1975 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1975.

For an overview of world literature see 1975 in literature.

See also: 1974 in Australian literature, 1975 in Australia, 1976 in Australian literature.

Events

Major publications

Books

• James Aldridge – The Untouchable Juli
• Jessica Anderson – The Commandant
• Jon Cleary – The Safe House
• Frank Hardy – But the Dead Are Many
• Xavier Herbert – Poor Fellow My Country
• Thomas Keneally
  • Gossip from the Forest
  • Moses the Lawgiver
• David Malouf – Johnno

Short stories

• Murray Bail
  • Contemporary Portraits and Other Stories
  • "The Drover's Wife"
• Peter Carey – "Do You Love Me?"

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• A. Bertram Chandler – The Broken Cycle
• Sumner Locke Elliott – Going
• Lee Harding – A World of Shadows
• Cordwainer Smith
  • The Best of Cordwainer Smith
  • Norstrilia

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Elyne Mitchell – The Colt at Taparoo

Poetry

• Gwen Harwood – Selected Poems
• Dorothy Hewett – Rapunzel in Suburbia
• A. D. Hope – A Late Picking : Poems 1965-1974
• Kate Jennings – Mother I'm Rooted : An Anthology of Australian Women Poets (edited)
• Les Murray – "The Powerline Incarnation"
• Peter Porter
  • "An Exequy"
  • Living in a Calm Country
• Thomas Shapcott – Shabbytown Calendar

Drama

• Steve J. Spears – The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin

Biography

• Charles Perkins – A Bastard Like Me

Non-fiction

• Geoffrey Blainey – Triumph of the Nomads : A History of Ancient Australia
• Anne Summers – Damned Whores and God's Police

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award	Author
Patrick White Award	David Campbell

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal	No award
Colin Roderick Award[1]	Denis Murphy	T.J. Ryan	University of Queensland Press
Miles Franklin Award[2]	Xavier Herbert	Poor Fellow My Country	Fontana Books

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers[3]	No award
Picture Book[3]	A. B. Paterson, illustrated by Quentin Hole	The Man from Ironbark	Collins

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4]	Gwen Harwood	Selected Poems	Angus and Robertson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1975 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 23 June — Markus Zusak, novelist

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1975 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 11 January — Paul Grano, poet and journalist (born 1894)

Unknown date

• Winifred Birkett, novelist (born 1897)

See also

• 1975 in literature
• 1975 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References

1. "Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University
2. "In Brief : Literature", The Canberra Times, 28 April 1976, p3
3. "No major award for children's books", The Canberra Times, 26 April 1975, p11
4. Austlit - Selected Poems by Gwen Harwood