A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there. Years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry} article.

[edit] A

• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936) Journalist, poet and playwright originally from New Zealand
• Robert Adamson (born 1944) Poet and publisher
• Adam Aitken (born 1960)
• Jordie Albiston (born 1961)
• Kaye Aldenhoven
• James Alexander Allan (1889–1956)
• Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879–1964)
• Richard James Allen (born 1960)
• Richard Appleton (1932–2005)
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)
• Robyn Archer (born 1948)
• Timoshenko Aslanides (born 1943)
• Tilly Aston (1873–1947)
• Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991)

[edit] B

• Peter Bakowski (born 1954)
• Lex Banning (1921–1965)
• Ken Barratt (born 1906)
• Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958)
• William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
• Eric Beach (born 1947)^[1]
• Bruce Beaver (1928–2004)
• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006)^[2]
• Anthony J. Bennett (born 1950)^[3]
• Judith Beveridge (born 1956)
• Peter Bladen (born 1922)
• John Blight (1913–1995)
• Barcroft Boake (1866–1892)
• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959)
• Ken Bolton (born 1949)
• Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949)
• Jenny Boult (aka MML Bliss) (1951–2005)^[4]
• John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)
• Peter Boyle (born 1951)^[5]
• Francis Brabazon (1907–1984)
• James Bradley (born 1967)
• E. J. Brady (1869–1952)
• John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995)
• Christopher Brennan (1870–1932)
• Michael Brennan (born 1973)^[6]
• John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933)
• Lily Brett (born 1946)
• R. F. Brissenden (1928–1991)
• David Brooks (born 1953)
• Pam Brown (born 1948)
• Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)
• Vincent Buckley (1925–1988)
• Charles Buckmaster (1951–1972)^[7]
• Joanne Burns (born 1945)
• Sam Byfield (born 1981)
• George wright (born 2002)

[edit] C

• Caroline Caddy (born 1944)
• Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
• David Campbell (1915–1979)^[7]
• Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875)
• Kieran Carroll^[8]
• Lee Cataldi (born 1942)
• Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
• Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)
• Robert Clark (born 1911)^[9]
• Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) (better known as novelist)
• Justin Clemens (born 1969)^[10]
• Hal Colebatch (born 1945)
• Laurence Collinson (1925–1986)^[11]
• Anna Couani (born 1948)
• Alexander Craig (born 1923)^[12]
• Robert Crawford (1868–1930)
• Louise Crisp (born 1957)
• Alice Guèrin Crist (1876–1941)
• Alison Croggon (1962)
• M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963)
• Zora Cross (1890–1964)
• Margaret Curran (1887–1962)
• Margaret J. Curtis (born 1957)
• James Cuthbertson (1851–1910)
• Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967)

[edit] D

• Victor Daley (1858–1905)
• Beatrice Davis (1909–1992)
• Jack Davis (1917–2000)
• Norma L. Davis (1905–1945)^[13]
• Bruce Dawe (born 1930)
• Sarah Day (born 1958)
• Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)^[14]
• 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)
• Lucy Dougan (born 1966)^[15]
• 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)
• Max Dunn (1895–1963)^[16]
• Neil Dunn (born 1966)
• Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998)
• Edward Dyson (1865–1931)

[edit] E

• Stephen Edgar (born 1951)
• Chris Edwards (born 1955)^[17]
• Anne Elder (1918–1976)^[18]
• Ernest Sando Emmerson (1870–1919)
• Louis Esson (1879–1943)^[19]
• George Essex Evans (1863–1909)
• John K. Ewers (1904–1978)
• Frank Eyre (1910–1988)

[edit] F

• Diane Fahey (born 1945)
• John Farrell (1851–1904)
• Michael Farrell (born 1965)^[20]
• Mary Finnin (born 1906)^[21]
• R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987)
• Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862)
• Lionel Fogarty (born 1958)
• Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918)
• John Forbes (1950–1998)
• William Forster (1818–1882)
• John Foulcher (born 1956)
• Len Fox (1905–2004)
• Brentley Frazer (born 1972)
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)

[edit] G

• William Gay (1865–1897)
• Leon Gellert (1892–1977)
• Edwin Gerard (1891–1965)^[22]
• Jane Gibian (born 1972)^[23]
• G. H. Gibson (‘Ironbark’) (1846–1921)
• Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)
• Mary Gilmore (1865–1962)
• Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
• William T. Goodge (1862–1909)^[24]
• Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870)
• J. W. Gordon (Jim Grahame) (1874–1949)
• Alan Gould (born 1949)
• Paul Grano (1894–1975)^[25]
• Jamie Grant (born 1949)^[26]
• Richard Harry Graves (1898–1971)
• Robert Gray (born 1945)
• H. M. Green (1881–1962)^[27]
• Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983)

