1864 in Australian literature

• The Australasian newspaper publishes its first issue on 1 October.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11273721 The Australasian, No.1, 1 October 1864] It would continue publishing under this name until 6 April 1946.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page12482963 The Australasian, Vol. 160 No. 5075, 6 April 1946]

• Louisa Atkinson – Myra{{cite web|title= Austlit - Myra by Louisa Atkinson |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C256659|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• Henry Newton Goodrich – Raven Rockstrow or, The Pedlar's Dream : A Romance of Melbourne{{cite web|title= Austlit - Raven Rockstrow or, The Pedlar's Dream by Henry Newton Goodrich |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C482465|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• Catherine Helen Spence – Mr Hogarth's Will (aka Uphill Work)
• Eliza Winstanley – Twenty Straws{{cite web|title= Austlit - Twenty Straws by Eliza Winstanley |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C414521|access-date= 18 July 2023}}

• J. R. Houlding
• "Don't Forget Your Poor Old Mother"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "Don't Forget Your Poor Old Mother" by J. R. Houlding |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C591313|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• "Mr. Phiggs and His Christmas Breakfast"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "Mr. Phiggs and His Christmas Breakfast" by J. R. Houlding|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C590928|access-date= 18 July 2023}}

{{Main|1864 in poetry}}

• Adam Lindsay Gordon
• "The Feud"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "The Feud" by Adam Lindsay Gordon|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C95830|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• "Verses Inspired by my "Old Black Pipe""
• Henry Kendall
• "Faith in God"
• "Ghost Glen"
• "The Last of His Tribe"
• J. Sheridan Moore – Spring-Life Lyrics{{cite web|title= Spring-Life Lyrics by J. Sheridan Moore|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1021366 |access-date= 13 December 2024}}
• Charles Thatcher – Thatcher's Colonial Minstrel : New Collection of Songs{{cite web|title= Thatcher's Colonial Minstrel : New Collection of Songs by Charles Thatcher|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1437131 |access-date= 13 December 2024}}

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1864 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 23 January – Constance Le Plastrier, writer, schoolteacher and botanist (died 1938){{cite web|title= Austlit - Constance Le Plastrier (1864-1938)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A44341|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• 17 February – Banjo Paterson, poet and writer (died 1941){{cite web|title= Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) (1864–1941) by Clement Semmler|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-andrew-barton-banjo-7972|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• 23 August – Agnes L. Storrie, poet and writer (died 1936){{cite web|title= Austlit - Agnes L. Storrie (1864-1936)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30535|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• 11 October — C. H. Souter, poet (died 1944){{cite web|title= Souter, Charles Henry (1864–1944) by Vivian Smith |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/souter-charles-henry-8588|access-date= 12 August 2023}}
• 30 November – Sydney Jephcott, poet (died 1951){{cite web|title= Jephcott, Sydney Wheeler (1864–1951) by Ken Stewart |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jephcott-sydney-wheeler-6842|access-date= 18 July 2023}}
• 9 December – Breaker Morant, poet and soldier (died 1902){{cite web|title= Morant, Harry Harbord (Breaker) (1864–1902) by R. K. Todd |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morant-harry-harbord-breaker-7649|access-date= 18 July 2023}}

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• Laura Palmer-Archer, short story writer, wrote as Bushwoman (died 1929){{cite web|title= Austlit - Laura Palmer-Archer (1864-1929)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A94249|access-date= 18 July 2023}}

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1864 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 20 August — John Lang, novelist (born 1816){{cite web|title= Lang, John (1816–1864) by John Earnshaw |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lang-john-3985|access-date= 11 August 2023}}

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