1967 in Australian literature
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Short description|Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1967}}
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{{cite web|title= See Nothing, Say Nothing by Patricia Carlon|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/866437 |access-date= 8 November 2024}}
- Jon Cleary – The Long Pursuit
- Kenneth Cook – Tuna{{cite web|title= Tuna by Kenneth Cook|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/214829|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Dymphna Cusack – The Sun is Not Enough
- Catherine Gaskin – Edge of Glass{{cite web|title= Edge of Glass by Catherine Gaskin|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2601122|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Thomas Keneally – Bring Larks and Heroes
- Eric Lambert – Hiroshima Reef{{cite web|title= Hiroshima Reef by Eric Lambert|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2742563|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Joan Lindsay – Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Tony Morphett – Dynasty{{cite web|title= Dynasty by Tony Morphett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/969602|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Barry Oakley – A Wild Ass of a Man{{cite web|title= A Wild Ass of a Man by Barry Oakley|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/540102|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Subtle Flame{{cite web|title= Subtle Flame by Katharine Susannah Prichard|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2333464|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- Kylie Tennant – Tell Morning This{{cite web|title= Tell Morning This by Kylie Tennant|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1220355|access-date= 4 July 2024}}
- F. J. Thwaites – Shall Come a Time
- George Turner – The Lame Dog Man
= Short stories =
- Beatrice Davis – Short Stories of Australia, The Moderns (edited){{cite web|title= Short Stories of Australia, The Moderns edited by Beatrice Davis|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/964906 |access-date= 31 October 2024}}
- Frank Hardy – Billy Borker Yarns Again{{cite web|title= Billy Borker Yarns Again by Frank Hardy |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C244912|access-date= 25 November 2023}}
- Elizabeth Harrower — "The Cost of Things"{{cite web|title= "The Cost of Things" by Elizabeth Harrower |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C96490|access-date= 25 November 2023}}
- Shirley Hazzard – People in Glass Houses{{cite web|title= People in Glass Houses by Shirley Hazzard |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C187254|access-date= 25 November 2023}}
- Douglas Stewart – Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition (edited){{cite web|title= Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition edited by Douglas Stewart |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C183429|access-date= 25 November 2023}}
- Kylie Tennant – Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals{{cite web|title= Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals by Kylie Tennant |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C117051|access-date= 25 November 2023}}
= Children's and Young Adult fiction =
- Hesba Brinsmead – A Sapphire for September{{cite web|title= A Sapphire for September by Hesba Brinsmead|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/140628 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Nan Chauncy – Mathinna's People{{cite web|title= Mathinna's People by Nan Chauncy|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/558208 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Mavis Thorpe Clark – Blue Above the Trees{{cite web|title= Blue Above the Trees by Mavis Thorpe Clark|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2667354 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Eleanor Spence – The Switherby Pilgrims{{cite web|title= The Switherby Pilgrims by Eleanor Spence|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/224280 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Ivan Southall
- The Fox Hole{{cite web|title= The Fox Hole by Ivan Southall|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1295167 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- To the Wild Sky
- Randolph Stow – Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy{{cite web|title= Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy by Randolph Stow|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/32677 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
= Science fiction and fantasy =
= Poetry =
{{Main|1967 in poetry}}
- Bruce Dawe – "Life-Cycle"{{cite web|title= "Life-Cycle" by Bruce Dawe|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C117550|access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Geoffrey Dutton – Poems Soft and Loud{{cite web|title= Poems Soft and Loud by Geoffrey Dutton|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2069654 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Rodney Hall – Eyewitness : Poems{{cite web|title= Eyewitness : Poems by Rodney Hall |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2062987 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Gwen Harwood – "In Brisbane"{{cite web|title= "In Brisbane" by Gwen Harwood|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C205210|access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Dorothy Hewett – The Hidden Journey{{cite web|title= The Hidden Journey by Dorothy Hewett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2519220 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Les Murray – "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow"{{cite web|title= "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow" by Les Murray |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C211714|access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- David Rowbotham – Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems{{cite web|title= Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems by David Rowbotham|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1293001 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Thomas Shapcott – A Taste of Salt Water : Poems{{cite web|title= A Taste of Salt Water : Poems by Thomas Shapcott|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/716465 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Douglas Stewart – Collected Poems 1936–1967
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe – The Rebel General{{cite web|title= The Rebel General by Chris Wallace-Crabbe|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/969175 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
= Drama =
= Biography =
- Donald Horne – The Education of Young Donald{{cite web|title= The Education of Young Donald by Donald Horne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2229734 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Lionel Lindsay – Comedy of Life : An Autobiography{{cite web|title= Comedy of Life : An Autobiography by Lionel Lindsay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1931084 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Robert Menzies – Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events{{cite web|title= Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events by Robert Menzies|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/968738 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
- Bill Scott – Focus on Judith Wright{{cite web|title= Focus on Judith Wright by Bill Scott |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2488269 |access-date= 9 November 2024}}
Awards and honours
=Literary=
=Children and Young Adult=
| class="wikitable" width=95%
! Award ! Category ! Author ! Title ! Publisher |
| rowspan=2|Children's Book of the Year Award
| Older Readers[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106965786 "Children's Book Week 1967", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1967, p13] | Lansdowne Press |
| Picture Book
| No award | | |
=Poetry=
| class="wikitable" width=95%
! Award ! Author ! Title ! Publisher |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C186658 Austlit - Collected Poems 1936-1967 by Douglas Stewart] |
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{{cite web|title= James Bradley |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30555|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
- 23 May – Sean Williams, novelist{{cite web|title= Sean Williams |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13682|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
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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){{Cite web |last= |title=Cecil Mann |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17924 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |language=en}}
- 7 February – David Unaipon, writer (born 1872){{cite web|title= Unaipon, David (1872–1967) by Philip Jones |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/unaipon-david-8898|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
- 29 March – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (born 1917){{cite web|title= Niland, D'Arcy Francis (1917–1967) by Bruce Moore |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/niland-darcy-francis-11242|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
- 10 September – Vera Dwyer, novelist (born 1889){{cite web|title= Vera Dwyer (1889-1967)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2024|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
- 25 November – Hal Gye, artist and writer (born 1887){{cite web|title= Gye, Harold Frederick Neville (Hal) (1887–1967) by Ian F. McLaren |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gye-harold-frederick-neville-hal-6512|accessdate= 13 July 2023}}
- 31 December – Arthur Mailey, cricketer and journalist (born 1886){{cite web|title= Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967) by G. P. Walsh |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464|accessdate= 12 July 2023}}
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See also
References
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