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A-B

Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936)

Robert Adamson

Adam Aitken

James Alexander Allan (1889-1956)

J. Alex Allen (1889-?)

Leslie Holdsworthy Allen

Ethel Anderson (1883-1958)

Thea Astley (1925-2004)

Dorothy Auchterlonie

Albert Gordon Austin (1918-1990)

Peter Bakowski (1954-)

Lex Banning (1921-1965)

Ken Barratt (1906-)

Arthur Bayldon (1865-1958)

William Baylebridge (1883-1942)

Bruce Beaver (1928-2004)

Maurice Biggs (1915-)

Peter Bladen (1922-)

John Blight (1913-1995)

Barcroft Boake (1866-1892)

E. J. Brady (1869-1952)

Christopher Brennan (1870-1932)

Michael Brennan (1973?-)

John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933)

David Brooks (1953-)

Vincent Buckley (1925-1988)

C-D

Caroline Caddy (b. 1944)

Ada Cambridge (1844-1926)

David Campbell (1915-1979)

Nancy Cato (1917-2000)

Robert Clark (1911-)

Justin Clemens

Laurence Collinson (1925-)

Alexander Craig (1923-)

Zora Cross (1890-1964)

James Cuthbertson (1851-1910)

Victor Daley (1858-1905)

Kathleen Dalziel (1881-)

Norma L. Davis (1905-1945)

Bruce Dawe (b. 1930)

Dulcie Deamer (1890-)

C. J. Dennis (1876-1938)

James Devaney (1890-)

Rosemary Dobson (b. 1920)

Jack Donahue (1808?-1830)

Max Dunn (1895-)

Mary Durack (1913-1994)

Geoffrey Dutton (1922-1998)

Edward Dyson (1865-1931)

E-F

Louis Esson (1879-1943)

G. Essex Evans (1863-1909)

Diane Fahey (1945- )

W. S. Fairbridge (1918-1950)

Mary Finnin

R. D. Fitzgerald (1902-1987)

Mary Hannay Foott (1846-1918)

John Forbes (1950-1998)

William Forster (1818-1882)

Mary Fullerton (1868-1946)

G

William Gay (1865-1897)

Edwin Gerard (1891-)

Jane Gibian (1972-)

G. H. Gibson (1846-1921)

Mary Gilmore (1865-1962)

Peter Goldsworthy (1951-)

William T. Goodge (1862-1909)

Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870)

J. W. Gordon (1874-1949)

Alan Gould (1949-)

Paul Grano (1894-)

Jamie Grant (1949-)

Robert Gray (1945-)

H. M. Green (1881-1962)

Judith Green (1936-)

H-I

Rodney Hall (1935-)

Susan Hampton (b. 1949)

Lesbia Harford (1891-1927)

W. E. Harney (1895-1963)

Charles Harpur (1813-1868)

Edward Harrington (1896-)

Max Harris (1921-)

Kevin Hart (b. 1954)

P. J. Hartigan (1879-1952)

William Hart-Smith (1911-1990)

Gwen Harwood (1920-1995)

Ian Healy (1919-)

Charles Higham (1931-)

Philip Hodgins (1969-1995)

Ada Verdun Howell (1902-1981)

A. D. Hope (1907-2000)

Peter Hopegood (1891-)

Flexmore Hudson (1913-)

Barry Humphries (b. 1934)

Rex Ingamells (1913-1955)

Eric Irvin (1908-)

Margaret Irvin (1916-)

J-L

John Forbes

Justin Clemens

Clive James (b. 1939)

Sydney Jephcott (1864-1951)

Evan Jones (1931-)

Nancy Keesing (1923-1993)

Henry Kendall (1839-1882)

Christopher Koch (1932-)

Komninos (aka Komninos Zervos) (1950-)

Eve Langley (1908-1974)

Louis Lavater (1867-1953)

Henry Lawson (1867-1922)

Sylvia Lawson (1932-)

William Lawson (1876-1957)

John Leonard (not to be confused with John Lennon )(b.1965)

Geoffrey Lehmann (b. 1940)

Jack Lindsay (1900-1990)

R. H. Long (1874-1948)

Robert Lowe (1811-1892)

Beryl Llywelyn Lucas

M

Frederick T. Macartney (1887-)

Noel Macainsh (1926-)

James McAuley (1917-1976)

George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927)

Hugh McCrae (1876-1958)

Ronald McCuaig (b. 1908)

Nan McDonald (1921-1973)

Roger McDonald (b. 1941)

Greg McLaren

Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

J. A. R. McKellar (1904-1932)

Kenneth Mackenzie (1913-1955)

Rhyll McMaster (b. 1947)

David Malouf (1934-)

John Manifold (1915-1985)

David Martin (1915-1997)

Philip Martin (1931-1995)

Ray Mathew (1929-)

Harley Matthews (1889-1968)

Furnley Maurice (1881-1942)

Don Maynard (1937-)

Ernest G. Moll (1900-)

T. Inglis Moore (1901-)

Mal Morgan (1935-1999)

Ian Mudie (1911-)

R. D. Murphy (1910)

Les Murray (b. 1938)

N-R

John Shaw Neilson (1872-1942)

Mark O'Connor (1945-)

Bernard O'Dowd (1866-1953)

Will H. Ogilvie (1869-1963)

Dowell O'Reilly (865-1923)

Geoff Page (1940-)

Nettie Palmer (1885-1964)

Vance Palmer (1885-1959)

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941)

James Picot (1906-1944)

Marie E. J. Pitt (1869-1948)

Dorothy Porter (1954-)

Hal Porter (1911-1984)

Peter Porter (b. 1929)

Roderic Quinn (1867-1949)

Vicki Raymond (1949-)

Elizabeth Riddell (1910-)

Nigel Roberts (1941-)

Roland Robinson (1912-1992)

Eric Rolls (1923-)

David Rowbotham (1924-)

Noel Rowe (1951-)

J. R. Rowland (1925-)

S-V

Thomas W. Shapcott (1935-)

Jemal Sharah (b. 1969)

Winifred Shaw (1905-)

R. A. Simpson (1929-)

Robert Simpson (1969-)

Peter Skrzynecki (b. 1949)

Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971)

Vivian Smith (b. 1933)

Charles H. Souter (1864-1944)

Thomas E. Spencer (1845-1910)

Brunton Stephens (1835-1902)

Douglas Stewart (1913-1985)

Harold Stewart (b. 1916)

Randolph Stow (b. 1935)

Charles R. Thatcher (1831-1882?)

Colin Thiele (1920-)

John Thompson (1907-)

Michael Thwaites (1915-)

John Tranter (b. 1943)

Val Vallis (1916-)

Brian Vrepont (1882-1955)

W

Chris Wallace-Crabbe (b. 1934)

Francis Webb (1925-1973)

William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872)

A. J. Wood (1906-)

David McKee Wright (1869-1928)

Judith Wright (1915-2000)

Z

Komninos Zervos (1950-)

Donna Williams (1963-)

SEE ALSO

Poetry

List Of Poets

List Of English Language Poets

OTHER REFERENCES

These two books provide excellent coverage of Australian poets and poetry up to 1996:

Geoff Page ''A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Australian Poetry'', UQP , 1995.

William Wilde ''Australian Poets and Their Works'', Oxford , 1996.

EXTERNAL LINKS

John Tranter has created an Australian poet resource page which (as of late 2004 has material on some sixty poets).

Thylazine has a link directory of Australian artists and writers .