Comprises notes and typescript drafts, with emendations, for 'Illusion (A comic strip musical)', which was changed to 'Illusion (A treatment for a performance)'. Mike Mullins conceived of the concept in early 1980, and he and Carey worked on the script. Eventually Carey withdrew his name as author and retained only credit for co-writing the lyrics. Illusion, was performed as a rock musical at the Adelaide Festival of Arts in 1986. One draft has the (crossed out) title 'Getchor Illusion' for the Playwrights Conference in Canberra dated 2 May 1984.

From the story outline, 'The Trial : A new comedy by Franz Kafka' written by Peter Carey, was to "concentrate on the hitherto undiscovered comic nature" of this work by KafKa. Consists of story outlines and typescript drafts with emendations.

Typescript notes, with emendations, for an idea for a film titled 'Daddy's girl'.

Screenplay by Peter Carey and Wim Wenders. After an original story by Wim Wenders and Solveig Dommartin,1990. Movie directed by Wim Wenders. Released by Argos Films, Road Movies and Village Roadshow Pictures, 1991.

Correspondence from 1980 to 1982.

Publicity material, letters from readers, critics, friends, publishers, literary agents, former school teachers, politicians, literary organizations, fellow writers, professional colleagues and general readers, mostly regarding the Booker Prize for Oscar & Lucinda.

This subseries comprises research material, correspondence, notes relating to the overseas activities of Judith Rodriguez.
Folder 1: Visit to Canada, New York, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Munich and Rome in 1980.
Folder 2: Research documents relating to Judith Rodriguez and India, 2000 to 2004.
Folder 3: Australia Council, Cultural exchange documents, 1980 to 1989.

Correspondence between Judith Rodriguez and various publishers and poets regarding lists of poets, biographical detail about poets and poems and concerned with compilation of anthologies. Correspondence including covering letters and responses, lists of poets, poems and poetry reviewed for Meanjin. Letter to Carole [Ferrier] and pen drawing of Professor F.W. Robinson. Folders have been labelled by Judith Rodriguez.

Correspondence with writers, friends and family. Most are addressed to Judith Rodriguez. Some are to Judith Rodriguez and Tom Shapcott. Original folders have been retained where possible. Most correspondents have one folder (or less) of correspondence. Includes handwritten letters, greeting cards, letter grams, typescript letters, printouts of emails, literary works, ephemera.

Box 17, Folders 1-15: Yvonne Adams, Fleur Adcock, Adel Abdullah, David Albenda, Jean Abu Fadil (Jean Askew), Geoffrey Baird, Manya Baklanon, Yolande Barlow, Sofia Bazzo, Sofia Bazzo and Gigi Fumigalli, Peter Boyle, Muriel Bradbrook, Elsie Brimblecombe (2 folders), Graham Cadwallader.

Box 18, Folders 1- 4, Box 19 Folder 1: Ken Campbell-Dobbie (5 folders, includes some drafts of his works)

Box 19 Folders 2-20: Clem Christensen, Bryony Cosgrove, Norah Costello, Rex Cramphorn, Patrick Cruttwell, Jamil Dannaoui, Blanche d'Alpuget and Robert Hawke, Glyn Davies, letter from Tom Shapcott to Brian Dibble, Burr Dodd and Lolo Houbein, Brian Donnelly, Dunkley cousins, Roger Evans, Elizabeth Farmer and Alex Craik, Michele Field, Maureen Freer, Geoffrey Gibson (includes some drafts of his works), Bernie Goldberger, Omar Gonzalez to Fabio Rodriguez and to Judith Rodriguez (Spanish), Jean Godding
Box 20 Folders 1- 11: Letters from Judith to her parents (the Greens), Barry Green, Christopher Green, Annie Greet, Rodney Hall, Bernard Hickey, Barry Hill, Noela Hjorth, Jack Hodgins, Joan Holloway (2 folders),

Box 21 Folders 1-10: Alec, Penelope and Emily Hope, Helen Horton, Lolo Houben, Coral Hull (4 folders), Julie Hunter, Ivor Indyk, John Irving,

Box 22 Folders 1-22: Antoni Jach, Juliet Jacques, Lisa Jacobson, Hert Jaff, Subhash Haireth, Scott Jeffries (2 folders), John Jenkins, Wendy Jenkins, Kate Jennings, Beth (Caswell) Johnson, Louis Johnson, Martin R. Johnson (2 folders), Cathy Johnstone, Elizabeth Jolley, Rod Jones, Rob Jordan, Cathel Jorsss, Wendy Jospeh, Ruth Jowett, Clayton Joyce, Chris Jurewicz.

