List of Australian poets

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The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there.

A[]

Adam Aitken
  • J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953)
  • Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936) originally from New Zealand
  • Robert Adamson (born 1943)
  • Adam Aitken (born 1960)
  • Jordie Albiston (born 1961)
  • Kaye Aldenhoven (living)
  • Elizabeth Allen (born 1977)
  • James Alexander Allan (1889–1956)
  • Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964)
  • Richard James Allen (born 1960)
  • Ivy Alvarez (living) born in Philippines, now in New Zealand
  • Richard Appleton (1932–2005)
  • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)
  • Robyn Archer (born 1948)
  • Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020)
  • Tilly Aston (1873–1947)
  • Cassandra Atherton (living)
  • Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961)
  • Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991)

B[]

  • Peter Bakowski (born 1954)
  • Lex Banning (1921–1965)
  • Stuart Barnes (born 1977)
  • Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958)
  • William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
  • Eric Beach (born 1947)
  • Bruce Beaver (1928–2004)
  • Ruth Bedford (1882–1963) dramatist and children's poetry
  • Jack Bedson (born 1950) poet and children's writer
  • Lisa Bellear (1961–2006)
  • Judith Beveridge (born 1956)
  • Dora Birtles (1903–1992)
  • Leigh Blackmore (born 1959)
  • Peter Bladen (born 1922–2001)
  • John Blight (1913–1995)
  • Barcroft Boake (1866–1892)
  • Merlinda Bobis (born 1959)
  • Ken Bolton (born 1949)
  • Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949) trade union activist and journalist
  • Jenny Boult (aka MML Bliss) (1951–2005)
  • John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)
  • Peter Boyle (born 1951)
  • Francis Brabazon (1907–1984)
  • James Bradley (born 1967)
  • E. J. Brady (1869–1952)
  • Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957)
  • John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995)
  • Christopher Brennan (1870–1932)
  • Michael Brennan (born 1973)
  • John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933)
  • Lily Brett (born 1946)
  • David Brooks (born 1953)
  • Pam Brown (born 1948)
  • Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)
  • Vincent Buckley (1925–1988)
  • Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972)
  • Andrew Burke (poet) (born 1944)
  • Joanne Burns (born 1945)

C[]

C. J. Dennis
  • Caroline Caddy (born 1944)
  • Adrian Caesar (born 1955)
  • Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
  • David Campbell (1915–1979)
  • Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980)
  • Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875)
  • A.J. Carruthers (born 1987)
  • Lee Cataldi (born 1942)
  • Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
  • James Charlton (born 1947)
  • Eileen Chong (born 1980)
  • Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)
  • Ross Clark (born 1953)
  • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881), better known as a novelist
  • Justin Clemens (born 1969)
  • Robbie Coburn (born 1994)
  • Hal Colebatch (born 1945–2019)
  • Aidan Coleman (born 1976)
  • Laurence Collinson (1925–1986)
  • Anna Couani (born 1948)
  • Robert Crawford (1868–1930)
  • Louise Crisp (born 1957)
  • Julian Croft (born 1941)
  • Alison Croggon (born 1962)
  • M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963)
  • Zora Cross (1890–1964)
  • Margaret Curran (1887–1962)
  • James Cuthbertson (1851–1910)
  • Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967)

D[]

Joe Dolce
  • Victor Daley (1858–1905)
  • Beatrice Davis (1909–1992)
  • Jack Davis (1917–2000)
  • Norma L. Davis (1905–1945)
  • Bruce Dawe (1930–2020)
  • Sarah Day (born 1958)
  • Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)
  • Joel Deane (born 1969)
  • C. J. Dennis (1876–1938) The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
  • Enid Derham (1882–1941)
  • James Devaney (1890–1976)
  • B. R. Dionysius (born 1969)
  • Rosemary Dobson (born 1920–2012)
  • Joe Dolce (born 1947)
  • Lucy Dougan (born 1966)
  • Michael Dransfield (1948–1973)
  • Michael Dugan (1947–2006) also children's writer and poetry editor of Overland
  • Laurie Duggan (born 1949)
  • Jas H Duke (1939–1992)
  • Tug Dumbly (living)
  • Max Dunn (1895–1963)
  • Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998)
  • Edward Dyson (1865–1931)

E[]

F[]

