Folder 1
General correspondence, 1971-1979
Including Angus and Robertson, Nancy Austin, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Cassell Australia, Collins, Jim Davidson, Gold Star Publications, John Griffin, Hodder and Stoughton, Macmillan, Melbourne Theatre Company, Stephen Murray-Smith, Nation Review, Quadrant, South Australian Theatre Company, Arlene Sykes, Thomas Nelson (Australia) and William Collins (UK), together with a manuscript and typescript poem by Miller 'A letter from a working man to the Socialist intellectuals' (3 p.)

Folder 2
General correspondence, 1979-1985
Including the Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) Radio, Australian Nouveau Theatre (ANT), Katharine Brisbane, Brisbane Repertory's La Boite Theatre, Robert Connell, Downtown Community Television (New York), Jack Hibberd, Melbourne Theatre Company, Jean-Pierre Mignon, The Mill Theatre Company, Peter Molnar, Ray Mooney, Nimrod Theatre Company, Bruce Pascoe, Playbox Theatre Company, Scripsi, South Australian Theatre Company, Arlene Sykes, Women Australia and Yackandandah Playscripts, together with a typescript draft by Miller 'Politicisation or culturation?' (2 p.)

Folder 3
General correspondence, 1986-1988
Including Bernie [?], Caroline [?], Lois Ellis, Liz [Haltt?], Ray Mooney, Annette Potts and Hiro Tokita, together with a typescript copy of Jim Davidson's review of The enigma of arrival (1987) by V.S. Naipaul

Folder 4
General correspondence, 1989-1990
Including Eve Addis, Susie Boisjoux, Louise Crewe, Dan [?], John Gatford, Liz [Haltt?], Kris Hemensley, Anna Kannava, Ken [?], Ian MacPhee, Margot [?], Jane Meredith, Michael [?], Ray Mooney, Dinny O'Hearn, Annette Potts, Sharon Shostak and Arlene Sykes, together with ANT News, no. 29, November 1990

Folder 5
General correspondence, 1991-1994
Including Graham Anderson, Judith Brown, Kathy Colman, Teresa Cannon, Helen Daniel, Peter Davis, Heather and Alan Day, Fiona [?], Morag Fraser, John Gatford, Liz [Haltt?], Kris Hemensley, Karen [?], Judith Lukin-Amundsen, Caroline Lurie, Autumn Mooney, Therese Mulcahy, Annette Potts, Barrett Reid, Sharon Shostak, Mamie Smith and Katharine Sturak

Folder 6
General literary correspondence, 1978-1991
Including Marie Davison, Geoffrey Dutton, Penny Hueston, Nancy Keesing, Paul Lindsey, Finola Moorhead, Phil P. and Annette Potts

Folder 7
General literary correspondence, 1992
Including Margaret Betts, Ruth Blatt, Susie Boisjoux, Melissa Bruce, Ian C., Brian Castro, Julian Davies, Morag Fraser, Julie Goodall, Joan Grant, Andrew Hamilton, Paul Lindsey, Morag Loh, Judith Lukin-Amundsen, Annabelle Murray-Smith, Max Nicholson, Phil P., Society of Editors, Lachlan Strahan, Brian Symons and Abigail Trout, together with a typescript draft copy of Thomas Shapcott's review of The ancestor game (1992) for Overland, no. 128

Folder 8
General literary correspondence, 1993-1994
Including Debra Adelaide, Ken Armstrong, Roz Berrystone, Margaret Betts, Judith Brown, Paul Carter, Maria Caucci, James [Chaney?], Kathy Colman, Bryony Cosgrove, Helen Daniel, Joyce Evans, Alan Hollinghurst, Mette Jorgensen, Thomas Keneally, Caroline Lurie, Barry Oakley, Michael Ondaatje, Peter [?], Annette Potts, Craig Robertson, Nicholas [Shakespeare?], Thomas Shapcott, Linda Spalding, Barry Watts, Sandy Webster, Peter Wigg and Ouyang Yu

Folder 9-11
Correspondence with the Literature Board, Australia Council for the Arts, 1978-1994

Folder 12-14
Correspondence regarding the Australian Nouveau Theatre (ANT), 1980-1981
Including R.G. Ansett, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Joan Baixas, Andrew Bell, Tim Gooding, Alma de Groen, Wayne Maddern, Jean-Pierre Mignon, Elizabeth Raupach, Gregory Schiemer, Small Business Development Corporation, Phil Taylor and Carl Vine

Folder 15
Correspondence, 1982, regarding 'Getting back to what' [1984]

Folder 16
Correspondence with Colin Campbell regarding The Tivington Nott (1989), 1982-1989

Folder 17-21
Correspondence regarding The Tivington Nott (1989), 1982-1991
Including Alfred A. Knopf (NY), Allison and Busby (UK), André Deutsch (UK), Victor Bonham-Carter, Chatto and Windus (UK), Doubleday (NY), E. Chalmers Hallam (UK), Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books, Hale (UK), Hamish Hamilton (UK), John and Judith Head (UK), Ian Hicks, Inspector of Foreign Dividends (UK), Caroline Lurie, Macmillan, McPhee Gribble, Michael Joseph (UK), New South Wales Central Mapping Authority and Ordnance Survey, Pan Books, Penguin, Annette Potts, Princeton Books, Peter Robinson, Tessa Sayle (UK) and Jane Sullivan

