2002 in Australian literature

none October 2017 October 2017 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002. Major publications Literary fiction John Clarke – The Tournament J. M. Coetzee – Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II Bryce Courtenay – Matthew Flinders' Cat Andrea Goldsmith – The Prosperous Thief Sonya Hartnett – Of a Boy Sarah Hay – Skins Skins by Sarah Hay National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/538098 2 June 2024 Chloe Hooper – A Child's Book of True Crime Kate Jennings – Moral Hazard Gail Jones – Black Mirror Thomas Keneally – An Angel in Australia Colleen McCullough – The October Horse Alex Miller – Journey to the Stone Country Dorothy Porter – Wild Surmise Eva Sallis – The City of Sealions The City of Sealions by Eva Sallis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/39588 2 June 2024 Children's and Young Adult fiction J. C. Burke – White Lies White Lies by J. C. Burke National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/322196 3 June 2024 Isobelle Carmody – Darksong Alison Croggon – The Gift The Gift by Alison Croggon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2037567 3 June 2024 Mem Fox – The Magic Hat Marieke Hardy – Short Cuts Short Cuts by Marieke Hardy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1545776 3 June 2024 Richard Harland – Ferren and the White Doctor Ferren and the White Doctor by Richard Harland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/676417 3 June 2024 Lian Hearn – Across the Nightingale Floor Maureen McCarthy – When You Wake and Find Me Gone When You Wake and Find Me Gone by Maureen McCarthy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/240345 3 June 2024 Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor – Njunjul the Sun Njunjul the Sun by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1548185 3 June 2024 David Metzenthen – Wildlight: A Journey Wildlight: A Journey by David Metzenthen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/117143 3 June 2024 Kirsty Murray – Walking Home with Marie-Claire Walking Home with Marie-Claire by Kirsty Murray National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2060353 3 June 2024 Natalie Jane Prior – Fireworks and Darkness Gillian Rubinstein – The Whale's Child The Whale's Child by Gillian Rubinstein National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/565323 3 June 2024 Markus Zusak – The Messenger Crime Carmel Bird – Open for Inspection Open for Inspection by Carmel Bird National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1789488 4 June 2024 Kirsty Brooks – Lady Luck Lady Luck by Kirsty Brooks National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1798958 4 June 2024 Jon Cleary – The Easy Sin Jane Clifton – Half Past Dead Half Past Dead by Jane Clifton National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1586441 4 June 2024 Peter Corris – Salt and Blood Salt and Blood by Peter Corris National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1794724 4 June 2024 Kerry Greenwood – Murder in Montparnasse Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/183172 4 June 2024 Gabrielle Lord – Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Barry Maitland – Babel Babel by Barry Maitland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/512419 4 June 2024 Shane Maloney – Something Fishy Something Fishy by Shane Maloney National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2161284 4 June 2024 Tara Moss – Split Split by Tara Moss National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/23838 4 June 2024 Alex Palmer – Blood Redemption Peter Temple – In The Evil Day In The Evil Day by Peter Temple National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7377 4 June 2024 Romance Lilian Darcy – For the Taking For the Taking by Lilian Darcy Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C688749 19 June 2024 Barbara Hannay A Bride at Birralee A Bride at Birralee by Barbara Hannay National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3103571 19 June 2024 Their Doorstep Baby Their Doorstep Baby by Barbara Hannay National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/199931 19 June 2024 Di Morrissey – Kimberley Sun Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2086875 19 June 2024 Valerie Parv The Baron and the Bodyguard The Baron and the Bodyguard by Valerie Parv National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3103506 19 June 2024 The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be by Valerie Parv National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3103564 19 June 2024 Science Fiction and Fantasy Damien Broderick – Transcension Trudi Canavan – The Novice The Novice by Trudi Canavan ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?31694 2 June 2024 Marianne Curley – The Named Cecilia Dart-Thornton The Battle of Evernight The Battle of Evernight by Cecilia Dart-Thornton ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23587 2 June 2024 The Lady of the Sorrows The Lady of the Sorrows by Cecilia Dart-Thornton ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?22771 2 June 2024 Sara Douglass The Crippled Angel The Crippled Angel by Sara Douglass ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23069 2 June 2024 Hades' Daughter Hades' Daughter by Sara Douglass ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23631 2 June 2024 Greg Egan Schild's Ladder "Singleton" Ian Irvine – Tetrarch Tetrarch by Ian Irvine ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?393871 2 June 2024 Fiona McIntosh Destiny Destiny by Fiona McIntosh ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?784673 2 June 2024 Revenge Revenge by Fiona McIntosh ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?784677 2 June 2024 Sean McMullen – Voyage of the Shadowmoon Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23305 2 June 2024 Juliet Marillier – Wolfskin Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23641 2 June 2024 Sean Williams Echoes of Earth with Shane Dix Echoes of Earth by Sean Williams and Shane Dix ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?22289 2 June 2024 The Sky Warden and the Sun The Sky Warden and the Sun by Sean Williams ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?23276 2 June 2024 The Storm Weaver and the Sand Drama David Brown – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed by David Brown Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C514927 15 July 2024 Nick Enright Country Music Country Music by Nick Enright Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C445518 15 July 2024 A Man with Five Children A Man with Five Children by Nick Enright Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C430499 15 July 2024 Michael Gow – The Fortunes of Richard Mahony The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Michael Gow National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2126559 15 July 2024 Michael Gurr – The Simple Truth The Simple Truth by Michael Gurr National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2052427 15 July 2024 Daniel Keene – Half and Half Half and Half by Daniel Keene National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1750389 15 July 2024 Jenny Kemp – Still Angela Still Angela by Jenny Kemp National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/114482 15 July 2024 Joanna Murray-Smith – Rapture Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/621337 15 July 2024 David Williamson – Soulmates Poetry M. T. C. Cronin – My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems