1929 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1929.
Books
- Arthur H. Adams – A Man's Life
- Martin Boyd – Dearest Idol
- Dorothy Cottrell – The Singing Gold
- Bernard Cronin
- * Bracken
- * Toad
- Jean Devanny – Riven
- M. Barnard Eldershaw – A House is Built
- Mabel Forrest – White Witches
- Arthur Gask – The Lonely House
- Mary Gaunt – The Lawless Frontier
- Norman Lindsay – Madam Life's Lovers : A Human Narrative Embodying a Philosophy of the Artist in Dialogue Form
- Jack McLaren – A Diver Went Down
- Frederic Manning – The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916
- Myra Morris – Enchantment
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Coonardoo
- Henry Handel Richardson – Ultima Thule
- Alice Grant Rosman – Visitors to Hugo
- Arthur W. Upfield – ''The Barrakee Mystery''
Short stories
- Dulcie Deamer – As It Was in the Beginning
- Vance Palmer
- * "Ancestors"
- * "Jettisoned"
- Henry Handel Richardson – "The Bath"
- David Unaipon – ''Native Legends''
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Mary Grant Bruce – The Happy Traveller
- May Gibbs – Bib and Bub in Gumnut Town
- Lilian Turner – ''Lady Billie''
Poetry
- Ruth Bedford – Fairies and Fancies
- Furnley Maurice – The Gully and Other Verses
- Myra Morris – White Magic
- John Shaw Neilson – "The Whistling Jack"
- Kenneth Slessor
- * "Cucumber Kitty"
- * "Snowdrops"
Drama
- Betty Roland – ''Morning''
Non-fiction
- Alec H. Chisholm – ''Birds and Green Places : A Book of Australian Nature Gossip''
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1929 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.- 5 January – Veronica Brady, poet and critic
- 1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet
- 16 February – Peter Porter, poet
- 26 March – David Lake, science fiction novelist
- 2 April – Catherine Gaskin, novelist
- 14 April – Ray Mathew, novelist, poet and dramatist
- 5 May – Kenneth Cook, novelist
- 7 October – Ken Inglis, historian
- 11 December – Desmond O'Grady, novelist and short story writer
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1929 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 27 February — Lala Fisher, poet, writer and editor
- 28 May – Barbara Baynton, novelist and short story writer
- 8 June – Laura Palmer-Archer, short story writer, wrote as Bushwoman