This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1923.
For an overview of world literature see 1923 in literature.
See also: 1922 in Australian literature, 1923 in Australia, 1924 in Australian literature.
J. H. M. Abbott – Sydney Cove
Marie Bjelke Petersen – Jewelled Nights
Bernard Cronin – Salvage
Arthur Gask – The Red Paste Murders
Mary Gaunt – As the Whirlwind Passeth
Nat Gould – Beating the Favourite
D. H. Lawrence – Kangaroo
Jack McLaren – Fagaloa's Daughter
Catherine Martin – The Incredible Journey
Henry Lawson – "Elder Man's Lane : XV : The Passing of Elder Man's Lane"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Mary Grant Bruce
The Cousin from Town
The Twins of Emu Plains
Jean Curlewis – Beach Beyond
May Gibbs – Nuttybub and Nittersing
Mabel Forrest – "The Burning"
Mary Gilmore – "Second-Hand Beds"
Jack Lindsay
"Budding Spring"
"Pacific Aphrodite"
Dorothea Mackellar
Dreamharbour and Other Verses
"Fancy Dress"
"Waste"
Furnley Maurice – "The Mad Prophet"
John Shaw Neilson – Ballad and Lyrical Poems
Will H. Ogilvie – Scattered Scarlet
Kenneth Slessor
"Adventure Bay"
"Thieves' Kitchen"
Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Pioneers
Walter Murdoch – Alfred Deakin: A Sketch
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1923 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
21 May – Dorothy Hewett, poet and novelist (died 2002)
4 June – Elizabeth Jolley, novelist (died 2007)
30 August – Charmian Clift, novelist (died 1969)
7 September – Nancy Keesing, poet (died 1993)
Unknown date
Carter Brown, novelist (died 1985)
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1923 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
5 November – Dowell O'Reilly, poet (born 1865)
15 December – Frank Morton, poet and journalist (born 1869)
