1992 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1992.

Events

Major publications

Novels

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1992 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 28 January — Dora Birtles, novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer (born 1903)
  • 8 February — Roland Robinson, poet, writer and collector of Australian Aboriginal myths (born 1912)
  • 24 May — Beatrice Davis, Australia's first full-time book editor (born 1909)
  • 19 June — Jas H. Duke, performance poet (born 1939)
  • 1 July — Eric Irvin, writer and historian of Australian theatre (born 1908)
  • 21 December — Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series (born 1910)

See also

References

  1. "Thea Beatrice May Astley, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. "Jack Ernest Pollard". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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