List of Australian poets



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.

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)
 * Ivy Alvarez
 * 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)

B

 * Peter Bakowski (born 1954)
 * Lex Banning (1921–1965)
 * Ken Barratt (born 1906)
 * Tim Barritt (born 1951)
 * Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958)
 * William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
 * Eric Beach (born 1947)
 * Bruce Beaver (1928–2004)
 * Ruth Bedford (1882–1963) Dramatist and children's poetry
 * Lisa Bellear (1961–2006)
 * Anthony J. Bennett (born 1950)
 * 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) Trade union activist and journalist
 * Jenny Boult (aka MML Bliss) (1951–2005)
 * John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)
 * Peter Boyle (born 1951)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Andrew Burke (poet) (born 1944)
 * Joanne Burns (born 1945)
 * Sam Byfield (born 1981)

C

 * Caroline Caddy (born 1944)
 * Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
 * David Campbell (1915–1979)
 * Elizabeth Campbell
 * Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875)
 * Kieran Carroll
 * Lee Cataldi (born 1942)
 * Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
 * Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)
 * Robert Clark (born 1911)
 * Ross Clark
 * Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) (better known as novelist)
 * Justin Clemens (born 1969)
 * R.L. Coburn (born 1994)
 * Hal Colebatch (born 1945)
 * Laurence Collinson (1925–1986)
 * Anna Couani (born 1948)
 * Alexander Craig (born 1923)
 * Robert Crawford (1868–1930)
 * Louise Crisp (born 1957)
 * Alice GuÃ¨rin 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)
 * Jamal Hope Cooke (born 1993)

D

 * Victor Daley (1858–1905)
 * Beatrice Davis (1909–1992)
 * Jack Davis (1917–2000)
 * Norma L. Davis (1905–1945)
 * Bruce Dawe (born 1930)
 * Sarah Day (born 1958)
 * Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Neil Dunn (born 1966)
 * Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998)
 * Edward Dyson (1865–1931)

E

 * Stephen Edgar (born 1951)


 * Chris Edwards (born 1955)
 * Anne Elder (1918–1976)
 * Ernest Sando Emmerson (1870–1919)
 * Louis Esson (1879–1943)
 * George Essex Evans (1863–1909)
 * John K. Ewers (1904–1978)
 * Frank Eyre (1910–1988)

F

 * Diane Fahey (born 1945)
 * John Farrell (1851–1904)
 * Michael Farrell (born 1965)
 * Mary Finnin (born 1906)
 * 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)

G

 * William Gay (1865–1897)
 * Leon Gellert (1892–1977)
 * Edwin Gerard (1891–1965)
 * Jane Gibian (born 1972)
 * G. H. Gibson (â€˜Ironbarkâ€™) (1846–1921)
 * Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)
 * Mary Gilmore (1865–1962)
 * Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
 * William T. Goodge (1862–1909)
 * Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870)
 * J. W. Gordon (Jim Grahame) (1874–1949)
 * Alan Gould (born 1949)
 * Paul Grano (1894–1975)
 * Jamie Grant (born 1949)
 * Richard Harry Graves (1898–1971)
 * Robert Gray (born 1945)
 * H. M. Green (1881–1962)
 * Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983)

H

 * Helen Haenke (1916–1978)
 * Rodney Hall (born 1935)
 * David Hallett (born 1954)
 * Philip Hammial (born 1937)
 * Susan Hampton (born 1949)
 * Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)
 * W. E. Harney (1895–1962)
 * Charles Harpur (1813–1868)
 * Edward Harrington (1895–1966) Bush ballads
 * Max Harris (1921–1995)
 * Robert Harris (1951–1993)
 * Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)
 * Martin Harrison (born 1949)
 * 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)
 * Jill Hellyer (born 1925) founding member of the Australian Society of Authors
 * Kris Hemensley (born 1946)
 * Thomas William Heney (1862–1928)
 * Steven Herrick (born 1958)
 * Grant Hervey (1880–1933)
 * Paul Hetherington (born 1958)
 * Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
 * Charles Higham (born 1931)
 * Tyler Higson (born 1992)
 * Barry Hill (born 1943) Ghosting William Buckley
 * Richard Hillman (born 1964)
 * Philip Hodgins (1969–1995)
 * Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982)
 * Harry Hooton (1908–1961)
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
 * A. D. Hope (1907â€“2000)
 * Peter Hopegood (1891–1967)
 * George Howe (1769–1821)
 * Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)
 * Flexmore Hudson (1913–1988)
 * Frieda Hughes (born 1960)
 * Barry Humphries (born 1934)
 * Coral Hull (born 1965)
 * Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891)

