1954 in Australian literature

• Charlotte Jay (pseudonym of Geraldine Halls) won the inaugural Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for Beat Not the Bones{{Cite web|url=http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php|title=Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database|access-date=2 October 2024|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165310/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php|url-status=dead}}

• James Aldridge – Heroes of the Empty View{{cite web|title= Heroes of the Empty View by James Aldridge|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1025351 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Jon Cleary – The Climate of Courage
• Miles Franklin – Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists
• Catherine Gaskin – Sara Dane
• T. A. G. Hungerford – Sowers of the Wind : A Novel of the Occupation of Japan{{cite web|title= Sowers of the Wind by T. A. G. Hungerford|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1027700 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Eric Lambert
• The Five Bright Stars{{cite web|title= The Five Bright Stars by Eric Lambert |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/711859 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• The Veterans{{cite web|title= The Veterans by Eric Lambert |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2248364 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Eve Langley – White Topee
• J. E. Macdonnell
• Jim Brady, Leading Seaman
• Wings Off the Sea
• Kenneth Mackenzie – The Refuge
• Alan Moorehead – A Summer Night{{cite web|title= A Summer Night by Alan Moorehead|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2296339 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• E. V. Timms – The Fury
• Judah Waten – The Unbending{{cite web|title= The Unbending by Judah Waten|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2230667 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}

• Arthur Upfield
• Death of a Lake{{cite web|title= Death of a Lake by Arthur Upfield|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1901625 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Sinister Stones{{cite web|title= Sinister Stones by Arthur Upfield|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2493756 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}

• A. Bertram Chandler – "Shadow Before"{{cite web|title= "Shadow Before" by A. Bertram Chandler|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?640605|access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• David Martin – "Where a Man Belongs"{{cite web|title= "Where a Man Belongs" by David Martin|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C255051|access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• John Morrison – "The Incense-Burner"{{cite web|title= "The Incense-Burner" by John Morrison|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C176547|access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Dal Stivens – "In the Depths"{{cite web|title= "In the Depths" by Dal Stivens|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C175498|access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Judah Waten – "Well, What do You Say to My Boy?"{{cite web|title= "Well, What do You Say to My Boy?" by Judah Waten|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C244254|access-date= 2 October 2024}}

• Nan Chauncy – A Fortune for the Brave{{cite web|title= A Fortune for the Brave by Nan Chauncy|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/954755 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Joan Phipson – Six and Silver{{cite web|title= Six and Silver by Joan Phipson|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/950469 |access-date= 2 October 2024}}
• Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay – The First Walkabout, illustrated by Madeleine Boyce

{{Main|1954 in poetry}}

• Thea Astley – "Droving Man"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Droving Man" by Thea Astley |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C189070|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Dorothy Auchterlonie – "The Tree"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Tree" by Dorothy Auchterlonie |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C121749|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• John Blight
• "The Anchor"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Anchor" by John Blight|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C160694|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• "Death of a Whale"
• "Nor'-Easter"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Nor'-Easter" by John Blight|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C138635|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• "Rope"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Rope" by John Blight|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C160549|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• The Two Suns Met : Poems{{cite web|title= The Two Suns Met by John Blight|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2126589|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• R. D. Fitzgerald
• "Beginnings"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Beginnings" by R. D. Fitzgerald |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C128225|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• "Edge"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Edge" by R. D. Fitzgerald |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C127212|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Mary Gilmore – Fourteen Men : Verses
• A. D. Hope – "The Return of Persephone"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Return of Persephone" by A. D. Hope |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C131285|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Christopher Koch – "The Boy Who Dreamed the Country Night"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Boy Who Dreamed the Country Night" by Christopher Koch |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C186552|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• James McAuley
• "An Art of Poetry"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "An Art of Poetry" by James McAuley|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C82391|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• "New Guinea"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "New Guinea" by James McAuley|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C63901|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• "To the Holy Spirit"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "To the Holy Spirit" by James McAuley|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C69996|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Kenneth Mackenzie – "An Old Inmate"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "An Old Inmate" by Seaforth Mackenzie |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C87923|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• David Rowbotham – "Mullabinda"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Mullabinda" by David Rowbotham |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C177667|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Douglas Stewart – "Spider-Gums"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Spider-Gums" by Douglas Stewart |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C129802|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Colin Thiele – "The Mushroomer"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Mushroomer" by Colin Thiele |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C234055|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• John Thompson – Thirty Poems{{cite web|title= Thirty Poems by John Thompson |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2273484|access-date= 13 May 2024}}
• Judith Wright
• "At Cooloolah"
• "Flying Fox on Barbed Wire"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "Flying Fox on Barbed Wire" by Judith Wright |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C20186|access-date= 13 May 2024}}

• James Workman – Eternal Night

• Nevil Shute – Slide Rule : The Autobiography of an Engineer{{cite web|title= Slide Rule : The Autobiography of an Engineer by Nevil Shute|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2340744|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• David Unaipon – My Life Story{{cite web|title= My Life Story by David Unaipon|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/311340|access-date= 18 April 2024}}

• Vance Palmer – The Legend of the Nineties{{cite web|title= The Legend of the Nineties by Vance Palmer|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/721293|access-date= 18 April 2024}}

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.

• 12 January
• Brian Caswell, writer for children{{cite web|title= Austlit — Brian Caswell |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17925|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• Lee Tulloch, novelist{{cite web|title= Austlit — Lee Tulloch |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24922|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• 26 March – Dorothy Porter, poet (died 2008){{Cite web |title=Dorothy Porter (1954-2008)|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5888 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
• 21 May – Paul Collins, author and editor{{cite web|title= Austlit — Paul Collins |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5995|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• 17 June – Kerry Greenwood, novelist (died 2025){{cite web|title= Austlit — Kerry Greenwood |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22250|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• 5 July – Kevin Hart, poet{{cite web|title= Austlit — Kevin Hart |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18721|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• 20 September – James Moloney, writer for children{{cite web|title= Austlit — James Moloney |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33101|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• 1 November – Andrew Lansdown, poet{{Cite web |title=Andrew Lansdown |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?115406 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Internet Speculative Fiction Database}}

Unknown date

• Russell Blackford, novelist and critic{{cite web|title= Austlit — Russell Blackford |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A40|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• Rory Harris, poet{{cite web|title= Austlit — Rory Harris |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A26776|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• Shane McCauley, poet{{cite web|title= Austlit — Shane McCauley |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20243|access-date= 18 April 2024}}
• Rosemary Sorensen, journalist, editor and critic{{cite web|title= Austlit — Rosemary Sorensen |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16716|access-date= 18 April 2024}}

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.

• 16 May — Jack McLaren, novelist (born 1884){{cite web|title= McLaren, John (Jack) (1884–1954) by Cheryl Taylor |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mclaren-john-jack-7407|access-date= 14 August 2023}}
• 28 June — Nancy Francis, poet, journalist and short story writer (born 1873){{cite web|title= Austlit - Nancy Francis (1873-1954)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7011|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
• 19 September – Miles Franklin, novelist (born 1879){{cite web|title= Franklin, Stella Maria Sarah Miles (1879–1954) by Jill Roe |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/franklin-stella-maria-sarah-miles-6235|access-date= 8 August 2023}}
• 2 November – Malcolm Afford, playwright and novelist (born 1906){{cite web|title= Lindsay, Philip (1906–1958) by Bernard Smith |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-philip-7761|accessdate= 10 July 2023}}

• 1954 in Australia
• 1954 in literature
• 1954 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

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