This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1954.
For an overview of world literature see 1954 in literature.
See also: 1953 in Australian literature, 1954 in Australia, 1955 in Australian literature.
James Aldridge – Heroes of the Empty ViewJon Cleary – The Climate of CourageMiles Franklin – Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and ExodistsCatherine Gaskin – Sara DaneT. A. G. Hungerford – Sowers of the Wind : A Novel of the Occupation of JapanEric LambertThe Five Bright StarsThe VeteransEve Langley – White TopeeKenneth Mackenzie – The RefugeAlan Moorehead – A Summer NightE. V. Timms – The FuryArthur UpfieldDeath of a LakeSinister StonesJudah Waten – The UnbendingA. Bertram Chandler – "Shadow Before"David Martin – "Where a Man Belongs"John Morrison – "The Incense-Burner"Dal Stivens – "In the Depths"Judah Waten – "Well, What Do You Say to My Boy?"Children's and Young Adult fiction
Nan Chauncy – A Fortune for the BraveJoan Phipson – Six and SilverNorman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay – The First Walkabout, illustrated by Madeleine BoyceThea Astley – "Droving Man"Dorothy Auchterlonie – "The Tree"John Blight"The Anchor""Death of a Whale""Nor'-Easter""Rope"The Two Suns Met : PoemsDorothea Dowling – Twenty-One PoemsR. D. Fitzgerald"Beginnings""Edge"Mary Gilmore – Fourteen Men : VersesA. D. Hope – "The Return of Persephone"Christopher Koch – "The Boy Who Dreamed the Country Night"James McAuley"An Art of Poetry""New Guinea""To the Holy Spirit"Kenneth Mackenzie – "An Old Inmate"David Rowbotham – "Mullabinda"Douglas Stewart – "Spider-Gums"Colin Thiele – "The Mushroomer"John Thompson – Thirty PoemsJudith Wright"At Cooloolah""Flying Fox on Barbed Wire"Nevil Shute – Slide Rule : The Autobiography of an EngineerDavid Unaipon – My Life StoryVance Palmer – The Legend of the NinetiesA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1954 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
12 JanuaryBrian Caswell, writer for childrenLee Tulloch, novelist26 March – Dorothy Porter, poet (died 2008)21 May – Paul Collins, author and editor17 June – Kerry Greenwood, novelist5 July – Kevin Hart, poetUnknown date
Russell Blackford, novelist and criticRory Harris, poetAndrew Lansdown, poetShane McCauley, poetJames Moloney, writer for childrenRosemary Sorensen, journalist, editor and criticA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1954 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
19 September – Miles Franklin, novelist (born 1879)2 November – Malcolm Afford, playwright and novelist (born 1906) 