[edit] H

• Helen Haenke (1916–1978)^[28]
• Rodney Hall (born 1935)
• David Hallett (born 1954)
• Philip Hammial (born 1937)^[7]
• Susan Hampton (born 1949)
• Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)
• W. E. Harney (1895–1962)^[29]
• Charles Harpur (1813–1868)
• Edward Harrington (1895–1966) Bush ballads^[30]
• Max Harris (1921–1995)
• Robert Harris (1951–1993)^[7]
• Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)
• Martin Harrison (born 1949)^[7]
• Les Harrop (born 1948)
• J. S. Harry (born 1939)
• 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)
• Kris Hemensley (born 1946)
• Thomas William Heney (1862–1928)
• Steven Herrick (born 1958)
• Grant Hervey (1880–1933)
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
• Charles Higham (born 1931)
• Tyler Higson (born 1992)
• Barry Hill (born 1943) Ghosting William Buckley^[31]
• Richard Hillman (born 1964)
• Philip Hodgins (1969–1995)
• Harry Hooton (1908–1961)
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
• A. D. Hope (1907–2000)
• Peter Hopegood (1891–1967)^[32]
• George Howe (1769–1821)
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
• Flexmore Hudson (1913–1988)^[33]
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960)
• Barry Humphries (born 1934)
• Coral Hull (born 1965)
• Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891)^[34]

[edit] I

• Rex Ingamells (1913–1955)
• Eric Irvin (1908–1992)^[35]
• Margaret Irvin (born 1916)^[36]

[edit] J

• Clive James (born 1939)
• Alan Jefferies (born 1957)
• Brian Joseph Jenkins (born 1940)
• John Jenkins (born 1949)^[7]
• Wendy Jenkins (born 1952)^[37]
• Kate Jennings (born 1948)
• Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951)^[38]
• Martin Johnston (1947-1990)
• Evan Jones (born 1931)^[39]
• Jill Jones (born 1951)
• John Joseph Jones (1930–2000)
• Rae Desmond Jones (born 1941)

[edit] K

• Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (born 1953) Award winning Arabic language poet of Iraqi origin
• Jayne Fenton Keane
• Nancy Keesing (1923–1993)
• Antigone Kefala (born 1935)
• Christopher Kelen (born 1958)
• S. K. Kelen (born 1956)^[7]
• Anne Kellas (born 1951)
• Henry Kendall (1839–1882)
• Francis Kenna (1865–1932)
• Thomas Kent (born 1956)
• Frederick Kesner (born 1967)
• John Kinsella (born 1963)
• Paul Knobel (born 1948)
• Lee Knowles (born 1941)^[40]
• Peter Kocan (born 1947)
• komninos (aka Komninos Zervos) (born 1950)

[edit] L

• Mike Ladd (born 1959)
• David Lake (born 1929)
• Eve Langley (1908–1974)
• Louis Lavater (1867–1953)^[41]
• Anthony Lawrence (born 1957)^[7]
• Henry Lawson (1867–1922)
• Louisa Lawson (1848–1920)
• William Lawson (1876–1957)^[42]
• Bronwyn Lea (born 1969)
• Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940)
• John Leonard (born 1965)
• Emma Lew (1962)
• Brigitte Lewis (born 1983)
• Cassie Lewis (born 1974)^[7]
• Kate Lilley (1960)
• Jack Lindsay (1900–1990)
• Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956)
• R. H. Long (1874–1948)^[43]
• Audrey Longbottom (c. 1922–1986)
• William Little (1839–1916)
• Arthur Alfred Lynch (1861–1934)
• Myron Lysenko (born 1952)^[44]

[edit] M

• Frederick T. Macartney (1887–1980)^[45]
• 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)^[46]
• Nan McDonald (1921–1974)
• Roger McDonald (born 1941)
• Raymond Herbert McGrath (1903–1977)
• Greg McLaren (born 1967)
• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)
• J. A. R. McKellar (1904–1932)^[47]
• Louise Mack (1870–1935)
• Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955)
• Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)^[48]
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
• Ern Malley (hoax poet)
• David Malouf (born 1934)
• John Manifold (1915–1985)
• Leonard Mann (1895–1981)
• Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
• Chris Mansell (born 1953)

• Billy Marshall Stoneking (born 1947)
• David Martin (1915–1997)
• Philip Martin (1931–1995)
• John Mateer (born 1971)
• Ray Mathew (1929–2002)^[49]
• Harley Matthews (1889–1968)^[50]
• Philip Mead^[7]
• Furnley Maurice (1881–1942)
• Don Maynard (born 1937)
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
• James Lionel Michael (1824–1868)
• Peter Minter (born 1967)^[51]
• Sudesh Mishra
• Ernest G. Moll (1900–1997)^[52]
• T. Inglis Moore (1901–1979)^[53]
• Mal Morgan (1935–1999)
• Frank Morton (1869–1923)
• Ian Mudie (1911–1976)
• Mudrooroo^[7]
• Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939)
• R. D. Murphy (1910)^[54]
• Les Murray (born 1938)
• David Musgrave (born 1965))

