This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1955.
For an overview of world literature see 1955 in literature.
See also: 1954 in Australian literature, 1955 in Australia, 1956 in Australian literature.
Martin Boyd – A Difficult Young ManJon Cleary – Justin BayardCharmian Clift & George Johnston – The Sponge DiversAlfred E. Couchman – Fair Field, No FavorDymphna Cusack – The Sun in ExileMary Durack – Keep Him My CountryBarbara Jefferis – Beloved LadyD'Arcy Niland – The ShiraleeRuth Park – Pink FlannelColin Roderick – The Lady and the LawyerNevil Shute – Requiem for a Wren, (aka The Breaking Wave)E. V. Timms – They Came from the SeaArthur Upfield – The Battling ProphetF. B. Vickers – The MiragePatrick White – The Tree of ManA. Bertram Chandler – "Late"John Morrison – Black Cargo and Other StoriesVance Palmer – Let the Birds FlyDal Stivens – Ironbark BillChildren's and Young Adult fiction
Patricia Wrightson – The Crooked Snake, illustrated by Margaret HorderLex Banning – "Apocalypse in Springtime"David Campbell – "Here, Under Pear-Trees"Rosemary Dobson – Child with a Cockatoo, and Other PoemsMax Harris – The Coorong and Other PoemsA. D. Hope – The Wandering IslandsNancy Keesing & Douglas Stewart – Australian Bush Ballads (edited)Nancy Keesing – Three Men and SydneyJames McAuley – Australian Poetry 1955Roland Robinson"Altjeringa""Passage of the Swans"Vivian Smith – "Portuguese Laurel Flowering"Douglas Stewart – The Birdsville Track and Other PoemsRandolph Stow – "Sea Children"Chris Wallace-Crabbe – No Glass HousesJudith Wright – The Two FiresDymphna Cusack – The Golden Girls : A Play in Three ActsRay Lawler – Summer of the Seventeenth DollLeonie Kramer – Henry Kingsley : Some Novels of Australian LifeAlan Marshall – I Can Jump PuddlesA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1955 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
27 March – Linda Jaivin, novelist28 March – Tony Shillitoe, novelist15 June – Les Wicks, poet and editor5 August – Christine Harris, writer for children14 September – Geraldine Brooks, novelistUnknown date
Candida Baker, novelist and anthologistAdrian Caesar, poetMartin Flanagan, journalistMichael Gow, playwrightJennifer Harrison, poetGail Jones, novelistSteven Paulsen, sf writerPeter Rose, poet and editorA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1955 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
19 January – Kenneth Mackenzie, poet and novelist (born 1913)10 March – Brian Vrepont, poet (born 1882)30 December – Rex Ingamells, poet (born 1913) 