1934 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1934.

Books

Martin Boyd – Scandal of Spring
Eleanor Dark – Prelude to Christopher
Velia Ercole – Dark Windows
Arthur Gask
* The Hidden Door
* The Judgement of Larose
G. B. Lancaster – The World is Yours
Vance Palmer – The Swayne Family
Alice Grant Rosman – Somebody Must
Steele Rudd – Grey Green Homestead
Christina Stead – Seven Poor Men of Sydney
F. J. Thwaites
* Broken Wings
* Where Gods Are Vain
E. V. Timms – ''Conflict''

Short stories

Ion Idriess – The Yellow Joss
Vance Palmer – Sea and Spinifex
Henry Handel Richardson – The End of Childhood and Other Stories
Christina Stead – ''The Salzburg Tales''

Children's

Ruth Bedford – Hundreds and Thousands
P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins
Alan J. Villiers – Whalers of the Midnight Sun
Dorothy Wall
* Blinky Bill Grows Up
* ''The Tale of Bridget and the Bees''

Poetry

Emily Coungeau – Fern Leaves: Poems and Verse
Rudyard Kipling – "Ode : Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, 1934"
Will Lawson – "The Bunyip"
Furnley Maurice – Melbourne Odes
John Shaw Neilson – Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson
Patrick White – "The Ploughman"

Drama

Varney Monk – ''The Cedar Tree''

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal	Eleanor Dark	Prelude to Christopher	P.R. Stephensen

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

17 February – Barry Humphries, comedian, author, actor and satirist
20 March – David Malouf, novelist and poet
6 May – Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet
20 June – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist
30 June – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter
5 August – James McQueen, novelist
17 August – Inga Clendinnen, academic and author

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

22 December – Grace Ethel Martyr, poet