This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1931.
For an overview of world literature see 1931 in Australian literature.
See also: 1930 in Australian literature, 1931 in Australia, 1932 in Australian literature.
M. Barnard Eldershaw – Green Memory
Velia Ercole (Q27629210) – No Escape
Miles Franklin
Back to Bool Bool
Old Blastus of Bandicoot
Ion Idriess – Lasseter's Last Ride
Jack Lindsay – Cressida's First Lover : a tale of ancient Greece
Alice Grant Rosman – The Sixth Journey
E. V. Timms – Whitehall
Arthur W. Upfield – The Sands of Windee
J. H. M. Abbott – The King's School and Other Tales for Old Boys
Vance Palmer – Separate Lives
Henry Handel Richardson – Two Studies
Children's and Young Adult
Mary Grant Bruce – Bill of Billabong
Frank Dalby Davison – Man-Shy
Lilian Turner – Two Take the Road
Mary Gilmore – The Rue Tree : Poems
Ronald McCuaig – "Love Me and Never Leave Me"
John Shaw Neilson – "The Bard and the Lizard"
Elizabeth Riddell – "Lifesaver"
Kenneth Slessor – "Five Visions of Captain Cook"
Ion Idriess – Lasseter's Last Ride : An Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1931 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
30 January – Shirley Hazzard, novelist
28 March – Philip Martin, poet (died 2005)
10 November – Evan Jones, poet
Unknown date
Laurie Hergenhan, literary scholar
Peter Mathers, novelist (died 2004)
Barry Oakley, novelist and playwright
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1931 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
22 August – Edward Dyson, editor, poet and short story writer (born 1865)
