This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.
For an overview of world literature see 1969 in Australian literature.
See also: 1968 in Australian literature, 1969 in Australia, 1970 in Australian literature.
Mena Calthorpe – The DefectorsJon Cleary – Remember Jack HoxieDymphna Cusack – The Half-Burnt TreeSumner Locke Elliott – Edens LostGeorge Johnston – Clean Straw for NothingThomas Keneally – The SurvivorD'Arcy Niland – Dead Men RunningManning Clark – Disquiet and Other StoriesT. A. G. Hungerford – "Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox"Frank Moorhouse – Futility and Other AnimalsDal Stivens – Selected Stories 1936-1968Children's and Young Adult fiction
Hesba Brinsmead – Isle of the Sea HorseJoan Phipson – Peter and ButchIvan Southall – Finn's FollyEleanor Spence – Jamberoo RoadColin Thiele – Blue FinBruce Beaver – Letters to Live PoetsGwen Harwood"Barn Owl""Father and Child"A. D. Hope – New Poems 1956-1969James McAuley – Surprises of the SunDavid Malouf – "The Year of the Foxes"Les Murray – The Weatherboard CathedralThomas Shapcott – Inwards to the Sun : PoemsRandolph Stow – A Counterfeit Silence: Selected PoemsA list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
1 April – Larissa Behrendt, novelist and academic23 October – Trudi Canavan, novelistUnknown date
Tegan Bennett Daylight, novelistA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923)2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883)21 November – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (born 1879)27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877)Unknown date
Kathleen Dalziel, poet (born 1881) 