1951 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1951.

Events

• 18 June – Frank Hardy is acquitted of criminal libel in the state of Victoria over his self-published 1950 roman à clef on corruption in Melbourne political life, Power Without Glory^[1]

Books

• Dymphna Cusack – Say No to Death
• Dymphna Cusack and Florence James – Come In Spinner
• Eric Lambert – The Twenty Thousand Thieves^[2]
• Kenneth Mackenzie – Dead Men Rising^[3]
• Ruth Park – The Witch's Thorn
• Nevil Shute – Round the Bend
• Dal Stivens – Jimmy Brockett
• F. J. Thwaites – The Dark Abyss
• E. V. Timms – The Valleys Beyond
• Arthur Upfield – The New Shoe^[4]

Short stories

• Henrietta Drake-Brockman & Walter Murdoch – Australian Short Stories (edited)^[5]
• Frank Hardy – The Man from Clinkapella and Other Prize-Winning Stories^[6]
• T. A. G. Hungerford – "The Only One Who Forgot"^[7]
• David Rowbotham – "A Schoolie and a Ghost"^[8]
• Judah Waten – "Read Politics, Son"^[9]
• Judith Wright – "The Ant-Lion"^[10]

Poetry

See main article: 1951 in poetry.

• John Blight – "The Oyster-Eaters"^[11]
• David Campbell – "Windy Gap"^[12]
• Rosemary Dobson – "Detail from an Annunciation by Crivelli"^[13]
• W. E. Harney – "West of Alice"^[14]
• A. D. Hope – "The Brides"^[15]
• Rex Ingamells –
• Nancy Keesing – Imminent Summer^[16]
• Christopher Koch – "Half-Heard"^[17]
• Eve Langley – "Australia"^[18]
• Kenneth Mackenzie – "Caesura"^[19]
• Ray Mathew
  • With Cypress Pine^[20]
  • "Young Man's Fancy"^[21]
• Hal Porter – "Sheep"^[22]
• Elizabeth Riddell – "Forebears : The Map"^[23]
• Roland Robinson
  • "I Had No Human Speech"^[24]
  • "Rock-Lily"^[25]
  • "The Tank"^[26]
• Douglas Stewart
  • "Mahony's Mountain"^[27]
  • "The Sunflowers"^[28]
• Judith Wright – "Inheritor"^[29]

Biography

• Paul Brickhill
  • The Dam Busters
  • The Great Escape

Drama

• Henry P. Schoenheimer – Wilbur Wasn't Quite Perfect

Awards and honours

Poetry

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1951 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 18 January – Sally Morgan, author and dramatist^[33]
• 22 January – Steve J. Spears, playwright (died 2007)^[34]
• 2 May – Valerie Parv, romance novelist (died 2021)^[35]
• 24 July – Robert Hood, novelist^[36]
• 29 August – Janeen Webb, writer, critic and editor, mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy^[37]
• 12 October – Peter Goldsworthy, novelist^[38]
• 16 November – Hazel Rowley, biographer (died 2011)^[39]
• 25 November – Van Ikin, academic and editor^[40]

Unknown date

• Peter Boyle, poet^[41]
• Peter Craven, literary critic^[42]
• Stephen Edgar, poet and editor^[43]
• Robert Harris, poet (died 1993) ^[44]
• Jill Jones, poet^[45]
• Pi O, poet (in Greece)^[46]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1951 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 18 April – Daisy Bates, journalist (born 1859)^[47]
• 25 June – Arthur Gask, novelist (born 1869)^[48]
• 3 July – Sydney Jephcott, poet (born 1864)^[49]
• 16 December – Percival Serle, biographer and bibliographer (born 1871)^[50]

See also

• 1951 in Australia
• 1951 in literature
• 1951 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Book: Dymphna. Cusack . Florence. James . Miles. Franklin . Yarn Spinners: A Story in Letters . 2001 . University of Queensland Press . 978-0-7022-3192-6 . 278.
2. Web site: The Twenty Thousand Thieves by Eric Lambert. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
3. Web site: Dead Men Rising by Seaford Mackenzie. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
4. Web site: The New Shoe by Arthur Upfield. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
5. Web site: Australian Short Stories by Henrietta Drake-Brockman & Walter Murdoch. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
6. Web site: The Man from Clinkapella and Other Prize-Winning Stories by Frank Hardy. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
7. Web site: Austlit — "The Only One Who Forgot" by T.A. G. Hungerford . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
8. Web site: Austlit — "A Schoolie and a Ghost" by David Rowbotham. Austlit. 27 March 2024.
9. Web site: Austlit — "Read Politics, Son" by Judah Waten. Austlit. 27 March 2024.
10. Web site: Austlit — "The Ant-Lion" by Judith Wright . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
11. Web site: Austlit — "The Oyster-Eaters" by John Blight . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
12. Web site: Austlit — "Windy Gap" by David Campbell . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
13. Web site: Austlit — "Detail from an Annunciation by Crivelli" by Rosemary Dobson . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
14. Web site: Austlit — "West of Alice" by W. E. Harney . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
15. Web site: Austlit — "The Brides" by A. D. Hope . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
16. Web site: Imminent Summer by Nancy Keesing. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
17. Web site: Austlit — "Half-Heard" by Christopher Koch . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
18. Web site: Austlit — "Australia" by Eve Langley . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
19. Web site: Austlit — "Caesura" by Seaforth Mackenzie . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
20. Web site: With Cypress Pine by Ray Mathew. National Library of Australia. 27 March 2024.
21. Web site: Austlit — "Young Man's Fancy" by Ray Mathew . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
22. Web site: Austlit — "Sheep" by Hal Porter . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
23. Web site: Austlit — "Forebears : The Map" by elizabeth Riddell . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
24. Web site: Austlit — "I Had No Human Speech" by Roland Robinson . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
25. Web site: Austlit — "Rock-Lily" by Roland Robinson . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
26. Web site: Austlit — "The Tank" by Roland Robinson . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
27. Web site: Austlit — "Mahony's Mountain" by Douglas Stewart . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
28. Web site: Austlit — "The Sunflowers" by Douglas Stewart. Austlit. 27 March 2024.
29. Web site: Austlit — "Inheritor" by Judith Wright . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
30. Web site: ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. 27 May 2024.
31. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18495337 "Prizewinner for Children", The Sydney Herald, 5 August 1951, p11
32. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C60122 Austlit - The Great South Land by Rex Ingamells
33. Web site: Sally Morgan . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
34. Web site: Steve J. Spears . 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
35. Web site: Valerie Parv (1951-2021). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
36. Web site: Robert Hood . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
37. Web site: Janeen Webb . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
38. Web site: Peter Goldsworthy . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
39. Web site: Hazel Rowley (1951-2011). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
40. Web site: Van Ikin . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
41. Web site: Peter Boyle . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
42. Web site: Peter Craven . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
43. Web site: Stephen Edgar . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
44. Web site: Robert Harris (1951-1993). Austlit. 13 November 2023.
45. Web site: Jill Jones . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
46. Web site: Pi O . Austlit. 27 March 2024.
47. Web site: Bates, Daisy May (1863–1951) by R. V. S. Wright . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 20 July 2023.
48. Web site: Gask, Arthur Cecil (1869–1951) by Michael J. Tolley . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 26 July 2023.
49. Web site: Jephcott, Sydney Wheeler (1864–1951) by Ken Stewart . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 18 July 2023.
50. Web site: Serle, Percival (1871–1951) by Geoffrey Serle . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 26 July 2023.