Folder 22-23
Correspondence regarding Watching the climbers on the mountain (1988) and The Tivington Nott (1989), 1986-1990
Including Jennifer Dabbs, Penny Hueston, Caroline Lurie, Margaret McCluskey, Dinny O'Hearn and Pan Books

Folder 24-26
Correspondence regarding The ancestor game (1992), 1987-1995
Including Australian Chinese Writers' Association (Melbourne), Nicholas Jose, Annabelle Murray-Smith, Chien-hsing Pao, Yeh-ching Pao, Li Yao, Ouyang Yu and Huang Yuanshen

Folder 27
Congratulations regarding the Miles Franklin Award,1993
Including Rick and Meg Amor, Caroline Askew, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian Society of Authors, Elaine Bell, Carmel Bird, Alison Broinowski, John Button, Brian Castro, Paul Clark, Janet Cronin, Jennifer Dabbs, Helen Daniel, Jim Davidson, Liam Davison, Stephen Dillon, Garry Disher, Marie Dumais, Hazel Edwards, Helen Elliott, Barry Fitzgibbon, Morag Fraser, Robin Gerster, Andrew Hamilton, John Harvey, Kris Hemensley, Elizabeth Jolley, Cathy Littlejohn, Ian MacPhee, Mary Marshall, Fiona Nelson, Penguin, Craig Robertson, David Shennan, Sharon Shostak, Abigail Trout and Helen Waddell

Folder 28
Congratulations regarding the Miles Franklin Award,1993
Including Gordie Alexander, Pat Bow, Melissa Bruce, Margaret Calder, Helen and Fred Dormer, Fellowship of Australian Writers (Victoria), Julie Goodall, Denise Higgins, Susan Keogh, Andrea King, The Lyceum Readers, Ian McLeod, David Morris, Annabelle Murray-Smith, Nola [?], Phil P., Annette Potts, Robin [?] and Peta Sloley

Folder 29-31
Correspondence with Kris Hemensley, 1981-1992
Including manuscript and typescript poems by Miller and Hemensley, together with a typescript draft extract (6 p.) from The ancestor game (1992)

Folder 32
Correspondence with Elizabeth Jolley, 1988-1993, Janette Turner Hospital, 1988-1993, Andrew Riemer, 1992, and Michael Ondaatje, 1994

Folder 33
Correspondence with Barrett Reid, 1989-1992

Folder 34-36
Letters to Anne Millar, 1972-1974

Folder 37-39
Letters from Anne Millar, 1974-1979

2.1 Watching the climbers on the mountain (1988)

Comprising typescript drafts together with a paperback copy of the novel, which was published by Pan Books, Sydney, 1988.

2.2 The Tivington Nott (1989)

Comprising notebooks, notes, research material and manuscript and typescript drafts. The Tivington Nott was published by Hale, London, 1989, and reprinted by Penguin in 1993.

2.3 The ancestor game (1992)

Comprising correspondence, notebooks, notes, research material and manuscript and typescript drafts. The ancestor game was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1992. Photographs relating to the novel are included in Series 6.

2.4 The sitters (1995)

Comprising notebooks, notes, research material and manuscript and typescript drafts for The sitters, published by Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, 1995.

3.1 Kitty Howard (1978)

Comprising correspondence and typescript drafts for Miller's first drama, Kitty Howard, which was directed by Max Cullen for the Melbourne Theatre Company, May 1978.

3.2 Exiles (1981)

Comprising correspondence, notes, research material, typescript drafts, newspaper clippings, posters and other promotional material. Exiles was directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon for the Australian Nouveau Theatre (ANT), Melbourne, July-August 1981. A photograph of a scene from the play is included in Series 6.

3.3 'Armageddon is next Wednesday' [1984]

Comprising manuscript and typescript drafts for 'Armageddon is next Wednesday', which was given a rehearsed reading at a Melbourne Writers' Theatre workshop, July 1984.

3.4 'Getting back to what' [1984]

Comprising manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Getting back to what', which was given a rehearsed reading at a Melbourne Writers' Theatre workshop, 1984.

Folder 1
Annotated typescript and typescript photocopy drafts of 'Comrade Pawel' and 'How to kill wild horses', together with Meanjin reader's comments, 1 p.

Folder 2
Annotated typescript and typescript photocopy drafts of 'Manuka', 'The move', 'The search for Bluey', 'Hanging on', 'Weekend' and 'Recollections of an Australian traitor'

Folder 1
Manuscript and typescript university essays and notes, c. 1960s

Folder 2-3
Manuscript and typescript drafts of unpublished poetry and prose, c. 1960s, together with correspondence, 1967-1971, including the Australian National University, Bruce [?] and L. Rees

Folder 4-5
Manuscript and typescript drafts of unpublished poetry and prose, c. 1970s-early 1980s, together with related correspondence, 1977-1981, including John [?], Mattoid and Poetry Australia

Folder 6
Notes and research material relating to an unfinished piece on Benjamin Boyd (1803?-1851)

Folder 1
Photographs (24) taken at a party to celebrate publication of The ancestor game (1992);
Photographs (2) of a red brick building;
Photograph of Alex Miller being interviewed by Louise Carlines in her office, 27 July 1992;
Photograph of Mr Warwick Smith and others;
Photographs (2) of trees near Somerset, Tasmania, January 1994;
Photograph of irrigation sprays;
Photograph of a pump;
Photograph of the kitchen of the farmhouse at Araluen, 1970;
Photograph of Tiriel Mora and Alorange in Exiles (1981)