1932 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1932.

Events

The final issue of Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine appears.

Books

Marie Bjelke-Petersen — The Rainbow Lute
Eleanor Dark — Slow Dawning
Jean Devanny — Poor Swine
Velia Ercole — No Escape
Norman Lindsay
* The Cautious Amorist
* Miracles by Arrangement
Leonard Mann — Flesh in Armour
Vance Palmer — Daybreak
Alice Grant Rosman — Benefits Received
Nevil Shute — Lonely Road
F. J. Thwaites – Hell's Doorway
E. V. Timms — Alicia Deane
Arthur W. Upfield
* Breakaway House
* Gripped by Drought
* ''A Royal Abduction''

Poetry

Dulcie Deamer — Messalina
C. J. Dennis — "'I Dips Me Lid' to the Sydney Harbour Bridge"
Mary Gilmore
* "The Men of Eureka "
* "The Myall in Prison"
* Under the Wilgas
Will H. Ogilvie — The Collected Sporting Verse of Will H. Ogilvie
Katharine Susannah Prichard — The Earth Lover and Other Verses
Kenneth Slessor
* "Captain Dobbin"
* "Country Towns"
* Cuckooz Contrey
* "Elegy in a Botanic Gardens"

Drama

Varney Monk — ''Collits' Inn''

Biographies

Ion Idriess — ''Flynn of the Inland''

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal	Leonard Mann	Flesh in Armour	Phaedrus Books

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1932 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

7 January — Katharine Brisbane, critic
29 May — Jill Adelaide Neville, novelist, playwright and poet
6 July — Ted Egan, poet
16 July — Christopher Koch, novelist
12 November — Sylvia Lawson, historian, journalist and critic

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1932 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

8 April – Hubert Church, poet
23 June — Francis Kenna, poet
12 July — Fergus Hume, novelist
5 October — Christopher Brennan, poet
3 December — Fred Johns, biographer and journalist
19 December — Arthur Wright, novelist