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

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[3] R. A. Simpson
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Patrick White Award[4] Peter Cowan

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[5] Rodney Hall The Second Bridegroom McPhee Gribble
Colin Roderick Award[6] Ruth Park A Fence Around the Cuckoo Viking

Fiction

Award Author Title Publisher
Miles Franklin Award[7] Tim Winton Cloudstreet Penguin Books

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)[8]
  • 24 May — Beatrice Davis, Australia's first full-time book editor (born 1909)[9]
  • 19 June — Jas H. Duke, performance poet (born 1939)
  • 1 July — Eric Irvin, writer and historian of Australian theatre (born 1908)
  • 6 December — Mary Finnin, artist, art teacher and poet (born 1906)
  • 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. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jack Ernest Pollard". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Austlit — Cloudstreet - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Roland Edward Robinson (1912–1992) by Peter Kirkpatrick". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1909–1992) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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