  • Diane Fahey (born 1945)
  • John Farrell (1851–1904)
  • Michael Farrell (born 1965)
  • R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987)
  • Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862)
  • Lionel Fogarty (born 1958)
  • Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918)
  • John Forbes (1950–1998)
  • Mabel Forrest (1872–1935)
  • William Forster (1818–1882)
  • John Foulcher (born 1952)
  • Len Fox (1905–2004)
  • Benjamin Frater (1979–2007)
  • Brentley Frazer (born 1972)
  • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)

G[]

Mary Gilmore
  • William Gay (1865–1897)
  • Leon Gellert (1892–1977)
  • G. H. Gibson ('Ironbark') (1846–1921)
  • Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)
  • Mary Gilmore (1865–1962)
  • Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
  • W. T. Goodge (1862–1909)
  • Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870)
  • Alan Gould (born 1949)
  • Paul Grano (1894–1975)
  • Richard Harry Graves (1898–1971)
  • Robert Gray (born 1945)
  • Charmaine Papertalk Green (born 1962)
  • H. M. Green (1881–1962)
  • Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983)
  • Jeff Guess (born 1948)

H[]

  • Rodney Hall (born 1935)
  • Philip Hammial (born 1937)
  • Susan Hampton (born 1949)
  • Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)
  • Charles Harpur (1813–1868)
  • Edward Harrington (1895–1966), Bush ballads
  • Max Harris (1921–1995)
  • Robert Harris (1951–1993)
  • Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)
  • Martin Harrison (1949–2014)
  • Les Harrop (born 1948)
  • J. S. Harry (1939–2015)
  • Kevin Hart (born 1954)
  • Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1879–1952)
  • William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)
  • Gwen Harwood (1920–1995)
  • Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942)
  • James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921)
  • Anita Heiss (born 1968)
  • Jill Hellyer (1925–2012), founding member of the Australian Society of Authors
  • Kris Hemensley (born 1946)
  • Thomas William Heney (1862–1928)
  • Steven Herrick (born 1958)
  • Paul Hetherington (born 1958)
  • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
  • Charles Higham (born 1931–2012)
  • Fiona Hile (living)
  • Barry Hill (born 1943)
  • Richard Hillman (born 1964)
  • Philip Hodgins (1969–1995)
  • Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982)
  • Harry Hooton (1908–1961)
  • A. D. Hope (1907–2000)
  • Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974)[1]
  • George Howe (1769–1821)
  • Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
  • Frieda Hughes (born 1960)
  • Coral Hull (born 1965)
  • Barry Humphries (born 1934)
  • Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891)

I–J[]

  • Rex Ingamells (1913–1955)
  • Eric Irvin (1908–1992)
  • Clive James (1939–2019)
  • Alan Jefferies (born 1957)
  • Graham Jenkin (born 1938)
  • John Jenkins (born 1949)
  • Kate Jennings (1948–2021)
  • Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951)
  • Martin Johnston (1947–1990)
  • Evan Jones (born 1931)
  • Jill Jones (born 1951)
  • John Joseph Jones (1930–2000)
  • Danilo Jovanovitch (1919–2015)
  • Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017)

K[]

Henry Kendall
  • Jayne Fenton Keane (living)
  • Nancy Keesing (1923–1993)
  • Antigone Kefala (born 1935)
  • Christopher Kelen (born 1958)
  • S. K. Kelen (born 1956)
  • Anne Kellas (born 1951)
  • Nora Kelly (born early 20th c.)
  • Henry Kendall (1839–1882)
  • Francis Kenna (1865–1932)
  • Cate Kennedy (born 1963)
  • Jean Kent (born 1951)
  • John Kinsella (born 1963)
  • Peter Kocan (born 1947)
  • komninos (aka Komninos Zervos) (born 1950)
  • Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019)

L[]

Henry Lawson

M[]

