This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1967.
Major publications Books
Patricia Carlon – See Nothing, Say Nothing Jon Cleary – The Long Pursuit Kenneth Cook – Tuna Dymphna Cusack – The Sun is Not Enough Catherine Gaskin – Edge of Glass Thomas Keneally – Bring Larks and Heroes Eric Lambert – Hiroshima Reef Joan Lindsay – Picnic at Hanging Rock Tony Morphett – Dynasty Barry Oakley – A Wild Ass of a Man Katharine Susannah Prichard – Subtle Flame Kylie Tennant – Tell Morning This F. J. Thwaites – Shall Come a Time George Turner – The Lame Dog Man
Short stories
Beatrice Davis – Short Stories of Australia, The Moderns (edited) Frank Hardy – Billy Borker Yarns Again Elizabeth Harrower — "The Cost of Things" Shirley Hazzard – People in Glass Houses Douglas Stewart – Short Stories of Australia - The Lawson Tradition (edited) Kylie Tennant – Ma Jones and the Little White Cannibals
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Hesba Brinsmead – A Sapphire for September Nan Chauncy – Mathinna's People Mavis Thorpe Clark – Blue Above the Trees Eleanor Spence – The Switherby Pilgrims Ivan Southall The Fox Hole To the Wild Sky Randolph Stow – Midnite : The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy
Science fiction and fantasy
A. Bertram Chandler – Nebula Alert Jack Wodhams – "There is a Crooked Man"
Poetry
Bruce Dawe – "Life-Cycle" Geoffrey Dutton – Poems Soft and Loud Rodney Hall – Eyewitness : Poems Gwen Harwood – "In Brisbane" Dorothy Hewett – The Hidden Journey Les Murray – "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow" David Rowbotham – Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems Thomas Shapcott – A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Douglas Stewart – Collected Poems 1936–1967 Chris Wallace-Crabbe – The Rebel General
Drama
Dorothy Hewett – This Old Man Comes Rolling Home
Biography
Donald Horne – The Education of Young Donald Lionel Lindsay – Comedy of Life : An Autobiography Robert Menzies – Afternoon Light : Some Memories of Men and Events Bill Scott – Focus on Judith Wright
Awards and honours
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal No award Colin Roderick Award"Colin Roderick Award - Previous Winners", James Cook University Douglas Stewart Collected Poems 1936–1967 Angus and Robertson Miles Franklin Award"Novel Award", The Canberra Times, 3 April 1968, p3 Thomas Keneally Bring Larks and Heroes Cassell
Children and Young Adult
Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers"Children's Book Week 1967", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1967, p13 Mavis Thorpe Clark The Min-Min Lansdowne Press Picture Book No award
Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher Grace Leven Prize for PoetryAustlit - Collected Poems 1936-1967 by Douglas Stewart Douglas Stewart Collected Poems 1936–1967 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 1967 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
15 May – James Bradley, novelist 23 May – Sean Williams, novelist
Unknown date
Melissa Lucashenko, 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 1967 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
21 January – Cecil Mann, journalist, poet and novelist (born 1896) 7 February – David Unaipon, writer (born 1872) 29 March – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (born 1917) 10 September – Vera Dwyer, novelist (born 1889) 25 November – Hal Gye, artist and writer (born 1887) 31 December – Arthur Mailey, cricketer and journalist (born 1886)
Unknown date Llywelyn Lucas, poet (born 1898)
See also 1967 in Australia 1967 in literature 1967 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
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