1967 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1967.

Major publications

Books

• Patricia Carlon – See Nothing, Say Nothing^[1]
• Jon Cleary – The Long Pursuit
• Kenneth Cook – Tuna^[2]
• Dymphna Cusack – The Sun is Not Enough
• Catherine Gaskin – Edge of Glass^[3]
• Thomas Keneally – Bring Larks and Heroes
• Eric Lambert – Hiroshima Reef^[4]
• Joan Lindsay – Picnic at Hanging Rock
• Tony Morphett – Dynasty^[5]
• Barry Oakley – A Wild Ass of a Man^[6]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – Subtle Flame^[7]
• Kylie Tennant – Tell Morning This^[8]
• F. J. Thwaites – Shall Come a Time
• George Turner – The Lame Dog Man

Short stories

• Beatrice Davis – Short Stories of Australia, The Moderns (edited)^[9]
• Frank Hardy – Billy Borker Yarns Again^[10]
• Elizabeth Harrower — "The Cost of Things"^[11]
• Shirley Hazzard – People in Glass Houses^[12]
• Douglas Stewart – Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition (edited)^[13]
• Kylie Tennant – Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals^[14]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Hesba Brinsmead – A Sapphire for September^[15]
• Nan Chauncy – Mathinna's People^[16]
• Mavis Thorpe Clark – Blue Above the Trees^[17]
• Eleanor Spence – The Switherby Pilgrims^[18]
• Ivan Southall
  • The Fox Hole^[19]
  • To the Wild Sky
• Randolph Stow – Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy^[20]

Science fiction and fantasy

• A. Bertram Chandler – Nebula Alert
• Jack Wodhams – "There is a Crooked Man"^[21]

Poetry

See main article: 1967 in poetry.

• Bruce Dawe – "Life-Cycle"^[22]
• Geoffrey Dutton – Poems Soft and Loud^[23]
• Rodney Hall – Eyewitness : Poems^[24]
• Gwen Harwood – "In Brisbane"^[25]
• Dorothy Hewett – The Hidden Journey^[26]
• Les Murray – "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow"^[27]
• David Rowbotham – Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems^[28]
• Thomas Shapcott – A Taste of Salt Water : Poems^[29]
• Douglas Stewart – Collected Poems 1936–1967
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe – The Rebel General^[30]

Drama

• Dorothy Hewett – This Old Man Comes Rolling Home

Biography

• Donald Horne – The Education of Young Donald^[31]
• Lionel Lindsay – Comedy of Life : An Autobiography^[32]
• Robert Menzies – Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events^[33]
• Bill Scott – Focus on Judith Wright^[34]

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal^[35]	No award
Colin Roderick Award^[36]	Douglas Stewart	Collected Poems 1936–1967	Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award^[37]	Thomas Keneally	Bring Larks and Heroes	Cassell

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers^[38]	Mavis Thorpe Clark	The Min-Min	Lansdowne Press
	Picture Book	No award

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 1967 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 15 May – James Bradley, novelist^[40]
• 23 May – Sean Williams, novelist^[41]

Unknown date

• Melissa Lucashenko, novelist^[42]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1967 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 21 January – Cecil Mann, journalist, poet and novelist (born 1896)^[43]
• 7 February – David Unaipon, writer (born 1872)^[44]
• 29 March – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (born 1917)^[45]
• 10 September – Vera Dwyer, novelist (born 1889)^[46]
• 25 November – Hal Gye, artist and writer (born 1887)^[47]
• 31 December – Arthur Mailey, cricketer and journalist (born 1886)^[48]

Unknown date

• Llywelyn Lucas, poet (born 1898)^[49]

See also

• 1967 in Australia
• 1967 in literature
• 1967 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: See Nothing, Say Nothing by Patricia Carlon. National Library of Australia. 8 November 2024.
2. Web site: Tuna by Kenneth Cook. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
3. Web site: Edge of Glass by Catherine Gaskin. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
4. Web site: Hiroshima Reef by Eric Lambert. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
5. Web site: Dynasty by Tony Morphett. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
6. Web site: A Wild Ass of a Man by Barry Oakley. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
7. Web site: Subtle Flame by Katharine Susannah Prichard. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
8. Web site: Tell Morning This by Kylie Tennant. National Library of Australia. 4 July 2024.
9. Web site: Short Stories of Australia, The Moderns edited by Beatrice Davis. National Library of Australia. 31 October 2024.
10. Web site: Billy Borker Yarns Again by Frank Hardy . Austlit. 25 November 2023.
11. Web site: "The Cost of Things" by Elizabeth Harrower . Austlit. 25 November 2023.
12. Web site: People in Glass Houses by Shirley Hazzard . Austlit. 25 November 2023.
13. Web site: Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition edited by Douglas Stewart . Austlit. 25 November 2023.
14. Web site: Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals by Kylie Tennant . Austlit. 25 November 2023.
15. Web site: A Sapphire for September by Hesba Brinsmead. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
16. Web site: Mathinna's People by Nan Chauncy. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
17. Web site: Blue Above the Trees by Mavis Thorpe Clark. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
18. Web site: The Switherby Pilgrims by Eleanor Spence. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
19. Web site: The Fox Hole by Ivan Southall. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
20. Web site: Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy by Randolph Stow. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
21. Web site: "There is a Crooked Man" by Jack Wodhams. ISFDB. 31 October 2024.
22. Web site: "Life-Cycle" by Bruce Dawe. Austlit. 9 November 2024.
23. Web site: Poems Soft and Loud by Geoffrey Dutton. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
24. Web site: Eyewitness : Poems by Rodney Hall . National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
25. Web site: "In Brisbane" by Gwen Harwood. Austlit. 9 November 2024.
26. Web site: The Hidden Journey by Dorothy Hewett. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
27. Web site: "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow" by Les Murray . Austlit. 9 November 2024.
28. Web site: Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems by David Rowbotham. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
29. Web site: A Taste of Salt Water : Poems by Thomas Shapcott. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
30. Web site: The Rebel General by Chris Wallace-Crabbe. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
31. Web site: The Education of Young Donald by Donald Horne. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
32. Web site: Comedy of Life : An Autobiography by Lionel Lindsay. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
33. Web site: Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events by Robert Menzies. National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
34. Web site: Focus on Judith Wright by Bill Scott . National Library of Australia. 9 November 2024.
35. Web site: ALS Gold Medal - Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 13 July 2023.
36. https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/colin-roderick-award/previous-winners2 "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
37. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article07044995 "Novel Award", The Canberra Times, 3 April 1968, p3
38. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106965786 "Children's Book Week 1967", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1967, p13
39. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C186658 Austlit - Collected Poems 1936-1967 by Douglas Stewart
40. Web site: James Bradley . Austlit. 13 July 2023.
41. Web site: Sean Williams . Austlit. 13 July 2023.
42. Web site: Melissa Lucashenko . Austlit. 13 July 2023.
43. Web site: Cecil Mann . 2023-03-10 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . en.
44. Web site: Unaipon, David (1872–1967) by Philip Jones . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13 July 2023.
45. Web site: Niland, D'Arcy Francis (1917–1967) by Bruce Moore . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13 July 2023.
46. Web site: Vera Dwyer (1889-1967). Austlit. 13 July 2023.
47. Web site: Gye, Harold Frederick Neville (Hal) (1887–1967) by Ian F. McLaren . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13 July 2023.
48. Web site: Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967) by G. P. Walsh . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12 July 2023.
49. Web site: Llywelyn Lucas (1898-1967). Austlit. 3 July 2023.