by M. T. C. Cronin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1546664 21 June 2024 Robert Gray – Afterimages Jill Jones – Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems by Jill Jones Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C448922 21 June 2024 Emma Lew – Anything the Landlord Touches Anything the Landlord Touches by Emma Lew National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/675264 21 June 2024 Kate Lilley – Versary Versary by Kate Lilley National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/941483 21 June 2024 Les Murray Collected Poems : 1961–2002 Collected Poems : 1961–2002 by Les Murray Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C448078 21 June 2024 Poems the Size of Photographs Poems the Size of Photographs by Les Murray National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2472382 21 June 2024 Non-fiction Bruce Bennett – Australian Short Fiction: A History Australian Short Fiction: A History by Bruce Bennett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1724398 5 August 2024 Anna Funder – Stasiland Stasiland by Anna Funder National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/14066 5 August 2024 Mark McKenna – Looking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place Looking for Blackfellas' Point by Mark McKenna National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2044778 5 August 2024 Ashley Mallett – The Black Lords of Summer : The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond The Black Lords of Summer by Ashley Mallett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/566051 5 August 2024 John Marsden – The Boy You Brought Home : A Single Mother's Guide to Raising Boys The Boy You Brought Home by John Marsden National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1720917 5 August 2024 Biographies Nick Bleszynski – Shoot Straight, You Bastards! : The Truth Behind the Killing of 'Breaker' Morant Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/24189 5 August 2024 Barry Dickins – Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett by Barry Dickins National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/662528 5 August 2024 Ann Galbally – Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian by Ann Galbally National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7793570 5 August 2024 Barry Hill – Broken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession Broken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession by Barry Hill National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/542519 5 August 2024 Thomas Keneally – American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/78377 5 August 2024 Ross McMullin – Pompey Elliott Pompey Elliott by Ross McMullin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1654084 5 August 2024 Brenda Niall – The Boyds : A Family Biography The Boyds : A Family Biography by Brenda Niall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/74185 5 August 2024 Don Watson – Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Awards and honours Note: these awards were presented in the year in question. Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan AwardA poet of two cultures : An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas Anagnostis e-Magazine http://www.anagnostis.info/specials.htm 11 September 2023 Dimitris Tsaloumas Patrick White Award Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v617?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents 10 September 2023 22 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230822040912/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v617?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents dead Tom Hungerford Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Award"Man of many words wins Age book award" The Age, 24 August 2002, p13 https://www.proquest.com/docview/363477476 15 July 2024 363477476 Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House ALS Gold Medal ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/ 13 January 2024 Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador Colin Roderick Award Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners James Cook University https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/roderick-award/previous-winners2 16 January 2024 Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Nita Kibble Literary AwardKibble Literary Award Australian National University https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award 26 February 2024 Marion Halligan The Fog Garden Allen & Unwin Fiction International Award Category Author Title PublisherCommonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007 Commonwealth Foundation http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf 18 January 2024 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071023223729/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf dead Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Meaghan Delahunt In the Blue House Bloomsbury Overall winner Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureState Library of South Australia https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners 18 April 2024 9 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260309180911/https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners dead Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press The Age Book of the Year Award Joan London Gilgamesh Grove Press The Australian/Vogel Literary Award "Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2000-2002" Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=18&count=3 19 February 2024 15 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240215222631/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=18&count=3 dead Danielle Wood The Alphabet of Light and Dark Allen & Unwin Miles Franklin Award Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254 21 September 2023 7 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231107080036/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254 dead Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards"Lawson of the suburbs finds poetry in ordinary lives" Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2002, p3 https://www.proquest.com/docview/363845396 5 July 2024 363845396 Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador Queensland Premier's Literary Awards "Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Previous Winners" Queensland Government http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/ 13 May 2025 17 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120717073830/http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/ dead Venero Armanno The Volcano Knopf Victorian Premier's Literary Award"Book of Fish lands a premier catch" The Age, 12 November 2002, p7 https://www.proquest.com/docview/363612212 7 February 2025 363612212 Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish Picador Western Australian Premier's Book Awards"Australian Literary Awards: Western Australian Premier's" University Libraries, University of Washington https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341672&p=2299464 23 May 2025 Gail Jones Black Mirror Picador Children and Young Adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Sonya Hartnett Forest Viking Books Younger Readers John Heffernan, illus. Andrew McLean My Dog Margaret Hamilton Books Picture Book Libby Gleeson, illus. Armin Greder An Ordinary Day Scholastic Press Early Childhood Bob Graham Let's Get a Pup! Walker BooksNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Shaun Tan The Red Tree Lothian Books Young People's Anthony Hill Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin, the Youngest Anzac Penguin BooksQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Michael Stephens Blat Magic HarperCollins Young Adult Markus Zusak When Dogs Cry Pan Macmillan Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor Njunjul the Sun Allen & UnwinWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Pat Lowe Feeling the Heat Penguin Books Children's Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac The Legend of Moondyne Joe Cygnet Crime and Mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"Davitt Award Winners 2001-2025" Sisters in Crime https://sistersincrime.