2001 in Australian literature

• Geraldine Brooks – Year of Wonders
• Marshall Browne – The Trumpeting Angel{{cite web|title= The Trumpeting Angel by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/712015|access-date= 15 July 2024}}
• Steven Carroll – The Art of the Engine Driver
• Bryce Courtenay – Four Fires
• Robert Dessaix – Corfu: A Novel{{cite web|title= Corfu by Robert Dessaix|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1011949|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Garry Disher – Past the Headlands{{cite web|title= Past the Headlands by Garry Disher|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/999470|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Richard Flanagan – Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
• Stephen Gray – The Artist is a Thief{{cite web|title= The Artist is a Thief by Stephen Gray|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1154474|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Marion Halligan – The Fog Garden{{cite web|title= The Fog Garden by Marion Halligan|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/808570|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Elizabeth Jolley – An Innocent Gentleman{{cite web|title= An Innocent Gentleman by Elizabeth Jolley|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2514404|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Kathy Lette – Nip 'n' Tuck{{cite web|title= Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2599465|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Joan London – Gilgamesh
• John A. Scott – The Architect
• Tim Winton – Dirt Music
• Arnold Zable – Cafe Scheherazade{{cite web|title= Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2238805|access-date= 11 July 2024}}

• Graeme Base – The Waterhole{{cite web|title= The Waterhole by Graeme Base|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2609510|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Gary Crew – Gothic Hospital
• Garry Disher – Moondyne Kate{{cite web|title= Moondyne Kate by Garry Disher|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2688245|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Andy Griffiths – The Day My Bum Went Psycho
• Sonya Hartnett – Forest
• Odo Hirsch – Have Courage, Hazel Green!{{cite web|title= Have Courage, Hazel Green! by Odo Hirsch|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1184712|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Leigh Hobbs – Horrible Harriet{{cite web|title= Horrible Harriet by Leigh Hobbs|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2638225|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Maureen McCarthy – Flash Jack{{cite web|title= Flash Jack by Maureen McCarthy |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/897991|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Garth Nix
• Above the Veil
• Lirael
• Emily Rodda – City of Rats
• Shaun Tan – The Red Tree
• Margaret Wild – Jinx{{cite web|title= Jinx by Margaret Wild|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2637764|access-date= 5 July 2024}}
• Markus Zusak – When Dogs Cry

• Bunty Avieson – Apartment 255
• Marshall Browne – Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools{{cite web|title= Inspector Anders and the Ship of Fools by Marshall Browne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1113430|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Jon Cleary – Yesterday's Shadow
• Peter Corris – Lugarno{{cite web|title= Lugarno by Peter Corris|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2563210|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Emma Darcy – Who Killed Angelique?{{cite web|title= Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1062931|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Peter Doyle – The Devil's Jump{{cite web|title= The Devil's Jump by Peter Doyle|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/587173|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Kerry Greenwood – Away with the Fairies{{cite web|title= Away with the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/808632|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Gabrielle Lord – Death Delights
• Matthew Reilly – Area 7
• Patricia Shaw – The Dream Seekers{{cite web|title= The Dream Seekers by Patricia Shaw|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C625768|access-date= 11 July 2024}}

• Lilian Darcy – The Paramedic's Secret{{cite web|title= The Paramedic's Secret by Lilian Darcy|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C633622|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• Barbara Hannay
• The Pregnancy Discovery{{cite web|title= The Pregnancy Discovery by Barbara Hannay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3102297|access-date= 11 July 2024}}
• The Wedding Dare{{cite web|title= The Wedding Dare by Barbara Hannay|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3102483|access-date= 11 July 2024}}

• Trudi Canavan – The Magicians' Guild
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Ill-Made Mute{{cite web|title= The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21440|access-date= 16 June 2024}}
• Sara Douglass – The Wounded Hawk
• Greg Egan – Schild's Ladder
• Jennifer Fallon
• Harshini
• Treason Keep
• Kate Forsyth – The Skull of the World{{cite web|title= The Skull of the World by Kate Forsyth|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?22726|access-date= 16 June 2024}}
• Ian Irvine – Geomancer
• Fiona McIntosh – Betrayal{{cite web|title= Betrayal by Fiona McIntosh|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?274761|access-date= 16 June 2024}}
• Sean McMullen – Eyes of the Calculor
• Juliet Marillier – Child of the Prophecy
• Kim Wilkins – Angel of Ruin
• Sean Williams
• The Dark Imbalance with Shane Dix
• The Stone Mage and the Sea{{cite web|title= The Stone Mage and the Sea by Sean Williams|publisher= ISFDB|url= https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?22028|access-date= 16 June 2024}}

