1965 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1965.

Major publications

Books

• Thea Astley – The Slow Natives
• Clive Barry – Crumb Borne
• Nancy Cato – North West by South^[1]
• Don Charlwood – All the Green Year^[2]
• Catherine Gaskin – The File on Devlin^[3]
• Donald Horne – The Permit^[4]
• Thomas Keneally – The Fear
• Christopher Koch – Across the Sea Wall^[5]
• Eric Lambert – The Long White Night^[6]
• D'Arcy Niland – The Apprentices^[7]
• Randolph Stow – The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea
• George Turner – A Waste of Shame^[8]
• Morris West – The Ambassador

Short stories

• Mena Kasmiri Abdullah and Ray Mathew – The Time of the Peacock: Stories^[9]
• Damien Broderick – A Man Returned^[10]
• Peter Cowan – The Empty Street: Stories^[11]
• John K. Ewers – Modern Australian Short Stories (edited)^[12]
• Thelma Forshaw – "The Mateship Syndrome"^[13]
• Frank Hardy – The Yarns of Billy Borker^[14]
• Hal Porter – The Cats of Venice^[15]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Nan Chauncy
  • Panic at the Garage^[16]
  • The Skewbald Pony^[17]
• Ruth Park
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops^[18]
  • Ring for the Sorcerer^[19]
• Joan Phipson – Birkin^[20]
• Ivan Southall – Ash Road
• Eleanor Spence – The Year of the Currawong^[21]
• Kylie Tennant – Trail Blazers of the Air^[22]
• Colin Thiele – February Dragon^[23]
• Patricia Wrightson – Down to Earth^[24]

Poetry

See main article: 1965 in poetry.

• Bruce Dawe – A Need of Similar Name^[25]
• Rosemary Dobson – Cock Crow : Poems^[26]
• Robert D. Fitzgerald – Forty Years' Poems^[27]
• A. D. Hope – "Ode on the Death of Pius the Twelfth"^[28]
• Geoffrey Lehmann & Les Murray – The Ilex Tree^[29]
• Les Murray – "Noonday Axeman"^[30]
• Vivian Smith – "At an Exhibition of Historical Paintings, Hobart"^[31]

Biography

• Martin Boyd – Day of My Delight^[32]
• Norman Lindsay – Bohemians of the Bulletin^[33]

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal^[34]	Patrick White	The Burnt Ones	Penguin Books Australia
Miles Franklin Award^[35]	Thea Astley	The Slow Natives	Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers^[36]	H. F. Brinsmead	Pastures of the Blue Crane	Oxford University Press
	Picture Book	Elisabeth MacIntyre	Hugh's Zoo	Constable Young Books

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 1965 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 25 March – Melina Marchetta, novelist^[38]
• 11 September — Cat Sparks, science fiction writer^[39]
• 29 December – Gideon Haigh, journalist and author^[40]

Unknown date

• Michael Farrell, poet^[41]
• Fiona McGregor, novelist^[42]
• Carrie Tiffany, novelist^[43]
• Christos Tsiolkas, novelist^[44]
• Charlotte Wood, novelist^[45]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1965 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 28 January – Gertrude Hart, novelist (born 1873)^[46]
• 29 January – T. Harri Jones, Welsh poet who emigrated to Australia (born 1921)^[47]
• 17 May – Duke Tritton, poet and folksinger (born 1886)^[48]
• 28 May – P. R. Stephensen, writer, publisher and political activist (born 1901)^[49]
• 3 September – Brian Fitzpatrick, author, historian and journalist (born 1905)^[50]
• 2 November –
  • Lex Banning, poet (born 1921 with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen)^[51]
  • H.V. Evatt, judge, parliamentarian and writer (born 1894)^[52]

See also

• 1965 in Australia
• 1965 in literature
• 1965 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: North West by South by Nancy Cato. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
2. Web site: All the Green Year by Don Charlwood. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
3. Web site: The File on Devlin by Catherine Gaskin. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
4. Web site: The Permit by Donald Horne. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
5. Web site: Across the Sea Wall by Christopher Koch. Austlit. 5 November 2024.
6. Web site: The Long White Night by Eric Lambert. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
7. Web site: The Apprentices by D'Arcy Niland. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
8. Web site: A Waste of Shame by George Turner. National Library of Australia. 5 November 2024.
9. Web site: The Time of the Peacock: Stories by Mena Kasmiri Abdullah and Ray Mathew. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
10. Web site: A Man Returned by Damien Broderick. ISFDB. 3 November 2024.
11. Web site: The Empty Street: Stories by Peter Cowan. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
12. Web site: Modern Australian Short Stories edited by John K. Ewers. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
13. Web site: "The Mateship Syndrome" by Thelma Forshaw. Austlit. 3 November 2024.
14. Web site: The Yarns of Billy Borker by Frank Hardy. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
15. Web site: The Cats of Venice by Hal Porter. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
16. Web site: Panic at the Garage by Nan Chauncy. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
17. Web site: The Skewbald Pony by Nan Chauncy. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
18. Web site: The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops by Ruth Park. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
19. Web site: Ring for the Sorcerer by Ruth Park. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
20. Web site: Birkin by Joan Phipson. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
21. Web site: The Year of the Currawong by Eleanor Spence. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
22. Web site: Trail Blazers of the Air by Kylie Tennant. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
23. Web site: February Dragon by Colin Thiele. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
24. Web site: Down to Earth by Patricia Wrightson. National Library of Australia. 4 November 2024.
25. Web site: A Need of Similar Name by Bruce Dawe. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
26. Web site: Cock Crow : Poems by Rosemary Dobson. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
27. Web site: Forty Years' Poems by R.D. Fitzgerald. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
28. Web site: "Ode on the Death of Pius the Twelfth" by A. D. Hope. Austlit. 3 November 2024.
29. Web site: The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann & Les Murray. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
30. Web site: "Noonday Axeman" by Les Murray . Austlit. 3 November 2024.
31. Web site: "At an Exhibition of Historical Paintings, Hobart" by Vivian Smith. Austlit. 3 November 2024.
32. Web site: Day of My Delight by Martin Boyd. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
33. Web site: Bohemians of the Bulletin by Norman Lindsay. National Library of Australia. 3 November 2024.
34. Web site: ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 21 May 2024.
35. Web site: "Miles Franklin 1965 : Award to Slow Natives" . The Canberra Times, 22 April 1966, p22. 21 May 2024.
36. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105758938 "Children's Book Awards", The Canberra Times, 3 July 1965, p14
37. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C162587 Austlit – The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray
38. Web site: Melina Marchetta . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
39. Web site: Cat Sparks . Austlit. 25 August 2023.
40. Web site: Gideon Haigh . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
41. Web site: Michael Farrell . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
42. Web site: Fiona McGregor . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
43. Web site: Carrie Tiffany . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
44. Web site: Christos Tsiolkas . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
45. Web site: Charlotte Wood . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
46. Web site: Austlit — Gertrude Hart (1873-1965). Austlit. 12 July 2023.
47. Web site: Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.
48. Web site: Tritton, Harold Percy Croydon (1886–1965) by John Meredith . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.
49. Web site: Austlit — P. R. Stephensen (1901-1965). Austlit. 12 July 2023.
50. Web site: Fitzpatrick, Brian Charles (1905–1965) by Geoffrey Serle . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.
51. Web site: Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.
52. Web site: Evatt, Herbert Vere (Bert) (1894–1965) by G. C. Bolton . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.