This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1958.
For an overview of world literature see 1958 in literature.
See also: 1957 in Australian literature, 1958 in Australia, 1959 in Australian literature.
Thea Astley – Girl with a MonkeyNancy Cato – All the Rivers RunCatherine Gaskin – Blake's ReachFrank Hardy – The Four-Legged LotteryElizabeth Harrower – The Long ProspectChristopher Koch – The Boys in the IslandEric Lambert – The Dark BackwardHal Porter – A Handful of PenniesOlaf Ruhen – Naked Under CapricornNevil Shute – The Rainbow and the RoseDal Stivens – The Wide ArchRandolph Stow – To the IslandsE. V. Timms – RobinaMorris West – The Backlash (aka The Second Victory)A. Bertram Chandler – "Planet of Ill Repute"Peter Cowan – The Unploughed Land : StoriesFrank Hardy – "The Crookest Raffle Ever Run in Australia"Roland Robertson – Black-Feller, White-FellerJudith Wright"The Colour of Death""The Lame Duck"Children's and Young Adult fiction
Nan Chauncy – Devil's HillJohn Gunn – Sea MenaceElyne Mitchell – The Silver BrumbyMary Elwyn PatchettThe BrumbyThe Mysterious PoolEleanor Spence – Patterson's TrackJudith Wright – Kings of the DingoesBruce Beaver – "White Cat and Brown Girl"David Campbell"Hear the Bird of Day""On the Birth of a Son""Prayer for Rain"Geoffrey Dutton – Antipodes in ShoesR. D. Fitzgerald – "The Wind at Your Door"Max Harris – "A Window at Night"James McAuley – "In a Late Hour"David Martin – Poems of David Martin, 1938-1958Ian Mudie – "The North-Bound Rider"David Rowbotham – Inland : PoemsRandolph Stow"The Embarkation""In Praise of Hillbillies"Francis Webb"Five Days Old""The Sea"Russell Braddon – End of a HateIon Idriess – Back o' CairnsElizabeth O'Conner – Steak for BreakfastArthur Mailey – 10 for 66 and All ThatA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1958 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
6 April – Graeme Base, artist and writer for children16 June – Isobelle Carmody, novelist11 November – Kathy Lette, novelist17 December – Christopher Kelen, novelist and poetUnknown date
Debra Adelaide, novelistSarah Day, poetLionel Fogarty, poetSteven Herrick, poetPaul Hetherington, poetKathleen Stewart, novelist and poetA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1958 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
17 February – Hugh McCrae, poet (born 1876)8 April – Mary Grant Bruce, novelist (born 1878)12 July – Ethel Turner, novelist (born 1870)26 September – Arthur Bayldon, poet (born 1865) 