Box 23 Folders 1-28: Diana Kan, Edmund “Mike” Keeley, Antigone Kefala, Ray Kelley, Robert Kemp, Fiona Kidman (and a piece of Lauire Edmond), Virginia King, John Kinsella, Rob Knottenbolt, Shari Kocher, Paula Korboot, Subashree Krishnaswamy, Nikos Kyproios (2 folders), Susan Lackman, Ron Lawson, Sarah Lawson, Tammy Lazaroff, Karen Le Rossignol, Doris Leadbetter, Joyce Lee, Serge Liberman, Harry and Eve Lindgren, Elaine Lindsay, Kate Llewellyn, Harold Love, Wendy Lowenstein, Judith Lukin-Amundsen.

Box 24 Folders 1-31: Fiona McCallum, Frank McCathy, Lyn McCredden, Roger McDonald, Sue McDougall, Siobhan McHugh, Greg Mackie, Mark McLeod, Wendy MacLennan, Judy McMillan, Joan McNeil, Mary Mageau, Jennifer Maiden, Desanka Maksimovoc, John and Kate Manifold (copies), Chris Mansell, Peter Mardon, Philip Martin, Caz Masel, Don Maynard, Philip Mead, Maurilia Meehan, Alex Miller, Freny and Rohinton Mistry, Jenni Mitchell, Drusilla Modjeska, Anthea Moonen, Mal Morgan, Wendy Morgan, Ashlley Morgen-Shae, Evelyn Mowbray.

Box 25 Folder 1-31
Elaine Muir, Alice Munro and Gerry Fremlin, Gerald Murnane, Kevin Murray, Les Murray, Virginia Murray, Anne-Marie Mykyta, Philip Neilson, Antrina Nelson, Sharon Nelson, Michele Newman, Helen Nickas, Rosemary Nissen, Brian Nobbs, Tolulope Ogunlesi, Sharon Olinka Womack, Stephen Oliver, Carlo Olivier + poems, Peter O’Mara, Barara Orlowska-Westwood, Beverley (Evans) Ormerod, Jocelyn Ortt-Saeed, Irina Grigorescu Pana, George Papaellinas, Anne Parratt re P.E.N. Melbourne, Olive Pell, Robert Pepin-Heiken, Elizabeth Perkins, Gaylene Perry, Grace Perry (incl. John Millett), Tom Petsinis.

Box 26 Folder 1-43
Richard Philcox, Arthur Phillips, Jacki and Tod Pierce-Williams, Kelly Pilgrim, Peter Porter (copies), Wendy Poussard, John Powers - Departune/Dismissal papers, Ron Pretty, Joan Priest, Cassandra Pybus, Mara Radzyner, Abdul-Karim Rafeq, Vijeya (Murugasu) Rajendra, Greta Rana, Rochelle Ratner, Adrian Rawlins, Barrett Reid, Ian Reid, Ryk Reisner (2 folders), David Reiter, Max Richards, Caroline Richardson, Anne Richter, Betty Riddell (2 folders), John Ridland, Bev Roberts, Kevin Roberts, Philip Roberts, F.W. Robinson (2 folders), Greg Rochlin, Moreira Rubinstein, David Rowbothan (2 folders), Hazel Rowley, Anna Rutherford, Gig Ryan, Maria Judith Rodriguez and Alix Sanchez R., Ralph Schureck, Susan Schwartz, Glennis (Paddon) Shannon.

Box 27 Folder 1-17
Paul Sherman, Venetia Stanford, Peter Stuk, Katsuji Tani, Taylors, Thalia and TTO, Von Bertouch Galleries, Tony Vuletich, Joan Whalley-Benson, David White, Terry Whitebeach, Michael Williams, Judith Wright, John Atherton Young, Correspondence to Judith Rodriguez from Columbia, Russian Correspondents, School friends.

Box 31 Folder 8
Unidentified correspondents.

Correspondence from Judith Rodriguez to David Malouf from 1961 to 1975 (6 folders) and one folder of photocopies of correspondence of David Malouf to Judith Rodriguez which includes newspaper cuttings and related ephemera.