This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1926.
For an overview of world literature see 1926 in literature.
See also: 1925 in Australian literature, 1926 in Australia, 1927 in Australian literature.
Mary Grant Bruce – The Tower RoomsCarlton Dawe – The Forbidden ShrineJean DevannyThe Butcher ShopLenore DivineMabel Forrest – Gaming GodsMary Gaunt – The Forbidden TownJack McLarenThe Hidden LagoonIsle of Escape : A Story of the South SeasKatharine Susannah PrichardThe Wild Oats of HanWorking BullocksSteele Rudd – The Romance of RunnibedeNevil Shute – MarazanXavier Herbert – "The Maniac and the Full Moon"Vance Palmer – "The Birthday"Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Curse"Steele Rudd – The Rudd FamilyChildren's and Young Adult fiction
Mary Grant Bruce – RobinW. M. Fleming – Bunyip Told MeEthel Turner – FunnyLilian Turner – The Happy HeriotsJack Lindsay – The Passionate Neatherd : a lyric sequenceDorothea Mackellar – Fancy Dress and Other VerseFurnley Maurice – "Beauty of the World"Myra Morris – "The Pallid Cuckoo"John Shaw Neilson"The Birds Go By""The Flight of the Weary""The Gentle Water Bird"Nettie Palmer – "The Mystery Man"Kenneth Slessor – Earth-Visitors : PoemsA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1926 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
31 July – Ian Moffitt, novelist (died 2000)A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1926 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
27 April – Ada Cambridge, novelist and poet (born 1844)6 June – Henry Tate, poet (born 1873) 