1954 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1954.

Events

Books

Crime and mystery

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Poetry

See main article: 1954 in poetry.

Drama

Theatre

Biography

Non-Fiction

Awards and honours

Poetry

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1954 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1954 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austlit — "Droving Man" by Thea Astley . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Austlit — "The Tree" by Dorothy Auchterlonie . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Austlit — "The Anchor" by John Blight. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Austlit — "Death of a Whale" by John Blight. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Austlit — "Nor'-Easter" by John Blight. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Austlit — "Rope" by John Blight. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  7. Web site: The Two Suns Met by John Blight. National Library of Australia. 13 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Austlit — "Beginnings" by R. D. Fitzgerald . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Austlit — "Edge" by R. D. Fitzgerald . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Austlit — "The Return of Persephone" by A. D. Hope . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  11. Web site: Austlit — "The Boy Who Dreamed the Country Night" by Christopher Koch . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  12. Web site: Austlit — "An Art of Poetry" by James McAuley. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  13. Web site: Austlit — "New Guinea" by James McAuley. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  14. Web site: Austlit — "To the Holy Spirit" by James McAuley. Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Austlit — "An Old Inmate" by Seaforth Mackenzie . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Austlit — "Mullabinda" by David Rowbotham . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  17. Web site: Austlit — "Spider-Gums" by Douglas Stewart . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  18. Web site: Austlit — "The Mushroomer" by Colin Thiele . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  19. Web site: Thirty Poems by John Thompson . National Library of Australia. 13 May 2024.
  20. Web site: Austlit — "Flying Fox on Barbed Wire" by Judith Wright . Austlit. 13 May 2024.
  21. Web site: Slide Rule : The Autobiography of an Engineer by Nevil Shute. National Library of Australia. 18 April 2024.
  22. Web site: My Life Story by David Unaipon. National Library of Australia. 18 April 2024.
  23. Web site: The Legend of the Nineties by Vance Palmer. National Library of Australia. 18 April 2024.
  24. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C36004 Austlit - Fourteen Men : Verses by Mary Gilmore
  25. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C423598 Austlit - Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker
  26. Web site: Austlit — Thirty Poems by John Thompson . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  27. Web site: Austlit — Brian Caswell . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  28. Web site: Austlit — Lee Tulloch . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  29. Web site: Dorothy Porter (1954-2008). 2024-02-21 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
  30. Web site: Austlit — Paul Collins . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  31. Web site: Austlit — Kerry Greenwood . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  32. Web site: Austlit — Kevin Hart . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  33. Web site: Austlit — James Moloney . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  34. Web site: Andrew Lansdown . 2024-02-21 . Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  35. Web site: Austlit — Russell Blackford . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  36. Web site: Austlit — Rory Harris . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  37. Web site: Austlit — Shane McCauley . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  38. Web site: Austlit — Rosemary Sorensen . Austlit. 18 April 2024.
  39. Web site: McLaren, John (Jack) (1884–1954) by Cheryl Taylor . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 14 August 2023.
  40. Web site: Austlit - Nancy Francis (1873-1954). Austlit. 29 July 2023.
  41. Web site: Franklin, Stella Maria Sarah Miles (1879–1954) by Jill Roe . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 8 August 2023.
  42. Web site: Lindsay, Philip (1906–1958) by Bernard Smith . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 10 July 2023.