[edit] N

• John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942)
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (1920–1993)

[edit] O

• Mark O'Connor (born 1945)^[55]
• Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953) Co-founder of paper Tocsin
• Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925) "Kodak"
• Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963)
• John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927)
• Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923)
• Ouyang Yu (born 1955)
• Jan Owen (born 1940)

[edit] P

• Geoff Page (born 1940)
• David Lewis Paget (born 1944)
• Nettie Palmer (1885–1964)
• Vance Palmer (1885–1959)
• Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006)
• Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941) Archetypal bush poet, "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
• James Picot (1906–1944)^[56]
• Pi O (П O) (born 1951) Anarchist experimental poet, long poem 24 Hrs about Fitzroy, Melbourne
• Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948)
• Marjorie Pizer (born 1920)
• Marcella Polain (born 1958)^[57]
• Dorothy Porter (1954–2008) Best known for verse novel The Monkey's Mask
• Hal Porter (1911–1984)
• Peter Porter (born 1929)
• Craig Powell (born 1940)
• Helen Power (1870–1957)

[edit] Q

• Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)^[58]

[edit] R

• Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979)
• Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998)
• Nigel Roberts (born 1941)^[7]
• Roland Robinson (1912–1992)^[59]
• Judith Rodriguez (born 1936)
• Eric Rolls (born 1923)^[60]
• Kylie Rose (born 1970)
• David Rowbotham (born 1924)
• Noel Rowe (born 1951)
• J. R. Rowland (1925–1996)^[61]
• Graham Rowlands (born 1947)
• Gig Ryan (born 1956)
• Tracy Ryan (born 1964)^[62]

[edit] S

• Wadih Saadeh (born 1948)
• Kristopher Saknussemm (born 1958)
• Philip Salom (born 1950)
• Jen Saunders
• Dipti Saravanamuttu (1960)
• Jaya Savige (born 1978)
• John A. Scott (born 1949)
• Margaret Scott (1934–2005)
• Thomas W. Shapcott (born 1935)
• Jemal Sharah (born 1969)
• Michael Sharkey (born 1946)
• Winifred Shaw (born 1905)
• Andrea Sherwood (1962)
• R. A. Simpson (born 1929)
• Robert Simpson (born 1969)
• Tim Sinclair (born 1972)
• Malobi Sinha (born 1970)
• Alex Skovron (born 1948)^[7]
• Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945)
• Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)
• Peter Smiley (born 1791)
• Vivian Smith (born 1933)
• Charles H. Souter (1864–1944)
• Thomas E. Spencer (1845–1910)
• Nicolette Stasko (born 1950)
• Brunton Stephens (1835–1902)
• Amanda Stewart (born 1959)
• Douglas Stewart (1913–1985)
• Harold Stewart (1916–1995)
• Randolph Stow (born 1935)
• Jennifer Strauss (born 1933)
• Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (born 1944?)

[edit] T

• Andrew Taylor (born 1940)
• Ken Taylor (born 1930)^[63]
• thalia (born 1952)
• Charles R. Thatcher (1831–1882?)
• Sandra Thibodeaux
• Colin Thiele (1920–2006)
• John Thompson (Australian poet) (1907–1968), poet and broadcaster^[64]
• Tim Thorne (born 1944)
• Michael Thwaites (1915–2005)
• Hugh Tolhurst (born 1966)
• Charles Tompson (1806-1883)
• John Tranter (born 1943)
• Dimitris Tsaloumas (born 1921)

[edit] V

• Val Vallis (born 1916)
• Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998)
• Brian Vrepont (1882–1955)

[edit] W

• Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934)
• Robert Walker (born 1958)
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951)
• Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972)
• Alan Wearne (born 1948)
• Francis Webb (1925–1973)
• William Wentworth (1790–1872)
• Deb Westbury (born 1954)
• Herb Wharton (born 1936)
• Les Wicks (born 1955)
• Donna Williams (born 1963)
• Lauren Williams
• Stephen J. Williams (born 1958)
• Frank Samuel Williamson (1865–1936)
• Liz Winfield (born 1964)
• A. J. Wood (born 1906)
• P. S. Woodard (born 1958)
• David McKee Wright (1869–1928)
• Judith Wright (1915–2000)

[edit] Y

• Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)

[edit] Z

• Komninos Zervos (born 1950)
• Fay Zwicky (born 1933)

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External sources

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.

[edit] 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.
• Poetry Resource is an Australian website for students of poetry.
• Poets Union

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