1965 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1965.

Major publications

Books

• Thea Astley – The Slow Natives
• Clive Barry – Crumb Borne
• Nancy Cato – North West by South
• Don Charlwood – All the Green Year
• Catherine Gaskin – The File on Devlin
• Donald Horne – The Permit
• George Johnston – The Far Face of the Moon
• Thomas Keneally – The Fear
• Christopher Koch – Across the Sea Wall
• Eric Lambert – The Long White Night
• D'Arcy Niland – The Apprentices
• Randolph Stow – The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea
• George Turner – A Waste of Shame
• Morris West – The Ambassador

Short stories

• Mena Kasmiri Abdullah and Ray Mathew – The Time of the Peacock: Stories
• Damien Broderick – A Man Returned
• Peter Cowan – The Empty Street: Stories
• John K. Ewers – Modern Australian Short Stories (edited)
• Thelma Forshaw – "The Mateship Syndrome"
• Frank Hardy – The Yarns of Billy Borker
• Hal Porter – The Cats of Venice

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Nan Chauncy
  • Panic at the Garage
  • The Skewbald Pony
• Ruth Park
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops
  • Ring for the Sorcerer
• Joan Phipson – Birkin
• Ivan Southall – Ash Road
• Eleanor Spence – The Year of the Currawong
• Kylie Tennant – Trail Blazers of the Air
• Colin Thiele – February Dragon
• Patricia Wrightson – Down to Earth

Poetry

Main article: 1965 in poetry

• Bruce Dawe – A Need of Similar Name
• Rosemary Dobson – Cock Crow : Poems
• Robert D. Fitzgerald – Forty Years' Poems
• A. D. Hope – "Ode on the Death of Pius the Twelfth"
• Geoffrey Lehmann & Les Murray – The Ilex Tree
• Les Murray – "Noonday Axeman"
• Vivian Smith – "At an Exhibition of Historical Paintings, Hobart"

Biography

• Martin Boyd – Day of My Delight
• Norman Lindsay – Bohemians of the Bulletin

Drama

• Patrick White – A Cheery Soul

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal [1]	Patrick White	The Burnt Ones	Penguin Books Australia
Miles Franklin Award [2]	Thea Astley	The Slow Natives	Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers [3]	H. F. Brinsmead	Pastures of the Blue Crane	Oxford University Press
Picture Book [3]	Elisabeth MacIntyre	Hugh's Zoo	Constable Young Books

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [4]	Geoffrey Lehmann & Les Murray	The Ilex Tree	Australian National University 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 1965 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 25 March – Melina Marchetta, novelist ^[5]
• 11 September — Cat Sparks, science fiction writer ^[6]
• 29 December – Gideon Haigh, journalist and author ^[7]

Unknown date

• Michael Farrell, poet ^[8]
• Fiona McGregor, novelist ^[9]
• Carrie Tiffany, novelist ^[10]
• Christos Tsiolkas, novelist ^[11]
• Charlotte Wood, novelist ^[12]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1965 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 28 January – Gertrude Hart, novelist (born 1873) ^[13]
• 29 January – T. Harri Jones, Welsh poet who emigrated to Australia (born 1921) ^[14]
• 17 May – Duke Tritton, poet and folksinger (born 1886) ^[15]
• 28 May – P. R. Stephensen, writer, publisher and political activist (born 1901) ^[16]
• 3 September – Brian Fitzpatrick, author, historian and journalist (born 1905) ^[17]
• 2 November –
  • Lex Banning, poet (born 1921 with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen) ^[18]
  • H.V. Evatt, judge, parliamentarian and writer (born 1894) ^[19]

See also

• 1965 in Australia
• 1965 in literature
• 1965 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. Austlit – The Burnt Ones by Patrick White
2. "Miles Franklin 1965 : Award to Slow Natives", The Canberra Times, 22 April 1966, p22
3. "Children's Book Awards", The Canberra Times, 3 July 1965, p14
4. Austlit – The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray
5. "Austlit — Melina Marchetta". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
6. "Austlit — Cat Sparks". Austlit. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
7. "Austlit — Gideon Haigh". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
8. "Austlit — Michael Farrell". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
9. "Austlit — Fiona McGregor". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
10. "Austlit — Carrie Tiffany". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
11. "Austlit — Christos Tsiolkas". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
12. "Austlit — Charlotte Wood". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
13. "Austlit — Gertrude Hart". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
14. "Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
15. "Tritton, Harold Percy Croydon (1886–1965) by John Meredith". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
16. "Austlit — P. R. Stephensen". Austlit. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
17. "Fitzpatrick, Brian Charles (1905–1965) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
18. "Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
19. "Evatt, Herbert Vere (Bert) (1894–1965) by G. C. Bolton". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.