I

 * Rex Ingamells (1913–1955)
 * Eric Irvin (1908–1992)
 * Margaret Irvin (born 1916)

J

 * Clive James (born 1939)
 * Alan Jefferies (born 1957)
 * Graham Jenkin (born 1938)
 * Brian Joseph Jenkins (born 1940)
 * John Jenkins (born 1949)
 * Wendy Jenkins (born 1952)
 * Kate Jennings (born 1948)
 * Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951)
 * Martin Johnston (1947-1990)
 * Evan Jones (born 1931)
 * Jill Jones (born 1951)
 * John Joseph Jones (1930–2000)
 * Rae Desmond Jones (born 1941)

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)
 * 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)
 * Peter Kocan (born 1947)
 * komninos (aka Komninos Zervos) (born 1950)

L

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

M

 * Frederick T. Macartney (1887–1980)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Louise Mack (1870–1935)
 * Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955)
 * Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)
 * 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)
 * Harley Matthews (1889–1968)
 * Philip Mead
 * Furnley Maurice (1881–1942)
 * Don Maynard (born 1937)
 * Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
 * James Lionel Michael (1824–1868)
 * Peter Minter (born 1967)
 * Sudesh Mishra
 * Ernest G. Moll (1900–1997)
 * T. Inglis Moore (1901–1979)
 * Mal Morgan (1935–1999)
 * Frank Morton (1869–1923)
 * Ian Mudie (1911–1976)
 * Mudrooroo
 * Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939)
 * R. D. Murphy (1910)
 * Les Murray (born 1938)
 * David Musgrave (born 1965))

N

 * John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942)
 * Philip Neilsen (born 1949) Poet and children's author
 * Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) Scottish-Australian author and artist
 * Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (1920–1993) Indigenous Australian poet and human rights activist

O

 * Mark O'Connor (born 1945) Poet and environmental activist
 * Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953) Co-founder of paper Tocsin, left-wing activist and journalist
 * Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925) "Kodak"
 * Mark O'Flynn (born 1958) Australian poet, playwright, author
 * Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) Scots-Australian outback poet
 * John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927) Poet and schoolteacher
 * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991) Poet, artist, children's book illustrator and author
 * Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923) Poet, short-story writer and politician
 * Ouyang Yu (born 1955) Chinese Australian poet and novelist
 * Jan Owen (born 1940) Award-winning poet, creative writing teacher and editor

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)
 * Pi O (ÐŸ 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)
 * 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)

Q

 * Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)

R

 * Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979)
 * Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998)
 * Nigel Roberts (born 1941)
 * Roland Robinson (1912–1992)
 * Judith Rodriguez (born 1936)
 * Eric Rolls (born 1923)
 * David Rowbotham (born 1924)
 * Noel Rowe (born 1951)
 * J. R. Rowland (1925–1996)
 * Graham Rowlands (born 1947)
 * Gig Ryan (born 1956)
 * Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

S

 * Wadih Saadeh (born 1948)
 * Kristopher Saknussemm (born 1958)
 * Philip Salom (born 1950)
 * Andrew Sant (born 1950)
 * Jen Saunders
 * Dipti Saravanamuttu (1960)
 * Jaya Savige (born 1978)
 * Bel Schenk (born 1975)
 * 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)
 * Nathan Shepherdson (born 1965)
 * Andrea Sherwood (1962)
 * Hami Shoghi (1986)
 * R. A. Simpson (born 1929)
 * Robert Simpson (born 1969)
 * Tim Sinclair (born 1972)
 * Malobi Sinha (born 1970)
 * Alex Skovron (born 1948)
 * Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945)
 * Andrew Slattery (born 1980)
 * 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?)

T

 * Maria Takolander (born 1973) poet and literary critic
 * Andrew Taylor (born 1940)
 * Ken Taylor (born 1930)
 * thalia (born 1952)
 * Charles R. Thatcher (1831–1882?)
 * Sandra Thibodeaux
 * Colin Thiele (1920–2006)
 * John Thompson (1907–1968), poet and broadcaster
 * Tim Thorne (born 1944)
 * Michael Thwaites (1915–2005)
 * Hugh Tolhurst (born 1966)
 * Charles Tompson (1806-1883)
 * John Tranter (born 1943)
 * Dimitris Tsaloumas (born 1921)

V

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

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 S. 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)
 * George Wright (born 2002)

Y

 * Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)

Z

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

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.