1968 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1968.

## Major publications[edit]

### Books[edit]

* Thea Astley – A Boat Load of Home Folk
* A. Bertram Chandler – Spartan Planet (aka False Fatherland)
* Kenneth Cook – The Wine of God's Anger
* Frank Dalby Davison – The White Thorntree
* Geoffrey Dutton – Andy
* David Ireland – The Chantic Bird
* Thomas Keneally – Three Cheers for the Paraclete
* Norman Lindsay – Rooms and Houses
* John O'Grady – Gone Troppo
* Morris West – The Tower of Babel

### Short stories[edit]

* John Baxter – The Pacific Book of Australian Science Fiction (edited)
* Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher – Aliens in Their Land : The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story (edited)
* Patrick White – "Five-Twenty"
* Michael Wilding – "Joe's Absence"

### Children's and Young Adult fiction[edit]

* Margaret Balderson – When Jays Fly to Barbmo
* Nan Chauncy – Lizzie Lights
* Mavis Thorpe Clark – Spark of Opal
* Elyne Mitchell – Moon Filly
* Ruth Park – The Sixpenny Island
* Ivan Southall – Let the Balloon Go
* Joan Woodberry
* Ash Tuesday
* Come Back Peter
* Patricia Wrightson – I Own the Racecourse!

### Poetry[edit]

Main article: 1968 in poetry

* David Campbell
* "The Australian Dream"
* Selected Poems 1942-1968
* Bruce Dawe
* An Eye for a Tooth : Poems
* "Homecoming"
* Gwen Harwood – Poems : Volume 2
* Dorothy Hewett – Windmill Country
* James McAuley – "Because"
* Randolph Stow – "The Singing Bones"

### Biography[edit]

* T. Inglis Moore – Rolf Boldrewood
* Colin Thiele – Heysen of Hahndorf

### Non-fiction[edit]

* Gavin Souter – A Peculiar People : The Australians in Paraguay
* Margaret Fulton – The Margaret Fulton Cookbook

## Awards and honours[edit]

### Literary[edit]

Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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ALS Gold Medal[1] | No award  |  |
Colin Roderick Award[2] | Gavin Souter | A Peculiar People : The Australians in Paraguay | Angus and Robertson
Miles Franklin Award[3] | Thomas Keneally | Three Cheers for the Paraclete | Angus and Robertson

### Children and Young Adult[edit]

Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|
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Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[4] | Ivan Southall | To the Wild Sky | Angus and Robertson
Picture Book[4] | No award  |  |

### Poetry[edit]

Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|
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Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[5] | David Campbell | Selected Poems 1942-1968 | Angus and Robertson

## Births[edit]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1968 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

* 23 February — Sonya Hartnett, novelist
* 2 April — Sofie Laguna, novelist

Unknown date

* Anita Heiss, academic and critic[6]
* James Roy, writer of young adult and children's fiction[7]
* Chris Womersley, novelist[8]

## Deaths[edit]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1968 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

* 14 January – Dorothea Mackellar, poet (born 1885)[9]
* 8 March — Henrietta Drake-Brockman, journalist and novelist (born 1901)[10]
* 9 June – Bernard Cronin, novelist (born 1884)[11]

## See also[edit]

* 1968 in Australia
* 1968 in literature
* 1968 in poetry
* List of years in Australian literature
* List of years in literature

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
3. ^ Austlit - Three Cheers for the Paraclete by Thomas Keneally
4. ^ a b "Children's Book Week - Prizewinners", The Canberra Times, 6 July 1968, p13
5. ^ Austlit - Selected Poems 1942-1968 by David Campbell
6. ^ "Anita Heiss". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
7. ^ "James Roy". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
8. ^ "Chris Womersley". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
9. ^ "Mackellar, Isobel Marion Dorothea (1885–1968) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
10. ^ "Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances (1901–1968) by Peter Cowan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
11. ^ "Cronin, Bernard Charles (1884–1968) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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