This series contains drafts in various stages of the following works: Manning Clark: A biography, Richie Benaud, Louisa, Quickening, A fine and private place, and The temple down the road. There are drafts and final versions of articles submitted to the Australian Magazine for the Brian Matthew column. Includes draft typescript manuscripts of short stories, poems, reviews, speeches, and articles. Drafts are complete and incomplete; and published and unpublished. Most works are undated. Unless indicated otherwise, all works are typescript or printouts.

Boxes 1-3
31 folders with print outs of chapter drafts, most with comments included, some handwritten emendations. Most drafts have pagination. There is no order to the printouts. A few folders have information, correspondence, newspapers cuttings, articles and documents relating to Manning Clark's History of Australia - A Musical.

Box 4
Folder 1
Notes and drafts relating to John Barton Hack.
Folder 2
Notes relating to Richie Benaud, 2011.
Folders 3-7
Three drafts and two incomplete drafts relating to Louisa.
Item 1
Spiral bound notebook with notes towards a biography of Richie Benaud.

Box 5
Folders 1-2
Draft manuscript of A fine and private place (2000).
Folder 3
Draft manuscript of A hiding to nothing.
Folders 4-5
Drafts for Quickening and other stories (initially called 'An episode of bodies and other stories').
Folder 6
Drafts of poetry.
Folder 7
Writings. Written on outside of original folder (discarded) 'Books and writing pieces'.
Folder 8
Three short stories, unpublished.

Box 6
Folder 1
Draft of The temple down the road.
Folders 2-3
Two printouts of draft for the Benaud biography, dated 2016.
Folder 4
Typescript draft 'On a hiding to nothing : Larrikin essays on sport and low culture'.
Folder 5
Draft articles on Henry Lawson.
Folder 6
'Exeter, 1974' written on front of original folder (now discarded). Draft articles.

Box 7
Folders 1-2
Two folders of draft articles removed from one ring binder folder labelled 'The Australian Magazine. Brian Matthews Column 1998".
Folders 3-4
Articles for the Australian Magazine Brian Matthews Column 1998-1999 and undated.
Folder 5
Drafts of speeches, reviews, articles.

Box 8
Folders 1-7
Drafts of speeches, reviews, articles.
Folders 8-9
Writings by other authors.