1945 in Australian literature

• Eleanor Dark – The Little Company
• Michael Innes – Appleby's End
• Will Lawson – The Lady of the Heather
• Jack Lindsay – Hello Stranger
• Norman Lindsay – The Cousin from Fiji
• Nevil Shute – Most Secret
• Arthur Upfield – Death of a Swagman
• Morris West – Moon in My Pocket

• A. Bertram Chandler – "Giant Killer"
• Alan Marshall – "Wild Red Horses"
• Dal Stivens – "The Man Who Bowled Victor Trumper"

• Ruth C. Williams
  • Our Friend Rodney
  • Pirate's Gold

• Emily Bulcock – From Quenchless Springs
• Hugh McCrae – Voice of the Forest: Poems
• J. S. Manifold – "The Tomb of Lt. John Learmonth, AIF"
• Ian Mudie – Poems: 1934-1944
• Colin Thiele – Splinters and Shards: Poems
• David McKee Wright – The Station Ballads and Other Verses
• Judith Wright – "The Surfer"

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1945 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 2 January – Diane Fahey, poet
• 15 February – Jack Dann, novelist and editor
• 23 February – Robert Gray, poet
• 19 March – Mark O'Connor, poet
• 6 April – Peter Skrzynecki, poet
• 2 June – Michael Leunig, cartoonist and poet
• 7 October – Hal Colebatch, poet and novelist
• 5 December – Joanne Burns, poet

Unknown date

• Hazel Edwards, writer for children

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1945 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 10 March – G. B. Lancaster, novelist (born 1873)
• 10 July – Jack Moses, poet (born 1861)
• 5 November – Norma Davis, poet (born 1905)

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