1950 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950.
Books
- James Aldridge – The Hunter
- Jon Cleary – Just Let Me Be
- Miles Franklin – Prelude to Waking
- Catherine Gaskin
- * All Else is Folly
- * Dust in the Sunlight
- Frank Hardy – Power Without Glory
- Ion Idriess – The Wild White Man of Badu
- Norman Lindsay – Dust or Polish?
- Philip Lindsay – There is No Escape
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – Winged Seeds
- Nevil Shute – A Town Like Alice
- F. J. Thwaites – Oasis of Shalimar
- E. V. Timms – ''The Beckoning Shore''
Short stories
- Nancy Cato – "The Trap"
- Alan Marshall – "Street Scene at Midday"
- John Morrison – "The Children"
- Dal Stivens – "The Batting Wizard from the City"
- Judah Waten
- * "Mother"
- * "Uncle Isaac"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Ivan Southall – Meet Simon Black
- Ruth C. Williams – ''Verity of Sydney Town''
Crime and mystery
- Alec Coppel – Mr. Denning Drives North
- Arthur Upfield
- * The Bachelors of Broken Hill
- * ''The Widows of Broome''
Poetry
- David Campbell
- * "Ariel"
- * "Night Sowing"
- * "Who Points the Swallow"
- Nancy Cato
- * The Darkened Window : Poems
- * "Mallee Farmer"
- C.J. Dennis & Alec H. Chisholm – Selected Verse of C. J. Dennis
- Rosemary Dobson
- * "The Bystander"
- * "The Raising of the Dead"
- Dorothy Hewett
- * "Go Down Red Roses"
- * "In Midland Where the Trains Go By"
- * "Once I Rode With Clancy..."
- Jack Lindsay – Peace is Our Answer
- Vance Palmer & Margaret Sutherland – Old Australian Bush Ballads
- Roland Robinson
- * "The Coal"
- * "Deserted Homestead"
- Douglas Stewart – "Helmet Orchid"
- Francis Webb – "Morgan's Country"
- Judith Wright
- * "The Cedars"
- * "The Cicadas"
- * "Legend"
- * "To a Child"
Drama
- Kylie Tennant – Tether a Dragon
- Musette Morell – ''Ten Puppet Plays''
Biography
- Don Bradman – Farewell to Cricket
- Nettie Palmer – ''Henry Handel Richardson : A Study''
Non-fiction
- Arthur Groom – ''I Saw A Strange Land: Journeys in Central Australia''
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth of births in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.- 15 January – Peter Pierce, academic, editor and critic
- 16 January – Brian Castro, novelist
- 24 March – Andrea Goldsmith, novelist
- 26 July – Terry Denton, writer and illustrator
- 8 August – Philip Salom, poet and novelist
- 1 September – John Forbes, poet
- 6 September – Robyn Davidson, travel writer
- 27 September – John Marsden, writer and teacher
- 14 October – Kate Grenville, novelist
- 25 November – Alexis Wright, novelist
- 12 December – Louis Nowra, playwright
- 22 December – Nick Enright, playwright
- Ian Irvine, novelist
- Andrew Sant, poet
- Carole Wilkinson, writer for children
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death of deaths in 1950 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.- 10 August – Peter Airey, poet and politician
- 20 November – Erle Cox, novelist