List of Australian poets
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The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia and published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there.
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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)
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C-D
- Caroline Caddy (b. 1944)
- Ada Cambridge (1844-1926)
- David Campbell (1915-1979)
- Nancy Cato (1917-2000)
- Robert Clark (1911-)
- Laurence Collinson (1925-)
- Alexander Craig (1923-)
- Zora Cross (1890-1964)
- James L. 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)
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E-F
- Louis Esson (1879-1943)
- G. Essex Evans (1863-1909)
- 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)
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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-)
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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 (b. 1959)
- 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-)
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J-L
- Clive James (b. 1939)
- Sydney Jephcott (1864-1951)
- Evan Jones (1931-)
- Nancy Keesing (1923-)
- Henry Kendall (1839-1882)
- Christopher Koch (1932-)
- Eve Langley (1908-1974)
- Louis Lavater (1867-1953)
- Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
- Sylvia Lawson (1932-)
- William Lawson (1876-1957)
- John Leonard (b.1965)
- Geoffrey Lehmann (b. 1940)
- Jack Lindsay (1900-1990)
- R. H. Long (1874-1948)
- Robert Lowe (1811-1892)
- Beryl Llywelyn Lucas
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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-)
- Ray Mathew (1929-)
- Harley Matthews (1889-1968)
- Furnley Maurice (1881-1942)
- Don Maynard (1937-)
- Ernest G. Moll (1900-)
- T. Inglis Moore (1901-)
- Ian Mudie (1911-)
- R. D. Murphy (1910)
- Les Murray (b. 1938)
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N-R
- Shaw Neilson (1872-1942)
- Mark O'Connor (b. 1945)
- Bernard O'Dowd (1866-1953)
- Will H. Ogilvie (1869-1963)
- Dowell O'Reilly (865-1923)
- Geoff Page (b. 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 (b. 1954)
- Hal Porter (1917-)
- Peter Porter (b. 1929)
- Roderic Quinn (1867-1949)
- Vicki Raymond (b. 1949)
- Elizabeth Riddell (b. 1910)
- Nigel Roberts (b. 1941)
- Roland Robinson (1912-1992)
- Eric Rolls (b. 1923)
- David Rowbotham (1924-)
- J. R. Rowland (1925-)
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S-V
- Thomas W. Shapcott (1935-)
- Jemal Sharah (b. 1969)
- Winifred Shaw (1905-)
- R. A. Simpson (1929-)
- 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)
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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)
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See also
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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.
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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.