• Andrew Bovell – Holy Day{{cite web|title= Holy Day by Andrew Bovell|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2660196 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• David Brown – Keep Everything You Love{{cite web|title= Keep Everything You Love by David Brown|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2403488 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Nick Enright – Spurboard{{cite web|title= Spurboard by Nick Enright|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/902040 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Dorothy Hewett – Nowhere{{cite web|title= Nowhere by Dorothy Hewett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2887949 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Peta Murray – Salt : A Play in Five Helpings{{cite web|title= Salt : A Play in Five Helpings by Peta Murray|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/934979 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Joanna Murray-Smith – Bombshells{{cite web|title= Bombshells by Joanna Murray-Smith|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C430382|access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• John Romeril – Miss Tanaka{{cite web|title= Miss Tanaka by John Romeril|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2354979 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• David Williamson
• Charitable Intent
• A Conversation
• Up for Grabs

• M. T. C. Cronin – Bestseller{{cite web|title= Bestseller by M. T. C. Cronin|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2539519 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• John Forbes – Collected Poems : 1970–1998{{cite web|title= Collected Poems : 1970–1998 by John Forbes|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2571999 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• Peter Goldsworthy – New Selected Poems{{cite web|title= New Selected Poems by Peter Goldsworthy|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/915529 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• Dorothy Hewett – Halfway Up the Mountain{{cite web|title= Halfway Up the Mountain by Dorothy Hewett|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/741846 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• John Kinsella – The Hierarchy of Sheep{{cite web|title= The Hierarchy of Sheep by John Kinsella|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/790988 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• Peter Porter – Max is Missing{{cite web|title= Max is Missing by Peter Porter|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1503685 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• Chris Wallace-Crabbe – By and Large{{cite web|title= By and Large by Chris Wallace-Crabbe|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2637514 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}
• Alan Wearne – The Lovemakers{{cite web|title= The Lovemakers by Alan Wearne|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/742828 |access-date= 19 September 2024}}

• Peter Carey – 30 Days in Sydney : A Wildly Distorted Account
• Dawn Fraser – Dawn: One Hell of a Life{{cite web|title= Dawn: One Hell of a Life by Dawn Fraser|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/951383 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Jacqueline Kent – A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life{{cite web|title= A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life by Jacqueline Kent|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1652885 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• John Kinsella – Auto{{cite web|title= Auto by John Kinsella|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/106731 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Roger McDonald – The Tree in Changing Light{{cite web|title= The Tree in Changing Light by Roger McDonald|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1164842 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Hilary McPhee – Other People's Words{{cite web|title= Other People's Words by Hilary McPhee|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record//865089 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Peter Rose – Rose Boys{{cite web|title= Rose Boys by Peter Rose |publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2687130 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}
• Nadia Wheatley – The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift{{cite web|title= The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift by Nadia Wheatley|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/936249 |access-date= 8 October 2024}}

• Diane Armstrong – The Voyage of Their Life : The Story of the SS Derna and its Passengers{{cite web|title= The Voyage of Their Life : The Story of the SS Derna and its Passengers by Diane Armstrong|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1121473 |access-date= 18 September 2024}}
• Emily Chantiri – The Money Club{{cite web|title= The Money Club by Emily Chantiri|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2250465 |access-date= 18 September 2024}}
• Jill Jolliffe – Cover-Up: The Inside Story of the Balibo Five{{cite web|title= Cover-Up: The Inside Story of the Balibo Five by Jill Jolliffe|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1193601 |access-date= 18 September 2024}}

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

• 25 February – Don Bradman, cricketer and author (born 1908){{cite web|title= Bradman, Sir Donald George (Don) (1908–2001) by John Howard |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bradman-sir-donald-george-don-32376|access-date= 10 August 2023}}
• 18 September – Amy Witting, novelist (born 1918){{cite web|title= Austlit — Amy Witting |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21035|access-date= 10 August 2023}}
• 20 September – Patsy Adam-Smith, writer (born 1924){{cite web|title= Austlit — Patsy Adam-Smith |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A35192|access-date= 10 August 2023}}
• 10 October – Helen Asher, novelist, left bequest for Asher Award (born 1927 in Germany){{cite web |title=Cemetery record |url=https://www.centennialpark.org/memorial-search/?surname=Asher&firstname=Helen |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=Centennial Park}}

Unknown date

• Peter Bladen, poet (born 1922){{cite web|title= Austlit — Peter Bladen |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12286|access-date= 10 August 2023}}

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• 2001 in literature
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