1928 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1928.

Books

Martin Boyd – The Montforts
Bernard Cronin – Dragonfly
Jean Devanny – Dawn Beloved
Mabel Forrest – Reaping Roses
Miles Franklin – Up the Country
Jack McLaren – Sun Man
Vance Palmer – The Man Hamilton
Alice Grant Rosman
* The Back Seat Driver
* The Window
Nevil Shute – So Disdained
Arthur W. Upfield – ''The House of Cain''

Short stories

Nettie Palmer – An Australian Story-Book
Katharine Susannah Prichard
* "The Cow"
* "White Kid Gloves"

Poetry

John Le Gay Brereton – Swags Up!
George Essex Evans – The Collected Verse of G. Essex Evans
Leon Gellert
* "At Anzac"
* "Rendezvous"
Mary Gilmore – "The Gordon Fox!"
Kenneth Slessor
* "The All-Night Taxi Stand"
* "Choker's Lane"
* "Earth-Visitors (to N. L.)"
* "Up in Mabel's Room"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Ethel Turner – Judy and Punch
Lilian Turner – ''Ann Chooses Glory''

Drama

Betty Roland – ''The Touch of Silk''

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal	Martin Boyd	The Montforts	Constable
The Bulletin Prize	M. Barnard Eldershaw	A House is Built
The Bulletin Prize	Katharine Susannah Prichard	Coonardoo

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1928 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

8 February – Elizabeth Harrower, novelist
14 February – Bruce Beaver, poet
13 March – Bob Brissenden, poet, novelist, critic and academic
5 May – Kit Denton, novelist
18 June – Michael Blakemore, actor, writer and theatre director
21 October – Eleanor Spence, writer for children
22 December – Barbara Blackman, writer, essayist, poet, librettist, broadcaster and philanthropist

Unknown date

Anne Fairbairn, poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1928 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

5 February – David McKee Wright, poet
19 August – Thomas William Heney, journalist and poet
20 October – Edward Booth Loughran, journalist and poet