This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1946.
For an overview of world literature see 1946 in literature.
See also: 1945 in Australian literature, 1946 in Australia, 1947 in Australian literature.
James Aldridge – Of Many MenDora Birtles – The Overlanders : A NovelCapel Boake – The Twig is BentMartin Boyd – Lucinda BrayfordErrol Flynn – ShowdownMiles Franklin – My Career Goes BungCatherine Gaskin – This Other EdenMichael InnesFrom London FarWhat Happened at HazlewoodKatharine Susannah Prichard – The Roaring NinetiesChristina Stead – Letty Fox: Her LuckKylie Tennant – Lost HavenArthur Upfield – The Devil's StepsJon Cleary – These Small GloriesAlan Marshall"The Grey Kangaroo"Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo : Short StoriesVance Palmer – '"The Foal"Douglas Stewart – "The Three Jolly Foxes"Dal Stivens – The Courtship of Uncle Henry : A Collection of Tales and StoriesChildren's and Young Adult fiction
Leslie Rees – The Story of Karrawingi the EmuRosemary Dobson – "In My End is My Beginning"Dorothy Hewett – "Clancy and Dooley and Don Mcleod"James Macauley – Under AldebaranGeorge Mackaness – Poets of Australia: An Anthology of Australian Verse (compiled)J. S. ManifoldSelected Verse"The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle"John Shaw Neilson – "To the Red Lory"Will H. Ogilvie – From Sunset to DawnElizabeth Riddell – "The Letter"Douglas Stewart – The Dosser in SpringtimeJudith Wright"The Killer"The Moving Image : Poems"Woman to Child""Woman to Man"Dymphna Cusack – Eternal Now : A Play in Three ActsSumner Locke Elliott – The Invisible Circus : A Play in Three ActsLouis Esson – The Southern Cross and Other PlaysNevil Shute – Vinland the GoodAlec H. Chisholm – The Making of the Sentimental Bloke : A Sketch of the Remarkable Career of C.J. DennisAwards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
5 March – Mem Fox, writer for children4 February – Jean Bedford, novelist26 February – Gabrielle Lord, novelist1 August – Michael Sharkey, poet25 August – Shelton Lea, poet (died 2005)5 September – Lily Brett, poet and novelist17 October – Drusilla Modjeska, biographer and novelistUnknown date
Raimond Gaita, authorStephen Matthews, authorSally Morrison, novelist and biographerPeter Robb, novelistPeter Temple, novelistRod Usher, poet and novelistA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1946 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
23 February – Mary Eliza Fullerton, novelist (born 1868)20 March – Henry Handel Richardson, novelist (born 1870)18 November — Walter J. Turner, poet and playwright (born 1889) 