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Davitt-Winners_cumulative-table_2025.pdf 30 November 2025Novel Carolyn Morwood A Simple Death Women's Press Kerry Greenwood The Three-Pronged Dagger Lothian Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Bleeding Hearts HarperCollinsNed Kelly Award2002 Ned Kelly Award Winners http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181222/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/8 2016-03-27 17 January 2024 Australian Crime Writers Novel Gabrielle Lord Death Delights Hodder Headline AustraliaFirst novel Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan Macmillan Emma Darcy Who Killed Angelique? Pan MacmillanTrue crime Larry Writer Razor Pan Macmillan Mike Richards The Hanged Man Scribe Publications Teenage/YA Ken Catran Blue Murder Lothian Readers' vote Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan Macmillan Lifetime achievement Patrick Gallagher Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Sf Novel Damien Broderick Transcension Tor Books Sf Short Story Sean McMullen "Walk to the Full Moon" F&SF Fantasy Novel Sean Williams The Storm Weaver and the Sand Voyager Books Fantasy Short Story No award presented Horror Novel A. L. McCann The White Body of Evening Flamingo Horror Short Story Kim Westwood "Oracle" Redsine Young Adult Novel Sophie Masson The Hand of Glory Hodder HeadlineDitmar Award"Ditmar Award 2002" SFADB https://www.sfadb.com/Ditmar_Awards_2002 2 July 2025 Novel Garth Nix Lirael Allen and UnwinShort Fiction Jack Dann "The Diamond Pit" Jubilee Lucy Sussex "Absolute Uncertainty" F&SF Collected Work Damien Broderick ed. Earth is But a Star UWA Press Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Cath Kenneally Around Here Wakefield Press The Age Book of the Year Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and Snellgrove Anne Elder Award Austlit — Anne Elder Award 2002-2004 Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v148?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=18&count=3 13 February 2024 Bronwyn Lea Flight Animals University of Queensland Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004 Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 13 February 2024 12 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240212222126/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 dead Kate Lilley Versary Salt Publishing Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 13 February 2024 Geraldine McKenzie Duty Paper Bark Press New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Alan Wearne The Lovemakers Penguin Books Victorian Premier's Literary Award Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and Snellgrove Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Barbara Temperton Going Feral Fremantle Arts Centre Press Drama Award Author Title PublisherPatrick White Playwrights' Award"Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners" Sydney Theatre Company https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about/information-for-artists/patrick-white-playwrights-award-and-fellowship/past-winners 25 December 2025 Reg Cribb Last Cab to Darwin Last Cab Productions Ian Wilding Even Amongst Dogs Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction John Birmingham Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney Random House Australia The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Australia National Biography Award"National Biography Award – Past Winners" State Library of NSW https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/national-biography-award?page=2 1 August 2024 Biography Jacqueline Kent A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life Viking Books New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-FictionGail Bell The Poison Principle Pan MacmillanNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Nadia Wheatley The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift HarperCollins Community and Regional History John Bailey The White Divers of Broome: the true story of a fatal experiment Pan Macmillan General History David Garrioch The Making of Revolutionary Paris University of California Press Young People's Papunya School Papunya School Book of Country and History Allen and Unwin Nita Kibble Literary Award Inga Clendinnen Tiger's Eye: A Memoir Text PublishingQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press History Les Carlyon Gallipoli Pan Macmillan Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press Deaths 27 May – Ray Mathew, poet and novelist (born 1929)Ray Mathew (1929-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16713 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 11 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011032958/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16713 dead 6 June – Peter Cowan, short story writer and literary editor (born 1914)Peter Cowan (1914-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1873 2023-09-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 11 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011033000/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1873 dead 25 August – Dorothy Hewett, poet (born 1923)Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33480 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 5 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230305210951/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33480 dead 16 September – J. E. Macdonnell, novelist (born 1917)J. E. Macdonnell (1917-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21732 2023-09-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 11 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011032956/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21732 dead 2 October – R. A. Simpson, poet (born 1929)R. A. Simpson (1929-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22623 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 11 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011032956/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22623 dead 8 December – Gary Catalano, poet and critic (born 1947)Gary Catalano (1947-2002) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A50345 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Unknown date Olive Pell, librarian and poet (born 1903) Olive Pell (1903-2002) Internet Archive https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18746 30 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20240527035955/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18746 27 May 2024 See also 2002 in Australia 2002 in literature 2002 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literature References Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page. 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