Dorothea Mackellar
Les Murray
  • Frederick T. Macartney (1887–1980)
  • James McAuley (1917–1976)
  • Ian McBryde (born 1953)
  • George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927)
  • David McCooey (born 1967)
  • Hugh McCrae (1876–1958)
  • Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993)
  • Nan McDonald (1921–1974)
  • Roger McDonald (born 1941)
  • Ella McFadyen (1887–1976)
  • Greg McLaren (born 1967)
  • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)
  • Louise Mack (1870–1935)
  • Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955)
  • Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)
  • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
  • Ern Malley (hoax poet created 1943)
  • David Malouf (born 1934)
  • John Manifold (1915–1985)
  • Leonard Mann (1895–1981)
  • Emily Manning (1845–1890)
  • Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
  • Chris Mansell (born 1953)
David Malouf
  • Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016)
  • David Martin (1915–1997)
  • Philip Martin (1931–2005)
  • John Mateer (born 1971)
  • Ray Mathew (1929–2002)
  • Furnley Maurice (1881–1942)
  • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
  • James Lionel Michael (1824–1868)
  • John Millett (poet) (1921–2019)
  • Sudesh Mishra (living), born in Fiji
  • Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
  • T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978)
  • Mal Morgan (1935–1999)
  • Frank Morton (1869–1923)
  • Ian Mudie (1911–1976)
  • Mudrooroo (1938–2019)
  • Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939)
  • Les Murray (1938–2019)
  • David Musgrave (born 1965)

N[]

John Shaw Neilson
  • Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940) poet and writer
  • John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942)
  • Philip Neilsen (born 1949) poet and children's author
  • Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) Scottish-Australian author and artist
  • Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (1920–1993) Indigenous Australian poet and human rights activist

O[]

P[]

Banjo Paterson

Q–R[]

  • Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)
  • Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979)
  • Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019)
  • Robert Richardson (1855–1901)
  • Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998)
  • Roland Robinson (1912–1992)
  • Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018)
  • Peter Rose (born 1955)
  • David Rowbotham (1924–2010)
  • Noel Rowe (1951–2007)
  • Graham Rowlands (born 1947)
  • Brendan Ryan (born 1963)
  • Gig Ryan (born 1956)
  • Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

S[]

  • Philip Salom (born 1950)
  • Clive Sansom (1910–1981)
  • Andrew Sant (born 1950)
  • Jen Saunders (born 1962)
  • Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960)
  • Jaya Savige (born 1978)
  • Bel Schenk (born 1975)
  • John A. Scott (born 1948)
  • Margaret Scott (1934–2005)
  • Thomas W. Shapcott (born 1935)
  • Michael Sharkey (born 1946)
  • R. A. Simpson (1929–2002)
  • Tim Sinclair (born 1972)
  • Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945)
  • Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)
  • Vivian Smith (born 1933)
  • Edward Sorenson (1869–1939)
  • Thomas E. Spencer (1845–1910)
  • Nicolette Stasko (born 1950)
  • Peter Steele (1939–2012)
  • Brunton Stephens (1835–1902)
  • Amanda Stewart (born 1959)
  • Douglas Stewart (1913–1985)
  • Harold Stewart (1916–1995)
  • Randolph Stow (1935–2010)
  • Jennifer Strauss (born 1933)
  • Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (1944–2010)

T[]

  • Maria Takolander (born 1973)
  • Andrew Taylor (born 1940)
  • Colin Thiele (1920–2006)
  • Tim Thorne (1944–2021)
  • Michael Thwaites (1915–2005)
  • Richard Tipping (born 1949)
  • Charles Tompson (1806–1883)
  • John Tranter (born 1943)
  • Mark Tredinnick (born 1962)
  • Dimitris Tsaloumas (1921–2016)
  • Tug Dumbly (born 1965)

V[]

Lin Van Hek
  • Valentine Vallis (1916–2009)
  • Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998)
  • Lin Van Hek (born 1944)
  • Brian Vrepont (1882–1955)

W[]

  • Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934)
  • Rob Walker (born 1953)
  • Ania Walwicz (1951–2020)
  • Maureen Watson (1931–2009)
  • Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972)
  • Alan Wearne (born 1948)
  • Francis Webb (1925–1973)
  • William Wentworth (1790–1872)
  • Herb Wharton (born 1936)
  • Les Wicks (born 1955)
  • Dora Wilcox (1873–1953)
  • Donna Williams (born 1963–2017)
  • Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936)
  • Edwin Wilson (born 1942)
  • Liz Winfield (born 1964)
  • David McKee Wright (1869–1928)
  • Judith Wright (1915–2000)

Y–Z[]

See also[]

  • Poetry
  • List of poets
  • List of English language poets
  • Australian literature
  • Poets Union

References[]

  1. ^ "Howarth, Robert Guy (1906–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. 1996. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 7 March 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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