1964 in Australian literature

none May 2024 May 2024 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1964. Events The Australian newspaper published its first issue on 14 July 1964, becoming Australia's first national daily newspaper. It is published by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited.14 July 1964 A national newspaper for Australia https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-a-national-newspaper-for-au/152874097/ The Guardian 6 8 August 2024 Major publications Books Raymond Aitchison – The Illegitimates The Illegitimates by Raymond Aitchison National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2429235 18 May 2024 Patricia Carlon – The Price of an Orphan The Price of an Orphan by Patricia Carlon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/743352 18 May 2024 Alan Chester – Brother Captain Brother Captain by Alan Chester National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/743404 18 May 2024 Jon Cleary The Fall of an Eagle A Flight of Chariots Charmian Clift – Honour's Mimic Honour's Mimic by Charmian Clift National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2155579 18 May 2024 Peter Cowan – Summer Summer by Peter Cowan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1991026 18 May 2024 Dymphna Cusack – Black Lightning Lola Irish – Shadow Mountain Shadow Mountain by Lola Irish National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/807512 18 May 2024 George Johnston The Far Face of the Moon The Far Face of the Moon by George Johnston National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4180516 5 November 2024 My Brother Jack Thomas Keneally – The Place at Whitton John McGhee – Sundry Debtors Sundry Debtors by John McGhee National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2228975 18 May 2024 Frank O'Grady – The Sun Breaks Through The Sun Breaks Through by Frank O'Grady National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2347307 18 May 2024 John Patrick – Weave a Circle Weave a Circle by John Patrick National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/978925 18 May 2024 Dan Reidy – It's This Way It's This Way by Dan Reidy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2468083 18 May 2024 David Rowbotham – The Man in the Jungle The Man in the Jungle by David Robotham National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/893303 18 May 2024 F. J. Thwaites – A Mountain for Monique John Tranter – The Livin' is Easy The Livin' is Easy by John Tranter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2074121 18 May 2024 Judah Waten – Distant Land Distant Land by Judah Waten National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3085237 18 May 2024 Short stories Nancy Cato – The Sea Ants and Other Stories The Sea Ants and Other Stories by Nancy Cato National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1023516 1 November 2024 Peter Cowan – "The Tractor" "The Tractor" by Peter Cowan Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C89852 1 November 2024 Frank Dalby Davison – The Road to Yesterday : Collected Short Stories The Road to Yesterday : Collected Short Stories by Frank Dalby Davison National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/488113 1 November 2024 Patrick White – The Burnt Ones Science fiction and fantasy Russell Braddon – The Year of the Angry Rabbit Damien Broderick – "All My Yesterdays" "All My Yesterdays" by Damien Broderick ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?98628 18 May 2024 A. Bertram Chandler The Deep Reaches of Space The Deep Reaches of Space by A. Bertram Chandler ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?5390 18 May 2024 The Coils of Time / Into the Alternative Universe The Coils of Time / Into the Alternative Universe by A. Bertram Chandler ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?37281 18 May 2024 Children's and Young Adult fiction Hesba Brinsmead – Pastures of the Blue Crane Nan Chauncy – High and Haunted Island High and Haunted Island by Nan Chauncy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2268409 31 October 2024 Ruth Park Airlift for Grandee Airlift for Grandee by Ruth Park National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5300126 31 October 2024 The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday by Ruth Park National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1983847 31 October 2024 Poetry 1964 in poetry Bruce Dawe – "How to Go On Not Looking" "How to Go On Not Looking" by Bruce Dawe Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C468530 1 November 2024 A. D. Hope – "An Epistle : Edward Sackville to Venetia Digby" "An Epistle : Edward Sackville to Venetia Digby" by A. D. Hope Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C172206 1 November 2024 T. Inglis Moore – From the Ballads to Brennan (edited) Oodgeroo Noonuccal – We Are Going : Poems Peter Porter – "Sydney Cove, 1788" "Sydney Cove, 1788" by Peter Porter Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C210707 1 November 2024 David Rowbotham – All the Room Thomas Shapcott – The Mankind Thing The Mankind Thing by Thomas Shapcott National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2188614 1 November 2024 Vivian Smith – "Late April : Hobart" "Late April : Hobart" by Vivian Smith Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C242729 1 November 2024 Douglas Stewart – Modern Australian Verse (edited) Randolph Stow – "Ishmael" "Ishmael" by Randolph Stow Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C160317 1 November 2024 Francis Webb – The Ghost of the Cock : Poems The Ghost of the Cock : Poems by Francis Webb National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/745808 1 November 2024 Non-fiction Donald Horne – The Lucky Country Douglas Lockwood – Up the Track Up the Track by Douglas Lockwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2254793 31 October 2024 Drama Frank Hardy – The Ringbolter The Ringbolter by Frank Hardy Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C396291 31 October 2024 David Ireland – Image in the Clay Image in the Clay by David Ireland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2471902 31 October 2024 Patrick White – Night on Bald Mountain Awards and honours Literary Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/ 18 May 2024 Geoffrey Blainey The Rush that Never Ended Melbourne University Press Miles Franklin Award"Award to George Johnston" The Canberra Times, 1 April 1965, p27 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131764551 18 May 2024 George Johnston My Brother Jack Collins Children and Young Adult Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older ReadersAustlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson Eleanor Spence The Green Laurel Oxford University Press Picture Book No award Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Grace Leven Prize for PoetryAustlit - All the Room by David Robotham David Rowbotham All the Room Jacaranda Press Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 7 May – Elliot Perlman, novelist Elliot Perlman Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16168 12 July 2023 21 July – Gillian Mears, novelist (died 2016) Gillian Mears (1964-2016) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33921 12 July 2023 7 August – John Birmingham, novelist and journalist John Birmingham Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A9492 12 July 2023 10 August – Heather Rose, novelist Heather Rose Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A32954 12 July 2023 28 August – Traci Harding, science fiction and fantasy novelist Traci Harding Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27240 12 July 2023 12 December – Georgia Blain, novelist, journalist and biographer (died 2016)Georgia Blain Death Notice http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=georgia-blain&pid=183070282 18 January 2017 Tributes.smh.com.auGeorgia Blain https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11996 2024-02-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Unknown date Jonathan Strahan, editor and anthologist (born in Belfast) Jonathan Strahan Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5104 12 July 2023 Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. 22 January – Zora Cross, poet (born 1890) Cross, Zora Bernice May (1890–1964) by Dorothy Green Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cross-zora-bernice-may-5828 12 July 2023 12 February – Arthur Upfield, novelist (born 1890) Upfield, Arthur William (1890–1964) by Stephen Knight Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/upfield-arthur-william-8900 12 July 2023 1 May – Ethel Nhill Victoria Stonehouse, novelist and poet (born 1883)Edgar Suzanne Stonehouse, Ethel Nhill Victoria (1883–1964) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stonehouse-ethel-nhill-victoria-8680 Australian Dictionary of Biography Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University en 2022-09-29 19 October – Nettie Palmer, critic and journalist (born 1885) Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885–1964) by D. J. Jordan Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-nettie-7948 12 July 2023 21 October – E. Morris Miller, literary scholar and historian (born 1881 in Natal)Reynolds John Edmund Morris Miller (1881–1964) Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/miller-edmund-morris-7581 2025-12-09 Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University en Roe Michael See also 1964 in Australia 1964 in literature 1964 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature References Category:Australian literature by year Category:20th-century Australian literature Category:1964 in literature