1972 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1972.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Books

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science fiction and fantasy

Poetry

Drama

Awards and honours

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal [26] Alex Buzo Macquarie : A PlayCurrency Press
Alex Buzo Tom Angus and Robertson
Colin Roderick Award [27] Keith Hancock Discovering Monaro Cambridge University Press
Miles Franklin Award [28] Thea Astley The Acolyte Angus and Robertson

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers [29] H. F. Brinsmead Longtime Passing Angus and Robertson
Picture Book [29] No award

Science fiction and fantasy

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Australian SF Achievement Award [30] Best Australian Science Fiction Lee Harding "Fallen Spaceman" If : Worlds of Science Fiction

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [31] Peter Skrzynecki Head-Waters Lyre Bird Writers

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1972 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1972 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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References

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  2. ↑ "End Play by Russell Braddon". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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  4. ↑ "A Falcon for a Queen by Catherine Gaskin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Flesheaters by David Ireland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Wort Papers by Peter Mathers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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  8. ↑ ""Peeling" by Peter Carey". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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  10. ↑ ""Dingle the Fool" by Elizabeth Jolley". Austlit. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Americans, Baby by Frank Moorhouse". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Echo in the Wilderness by Hesba Brinsmead". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Fight for Life by Alan Marshall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "Rebel Brumby by Mary Elwyn Patchett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Head in the Clouds by Ivan Southall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "The Nothing Place by Eleanor Spence". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "An Older Kind of Magic by Patricia Wrightson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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  22. ↑ "Poems Against Economics by Les Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
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  27. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
  28. ↑ "Sydney Writer Wins Award for Novel", The Canberra Times, 11 April 1973, p3
  29. 1 2 ""Children's Book Week"". The Canberra Times, 8 July 1972, p15. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  30. ↑ ""Ditmar Awards 1972"". SFADB. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  31. ↑ Austlit - Head-Waters by Peter Skrzynecki
  32. ↑ "Louis Armand". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  33. ↑ "Steve Toltz". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  34. ↑ "Samuel Wagan Watson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  35. ↑ "Boyd, Guy Martin à Beckett (1923–1988) by Brenda Niall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  36. ↑ "Deamer, Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie (1890–1972) by Martha Rutledge". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  37. ↑ "Hanger, Eunice (1911–1972) by Richard Fotheringham". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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