1962 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1962.

Major publications

Books

• James Aldridge – A Captive in the Land
• Thea Astley – The Well Dressed Explorer
• Martin Boyd – When Blackbirds Sing
• Nancy Cato – But Still the Stream ^[1]
• Jon Cleary – The Country of Marriage
• Kenneth Cook – Chain of Darkness ^[2]
• Dymphna Cusack – Picnic Races
• Catherine Gaskin – I Know My Love ^[3]
• George Johnston – The Far Road ^[4]
• Elizabeth Kata – Someone Will Conquer Them ^[5]
• John Naish – The Cruel Field ^[6]
• John O'Grady – Gone Fishin' ^[7]
• Nancy Phelan – The River and the Brook ^[8]
• E. V. Timms – The Big Country
• George Turner – The Cupboard Under the Stairs
• Arthur Upfield – The Will of the Tribe ^[9]

Short stories

• Thea Astley – "The Scenery Never Changes" ^[10]
• Peter Cowan – "The Island" ^[11]
• John Morrison – Twenty-Three : Stories
• Hal Porter
  • A Bachelor's Children : Short Stories ^[12]
  • "A Double Because it's Snowing" ^[13]
  • "First Love" ^[14]
  • "Francis Silver" ^[15]
• Patrick White
  • "Be Kind to Titina" ^[16]
  • "The Letters" ^[17]
  • "Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight" ^[18]
• Amy Witting – "The Weight of a Man" ^[19]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Nan Chauncy – Half a World Away ^[20]
• John Gunn – City in Danger ^[21]
• Ruth Park
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat
  • The Road Under the Sea ^[22]
• Joan Phipson
  • The Boundary Riders ^[23]
  • The Family Conspiracy
• Ivan Southall – Hills End
• P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins from A to Z ^[24]
• Joan Woodberry – Rafferty Makes a Landfall ^[25]
• Judith Wright – Range the Mountains High ^[26]
• Patricia Wrightson – The Feather Star ^[27]

Poetry

Main article: 1962 in poetry

• David Campbell – Poems ^[28]
• Bruce Dawe – No Fixed Address : Poems ^[29]
• Geoffrey Dutton – Flowers and Fury : Poems ^[30]
• R. D. Fitzgerald – Southmost Twelve
• Rodney Hall – Penniless Till Doomsday ^[31]
• Gwen Harwood – "The Wine is Drunk" ^[32]
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "Colour Bar" ^[33]
• Roland Robsinson – Deep Well ^[34]
• Douglas Stewart – Rutherford and Other Poems ^[35]
• Randolph Stow – Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 ^[36]
• Francis Webb
  • "Harry" ^[37]
  • "Pneumo-Encephalograph" ^[38]
• Judith Wright – Birds : Poems ^[39]

Biography

• Joan Lindsay – Time Without Clocks ^[40]
• Douglas Lockwood – I, the Aboriginal ^[41]
• Alan Marshall – This is the Grass ^[42]

Non-fiction

• Manning Clark – The History of Australia (Vol. 1)
• F. J. Thwaites – Destination Spain (travel book)

Drama

• Morris West – Daughter of Silence ^[43]
• Patrick White – The Season at Sarsaparilla

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal [44]	Vincent Buckley	Masters in Israel	Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award [45]	Thea Astley	The Well Dressed Explorer	Angus and Robertson
	George Turner	The Cupboard Under the Stairs	Cassell

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers [46]	L. H. Evers	The Racketty Street Gang	Hodder & Stoughton
		Joan Woodberry	Rafferty Rides a Winner	M. Parrish, London
Picture Book	No award

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [47]	R. D. Fitzgerald	Southmost Twelve	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 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 17 April — Joanna Murray-Smith, playwright ^[48]

Unknown date

• Matthew Condon, novelist ^[49]
• Alison Croggon, novelist ^[50]
• Luke Davies, novelist ^[51]
• Craig Sherborne, poet and playwright ^[52]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 4 February — Nita Kibble, librarian (born 1879) ^[53]
• 8 March – Jean Devanny, novelist (born 1894) ^[54]
• 9 September – H. M. Green, poet and critic (born 1881) ^[55]
• 3 December – Mary Gilmore, poet (born 1865) ^[56]

Unknown date

• Margaret Fane, novelist and poet (born 1887) ^[57]

See also

• 1962 in Australia
• 1962 in literature
• 1962 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "But Still the Stream by Nancy Cato". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
2. "Chain of Darkness by Kenneth Cook". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
3. "I Know My Love by Catherine Gaskin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
4. "The Far Road by George Johnston". Austlit. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
5. "Someone Will Conquer Them by Elizabeth Kata". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
6. "The Cruel Field by John Naish". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
7. "Gone Fishin' by John O'Grady". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
8. "The River and the Brook by Nancy Phelan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
9. "The Will of the Tribe by Arthur Upfield". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
10. ""The Scenery Never Changes" by Thea Astley". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
11. "The Island" by Peter Cowan". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
12. "A Bachelor's Children : Short Stories by Hal Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
13. ""A Double Because it's Snowing" by Hal Porter". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
14. ""First Love" by Hal Porter". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
15. ""Francis Silver" by Hal Porter". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
16. ""Be Kind to Titina" by Patrick White". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
17. ""The Letters" by Patrick White". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
18. ""Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight" by Patrick White". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
19. ""The Weight of a Man" by Amy Witting". Austlit. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
20. "Half a World Away by Nan Chauncy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
21. "City in Danger by John Gunn". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
22. "The Road Under the Sea by Ruth Park". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
23. "'The Boundary Riders by Joan Phipson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
24. "Mary Poppins from A to Z by P. L. Travers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
25. "Rafferty Makes a Landfall by Joan Woodberry". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
26. "Range the Mountains High by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
27. "The Feather Star by Patricia Wrightson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
28. "Poems by David Campbell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
29. "No Fixed Address : Poems by Bruce Dawe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
30. "Flowers and Fury : Poems by Geoffrey Dutton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
31. "Penniless Till Doomsday by Rodney Hall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
32. ""The Wine is Drunk" by Gwen Harwood". Austlit. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
33. ""Colour Bar" by Oodgeroo Noonuccal". Austlit. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
34. "Deep Well by Roland Robinson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
35. "Rutherford and Other Poems by Douglas Stewart". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
36. "Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 by Randolph Stow". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
37. ""Harry" by Francis Webb". Austlit. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
38. ""Pneumo-Encephalograph" by Francis Webb". Austlit. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
39. "Birds : Poems by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
40. "Time Without Clocks by Joan Lindsay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
41. "I, the Aboriginal by Douglas Lockwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
42. "This is the Grass by Alan Marshall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
43. "Daughter of Silence by Morris West". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
44. Austlit - Masters in Israel by Vincent Buckley
45. "The Miles Franklin Award", The Canberra Times, 20 April 1963, p22
46. "Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 7 July 1962, p17
47. "Reading by Ipswich Poet" The Canberra Times, 7 June 1968, p14
48. "Joanna Murray-Smith". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
49. "Matthew Condon". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
50. "Alison Croggon". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
51. "Luke Davies". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
52. "Craig Sherborne". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
53. "Kibble, Nita Bernice (1879–1962) by Jean F. Arnot". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
54. "Devanny, Jane (Jean) (1894–1962) by Ron Store". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
55. "H. M. Green (1881-1962)". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
56. "Gilmore, Dame Mary Jean (1865–1962) by W. H. Wilde". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
57. "Austlit - Margaret Fane (1887-1962)". Austlit. Retrieved 11 July 2023.