This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1933.
For an overview of world literature see 1933 in literature.
See also: 1932 in Australian literature, 1933 in Australia, 1934 in Australian literature.
Miles Franklin – Bring the Monkey
Ion Idriess – Drums of Mer
G. B. Lancaster
Pageant
The World is Yours
Norman Lindsay
Pan in the Parlour
Saturdee
Louise Mack – Teens Triumphant
Jack McLaren – The Money Stones
Alice Grant Rosman – Protecting Margot
Arthur W. Upfield – The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery
Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Bride of Far-Away"
Henry Handel Richardson
"The Professor's Experiment"
"The Wrong Turning"
Children's and Young Adult
Mary Grant Bruce – Billabong's Luck
Kenneth Slessor – Funny Farmyard
Dorothy Wall – Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian
E. J. Brady – Wardens of the Seas : Poems
C. J. Dennis – "Tall Timber"
John Manifold – Verses 1930–1933
A. B. Paterson – The Animals Noah Forgot
Kenneth Slessor – Darlinghurst Nights
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1933 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
3 June – Vivian Smith, poet
30 June – John Button, writer and politician, (died 2008)
4 July – Fay Zwicky, poet and critic
10 July – Kevin Gilbert, poet and playwright (died 1993)
23 July – Rudi Krausmann, poet and playwright
14 August – Bryce Courtenay, novelist (died 2012)
Unknown date
Jennifer Strauss, poet and academic
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1933 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
2 February – John Le Gay Brereton, poet (born 1871)
1 April – Gilbert White, clergyman and poet (born 1859)
15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and critic (born 1865)
27 August – George Robertson, publisher (born 1860)
6 November – Grant Hervey, poet (born 1880)
