This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1943.
For an overview of world literature see 1943 in literature.
See also: 1942 in Australian literature, 1943 in Australia, 1944 in Australian literature.
Max Harris – The Vegetative Eye
Michael Innes – The Weight of the Evidence
G. B. Lancaster – Grand Parade
Philip Lindsay – The Devil and King John
Kylie Tennant
Ride on Stranger
Time Enough Later
May Gibbs – Mr. & Mrs. Bear and Friends
P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Marjorie Barnard – The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories
James Hackston – "Father Clears Out"
Myra Morris – "Going Home"
Dal Stivens – "The Perch"
David Campbell
"Men in Green"
"Soldier's Song"
"The Stockman"
Rosemary Dobson – "Child with a Cockatoo"
A. D. Hope – "Observation Car"
Rex Ingamells – New Song in an Old Land (edited)
Will Lawson – Bush Verses
Kenneth Slessor – "A Bushranger"
Douglas Stewart – "The Dosser in Springtime"
Judith Wright
"Legend"
"South of My Days"
"The Trains"
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1943 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
9 January – Robert Drewe, novelist
30 April – Paul Jennings, writer for children
7 May – Peter Carey, novelist
17 May – Robert Adamson, poet
19 June – Barry Hill, poet and journalist
16 August – Dennis Altman, author and academic
22 September – Dale Spender, author
Unknown date
John Tranter, poet
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1943 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
27 November – Louis Esson, poet and playwright (born 1878)
