1948 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1948.
Books
- Eleanor Dark – Storm of Time
- George Johnston – The Moon at Perigee
- Jack Lindsay – Men of Forty-Eight
- Alan Moorehead – The Rage of the Vulture
- Vance Palmer – Golconda
- Ruth Park – The Harp in the South
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Golden Miles
- Nevil Shute – No Highway
- Christina Stead – A Little Tea, a Little Chat
- F. J. Thwaites – The Night Closed Down
- E. V. Timms – Forever to Remain
- Patrick White – ''The Aunt's Story''
Short stories
- A. Bertram Chandler – "Dawn of Nothing"
- Helen Meggs – "Burning Off"
- Judah Waten – "Black Girl in the Street"
Crime and mystery
- George Johnston – Death Takes Small Bites
- Arthur Upfield
- * An Author Bites the Dust
- * The Mountains Have a Secret
- June Wright – ''Murder in the Telephone Exchange''
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Nan Chauncy – They Found a Cave
- Frank Hurley – ''Shackleton's Argonauts : A Saga of the Antarctic Ice-Pack''
Poetry
- David Campbell – "The End of Exploring"
- Dulcie Deamer – The Silver Branch : Twenty-Seven Poems
- Rosemary Dobson
- * "Carried Away"
- * "On a Tapestry"
- * The Ship of Ice : With Other Poems
- Mary Gilmore – Selected Verse
- Nan McDonald – "The Barren Ground"
- Kenneth Mackenzie – "The Children Go"
- Elizabeth Riddell – Poems
- Roland Robinson
- * "Swift"
- * "Would I Might Find My Country"
- Douglas Stewart – Glencoe
- Francis Webb
- * A Drum for Ben Boyd
- * "For My Grandfather"
- Judith Wright
- * "Train Journey"
- * "Wonga Vine"
Drama
Radio
- Sumner Locke Elliott – Wicked is the Vine
- Musette Morell – Three Radio Plays
- Vance Palmer – ''Christine''
Theatre
- Sumner Locke Elliott – Rusty Bugles
- Musette Morell – Bush Cobbers
- Ruth Park – ''The Uninvited Guest''
Biography
- Henry Handel Richardson – ''Myself When Young''
Children's and Young Adults non-fiction
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1948 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.- 16 February – Jeff Guess, poet
- 18 March – Di Morrissey, novelist
- 20 March – Dianne Bates, writer for children
- 27 March – David Dale, journalist and travel writer
- 2 April – Jennifer Rowe, novelist
- 23 April – John A. Scott, novelist
- 20 May – Kate Jennings, novelist and poet
- 23 July – Alan Wearne, poet
- 24 July — Joan London, novelist
- 12 September – Michael Dransfield, poet
- 21 September – Sean McMullen, novelist
- 25 September – Vicki Viidikas, poet and writer
- 2 November – Jenny Pausacker, novelist
- Roger Bennett, playwright
- Pam Brown, poet
- Jimmy Chi, playwright and composer
- Martin Duwell, editor
- Dennis Haskell, poet
- Dorothy Johnston, novelist
- Margaret Wild, writer for children
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1948 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 20 May – Marie E. J. Pitt, poet
- 26 September — R. J. Cassidy, poet