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One black and white photograph of Gwen Harwood at Oyster Cover that was used for an artwork, accompanied by one colour photograph of the artwork, undated.

Handwritten copy of a poem titled 'The Seagull’, attributed to A.P. Herbert, undated.

Ten handwritten original poems by Gwen Harwood, removed from her notebook, some undated, most dated in 1974.

Three handmade pamphlets of typed anthologies of amateur poems from various poetry competitions, accompanied by typical ironic quotations by more prominent writers at the at the bottom of the poems, as well as typical 19th century newspaper illustrations, compiled by Gwen Harwood.

Photocopy of an advertisement page from ‘Christian Directories’ annotated by Gwen Harwood, undated.

Four typescript poems, signed by Peter Bennie: ‘Moreton Bay figs’ (December 1983); ‘The haiku of St. Simon Stilites’; 'The flight of Pallas Athene'; and ‘Medusa’.

Typescript of ‘Syntax of the Mind’, an address in verse by Gwen Harwood upon receiving the award of her honorary doctorate from the University of Tasmania; there are two different page 9s; 10 leaves in total, undated.

Handwritten biographical sketch, probably compiled in the 1970s, undated, 3 leaves, folded in half lengthwise; accompanied by an envelope with further biographical handwritten annotations.

Typescript of ‘In Plato’s Cave’, 1 leaf, undated.

Gwen Harwood's comments as judge for the Circular Head Arts Festival Poetry Competition 1993, signed by Gwen Harwood, with list of winners, 2 leaves, 1993.

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45 rpm recording of poems by Gwen Harwood read by Thomas Riddell, Gwen's longtime friend to whom she dedicated much of her poetry and a former ABC announcer, recorded at Wangaratta, c 1970s. A handwritten title on the front label of the record reads 'Old wife's tale'; the back label reads, 'Poems by Gwen Shakespeare Harwood and True Thomas Riddell'.