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- Major publications Books Short stories Children's and Young Adult fiction Poetry
- Awards and honours Literary Children and Young Adult Poetry
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}{{Year nav topic5|1969|literature|poetry}}This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969. For an overview of world literature see 1969 in Australian literature. See also:1968 in Australian literature, 1969 in Australia, 1970 in Australian literature. Major publications Books - Mena Calthorpe – The Defectors
- Jon Cleary – Remember Jack Hoxie
- Dymphna Cusack – The Half-Burnt Tree
- Sumner Locke Elliott – Edens Lost
- George Johnston – Clean Straw for Nothing
- Thomas Keneally – The Survivor
- D'Arcy Niland – Dead Men Running
Short stories - Manning Clark – Disquiet and Other Stories
- T. A. G. Hungerford – "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox"
- Frank Moorhouse – Futility and Other Animals
- Dal Stivens – Selected Stories 1936-1968
Children's and Young Adult fiction - Hesba Brinsmead – Isle of the Sea Horse
- Joan Phipson – Peter and Butch
- Ivan Southall – Finn's Folly
- Eleanor Spence – Jamberoo Road
- Colin Thiele – Blue Fin
Poetry {{Main article|1969 in poetry}}- Bruce Beaver – Letters to Live Poets
- Gwen Harwood
- "Barn Owl"
- "Father and Child"
- A. D. Hope – New Poems 1956-1969
- James McAuley – Surprises of the Sun
- David Malouf – "The Year of the Foxes"
- Les Murray – The Weatherboard Cathedral
- Thomas Shapcott – Inwards to the Sun : Poems
- Randolph Stow – Selected Poems
Awards and honoursLiterary| Award | Author | Title | Publisher | | ALS Gold Medal | No award | | Colin Roderick Award[1] | Francis Webb | Collected Poems | Angus and Robertson | | Miles Franklin Award[2] | George Johnston | Clean Straw for Nothing | Collins | |
Children and Young Adult| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher | | Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[3] | Margaret Balderson | When Jays Fly to Barbmo | Oxford University Press | |
| Picture Book[3] | Ivan Southall, illustrated by Ted Greenwood | Sly Old Wardrobe | Cheshire | |
Poetry| Award | Author | Title | Publisher | | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] | Randolph Stow | Selected Poems | Angus and Robertson | |
Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. - 1 April – Larissa Behrendt, novelist and academic
- 23 October – Trudi Canavan, novelist
Unknown date- Tegan Bennett Daylight, novelist
Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. - 8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923)
- 2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883)
- 21 November – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (born 1879)
- 27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877)
Unknown date- Kathleen Dalziel, poet (born 1881)
See also - 1969 in literature
- 1969 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References1. ^[https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/colin-roderick-award/previous-winners2 "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University]
2. ^"Author Wins $1,000 Award", The Canberra Times, 15 April 1970, p3
3. ^1 "Book Council Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 12 July 19689, p16
4. ^Austlit - A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow
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