He returned to Australia in 1970 and worked in a number of advertising agencies in Melbourne and Sydney. In the late 1960s he travelled through Europe and the Middle East and worked in London in advertising. Between 19 he supported his early writing career by working in advertising agencies in Melbourne, writing advertising copy. Early contact with writers Morris Lurie and Barry Oakley led him into writing and advertising. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School (1954-60) and later at Monash University where he studied science. Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, in 1943. The Library has arranged the papers into six series, retaining Carey's organisation of papers within files. The State Library of Victoria holds manuscripts of unpublished works by Carey, together with material relating to his book True history of the Kelly Gang. The Fryer Library at the University of Queensland holds a large collection of Carey Papers, including a set of notebooks which complement the holdings in Series 3 of this collection. In August 2001, the Library purchased privately one volume of Carey's business correspondence and in October 2001 it purchased at auction eight notebooks containing working notes for ideas for novels and short stories. The initial instalment of papers was acquired from Carey in 1984, under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Items from this collection should becited as ', Papers of Peter Carey, National Library of Australia, MS 7566, '. Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Conditions Governing UseĬopying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. Conditions Governing AccessĪccess conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information ( ). Five of the notebooks contain notes which relate mostly to Carey's novel 'Pets' which was later published as Illywhacker.Ĭorrespondents include Phillip Adams, Noni Brahm, Clem Christesen, Laurie Clancy, Tim Curnow, Geoffrey Dutton, Brian Kiernan, Colleen McCullough, Frank Moorhouse, Stephen Murray-Smith, Bill Peach, Deborah Rogers (Carey's literary agent), Frank Thompson, Meril Yule, Judah Waten, Richard Walsh and Michael Wilding. The papers include general correspondence, eight manuscript notebooks recording ideas for Carey's writing, drafts of several of his novels and short stories, reviews of his work, school reports and the transcript of an interview with Van Ikin. Unnumbered notebook, February-March 1967 (Item 2).Business correspondence, 1969-1974 (File 4).

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