1930 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1930.
Books
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen – Monsoon Music
- Jean Devanny
- * Bushman Burke
- * Devil Made Saint
- Miles Franklin – Ten Creeks Run : A Tale of the Horse and Cattle Stations of the Murrumbidgee
- Arthur Gask – The Shadow of Larose
- Mary Gaunt – Joan of the Pilchard
- Norman Lindsay – Redheap
- Lennie Lower – Here's Luck
- Vance Palmer
- * Men are Human
- * The Passage
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth
- Alice Grant Rosman – The Young and Secret
- F. J. Thwaites – The Broken Melody
- E. V. Timms – The Cripple in Black
- Arthur W. Upfield – ''The Beach of Atonement''
Young Adult
- Alice Grant Rosman – Jock the Scot
- Lilian Turner – ''There Came a Call''
Poetry
- Minnie Agnes Filson – Rhymes & Whimsies
- Mary Gilmore – The Wild Swan : Poems
- S. Elliott Napier – Potted Biographies
- John Shaw Neilson – "The Uneven Player"
- Kenneth Slessor – "Gardens in the Sky"
Drama
- Louis Esson – ''The Quest : A Dramatic Legend in Six Scenes''
Awards and honours
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| ALS Gold Medal | Vance Palmer | The Passage | Stanley Paul |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1930 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.- 15 February – Bruce Dawe, poet
- 11 March – Geoffrey Blainey, historian
- 13 March – Noela Young, children's writer and book illustrator
- 21 May – Malcolm Fraser, politician and author
- 19 June – Anne Deveson, author
- 23 July – Vivienne Rae-Ellis, author
- 13 August – John McKellar, playwright
- 25 November – Brenda Niall, biographer
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1930 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 13 January – Robert Crawford, poet
- 28 March – Jean Curlewis, novelist
- 2 September – Archibald Strong, poet
- 25 September – Arthur Way, classical scholar, translator and headmaster