This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1962.
For an overview of world literature see 1962 in literature.
See also: 1961 in Australian literature, 1962 in Australia, 1963 in Australian literature.
James Aldridge – A Captive in the LandThea Astley – The Well Dressed ExplorerMartin Boyd – When Blackbirds SingJon Cleary – The Country of MarriageDymphna Cusack – Picnic RacesCatherine Gaskin – I Know My LoveGeorge Johnston – The Far RoadElizabeth Kata – Someone Will Conquer ThemJohn Naish – The Cruel FieldJohn O'Grady – Gone Fishin'Nancy Phelan – The River and the BrookGeorge Turner – The Cupboard Under the StairsArthur Upfield – The Will of the TribeThea Astley – "The Scenery Never Changes"Peter Cowan – "The Island"John Morrison – Twenty-Three : StoriesHal PorterA Bachelor's Children : Short Stories"A Double Because It's Snowing""First Love""Francis Silver"Patrick White"Be Kind to Titina""The Letters""Willy-Wagtails by Moonlight"Amy Witting – "The Weight of a Man"Children's and Young Adult fiction
Nan Chauncy – Half a World AwayJohn Gunn – City in DangerRuth ParkThe Muddle-Headed WombatThe Road Under the SeaJoan PhipsonThe Boundary RidersThe Family ConspiracyIvan Southall – Hills EndP. L. Travers – Mary Poppins from A to ZJoan Woodberry – Rafferty Makes a LandfallJudith Wright – Range the Mountains HighPatricia Wrightson – The Feather StarDavid Campbell – PoemsBruce Dawe – No Fixed Address : PoemsGeoffrey Dutton – Flowers and Fury : PoemsR. D. Fitzgerald – Southmost TwelveRodney Hall – Penniless Till DoomsdayGwen Harwood – "The Wine is Drunk"Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "Colour Bar"Roland Robsinson – Deep WellDouglas Stewart – Rutherford and Other PoemsRandolph Stow – Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962Francis Webb"Harry""Pneumo-Encephalograph"Judith Wright – Birds : PoemsMiles Franklin – Childhood at Brindabella : My First Ten YearsJoan Lindsay – Time Without ClocksDouglas Lockwood – I, the AboriginalAlan Marshall – This is the GrassManning Clark – The History of Australia (to 1987)Morris West – Daughter of SilencePatrick White – The Season at SarsaparillaA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
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Matthew Condon, novelistAlison Croggon, novelistLuke Davies, novelistJoanna Murray-Smith, playwrightCraig Sherborne, poet and playwrightA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1962 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
3 December – Mary Gilmore, poet (born 1865) 