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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1953.

Books

• Charmian Clift and George Johnston – The Big Chariot
• Alec Coppel – The Last Parable
• Dymphna Cusack – Southern Steel
• Eleanor Dark – No Barrier
• Helen Heney – Dark Moon
• T. A. G. Hungerford – Riverslake
• Ion Idriess – The Red Chief
• Jack Lindsay – Betrayed Spring : A Novel of the British Way
• J. E. Macdonnell– Gimme the Boats
• Ruth Park – A Power of Roses
• Nevil Shute – In the Wet
• Kylie Tennant – The Joyful Condemned
• F. J. Thwaites – Roof Over Heaven
• E. V. Timms – The Scarlet Frontier
• Arthur Upfield – Murder Must Wait

Short stories

• A. Bertram Chandler – "Jetsam"
• Stephen Murray-Smith – The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories (edited)
• Colin Roderick – Australian Round-Up : Stories from 1790 to 1950 (edited)
• Nevil Shute – In the Wet
• Dal Stivens – The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales
• Judith Wright – "The Weeping Fig"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• K. Langloh Parker – Australian Legendary Tales, edited by Henrietta Drake-Brockman, illustrated by Elizabeth Durack
• Joan Phipson – Good Luck to the Rider, illustrated by Margaret Horder

Poetry

• John Blight
  • "Cormorants"
  • "Crab"
  • "Mangrove"
  • "Stonefish and Starfish"
• Dulcie Deamer – The Blue Centaur
• Rosemary Dobson – "The Birth"
• Mary Gilmore – "Old Botany Bay"
• A. D. Hope – "Imperial Adam"
• James McAuley – "Late Winter"
• David Martin – "Bush Christmas"
• T. Inglis Moore – Australia Writes : An Anthology (edited)
• Marjorie Pizer – Freedom on the Wallaby (edited)
• Elizabeth Riddell – "Country Tune"
• Roland Robinson – Tumult of the Swans
• Douglas Stewart – "Christmas Bells"
• Francis Webb – Birthday
• Judith Wright
  • "The Harp and the King"
  • "Request to a Year"
  • The Gateway

Biography

• Catherine Beatrice Edmonds – Caddie, A Sydney Barmaid
• Margaret Herron – Down the Years

Non-Fiction

• James H. Martin & W. D. Martin – Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow

Awards and honours

Literary

Children's and Young Adult

Poetry

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1953 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 9 January – Morris Gleitzman, writer for children
• 12 January – David Brooks, novelist and poet
• 5 February – Rod Jones, novelist
• 13 March – Stephen Sewell, playwright
• 18 April – Leigh Hobbs, artist and writer for children
• 14 May – Kerryn Goldsworthy, academic, editor and critic
• 30 August – Ross Clark, poet
• 29 November – Jackie French, writer for children

Unknown date

• Marion Lennox, novelist
• Ian McBryde, poet
• Shane Maloney, novelist
• Chris Mansell, poet and publisher

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1953 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 9 April – Albert Dorrington, novelist (born 1874)
• 11 May – Leonora Polkinghorne, novelist and poet (born 1873)
• 22 May — Louis Lavater, composer and author (born 1867)
• 30 June – Beatrice Grimshaw, novelist and travel writer (born 1870)
• 12 August – J. H. M. Abbott, novelist and poet (born 1874)
• 1 September – Bernard O'Dowd, poet (born 1866)
• 14 December – Dora Wilcox, poet and playwright (born 1873)

Unknown Date

• Guy Innes, journalist (born 1879)

See also

• 1953 in Australia
• 1953 in literature
• 1953 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "The Big Chariot by Charmian Clift and George Johnston". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
2. "No Barrier by Eleanor Dark". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
3. "Riverslake by T. A. G. Hungerford". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
4. "Betrayed Spring by Jack Lindsay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
5. "A Power of Roses by Ruth Park". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
6. "The Joyful Condemned by Kylie Tennant". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
7. "Murder Must Wait by Arthur Upfield". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
8. ""Jetsam" by A. Bertram Chandler". ISFDB. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
9. "The Tracks We Travel : Australian Short Stories edited by Stephen Murray-Smith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
10. "Australian Round-Up : Stories from 1790 to 1950 edited by Colin Roderick". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
11. "The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales by Dal Stivens". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
12. ""The Weeping Fig" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
13. ""Cormorants" by John Blight". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
14. ""Crab" by John Blight". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
15. ""Mangrove" by John Blight". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
16. ""Stonefish and Starfish" by John Blight". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
17. "The Blue Centaur by Dulcie Deamer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
18. ""The Birth" by Rosemary Dobson". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
19. ""Old Botany Bay" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
20. ""Imperial Adam" by A. D. Hope". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
21. ""Late Winter" by James McAuley". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
22. ""Bush Christmas" by David Martin". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
23. "Australia Writes : An Anthology edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
24. "Freedom on the Wallaby edited by Marjorie Pizer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
25. ""Country Tune" by Elizabeth Riddell". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
26. ""Christmas Bells" by Douglas Stewart". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
27. "Birthday by Francis Webb". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
28. ""The Harp and the King" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
29. ""Request to a Year" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
30. "The Gateway by Judith Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
31. "Down the Years by Margaret Herron". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
32. "Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow by James H. Martin & W. D. Martin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
33. "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
34. "For the Young Reader", The Age, 5 December 1953, p21
35. Austlit - Tumult of the Swans by Roland Robinson
36. "Austlit — Morris Gleitzman". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
37. "Austlit — David Brooks". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
38. "Austlit — Rod Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
39. "Austlit — Stephen Sewell". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
40. "Austlit — Leigh Hobbs". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
41. "Austlit — Kerryn Goldsworthy". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
42. "Austlit — Ross Clark". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
43. "Austlit — Jackie French". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
44. "Austlit — Marion Lennox". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
45. "Austlit — Ian McBryde". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
46. "Austlit — Shane Maloney". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
47. "Austlit — Chris Mansell". Austlit. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
48. "Dorrington, Albert (1874–1953) by Ken Stewart". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
49. "Austlit — Leonora Polkinghorne (1873-1953)". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
50. "Lavater, Louis Isidore (1867–1953) by Valerie Kent". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
51. "Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1870–1953) by Hugh Laracy". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
52. "Austlit — J. H. M. Abbott (1874-1953)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
53. Wallace-Crabbe, Chris, "O'Dowd, Bernard Patrick (1866–1953)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 29 June 2023
54. "Wilcox, Mary Theodora Joyce (1873–1953) by Robert Holden". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
55. "Austlit — Guy Innes (1879-1953)". Austlit. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

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