List of Australian poets

A

J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953)

Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936) journalist, poet and playwright originally from New Zealand

Robert Adamson (born 1944) poet and publisher

Adam Aitken (born 1960)

Jordie Albiston (born 1961)

Kaye Aldenhoven

Elizabeth Allen (born 1977)

James Alexander Allan (1889–1956)

Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879–1964)

Richard James Allen (born 1960)

Ivy Alvarez

Richard Appleton (1932–2005)

Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)

Robyn Archer (born 1948)

Timoshenko Aslanides (born 1943)

Tilly Aston (1873–1947)

Cassandra Atherton

Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961)

Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991)

B

Peter Bakowski (born 1954)

Lex Banning (1921–1965)

Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958)

William Baylebridge (1883–1942)

Eric Beach (born 1947)

Bruce Beaver (1928–2004)

Ruth Bedford (1882–1963) dramatist and children's poetry

Lisa Bellear (1961–2006)

Judith Beveridge (born 1956)

Dora Birtles (1903–1992)

Peter Bladen (born 1922)

John Blight (1913–1995)

Barcroft Boake (1866–1892)

Merlinda Bobis (born 1959)

Ken Bolton (born 1949)

Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949) trade union activist and journalist

Jenny Boult (aka MML Bliss) (1951–2005)

John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)

Peter Boyle (born 1951)

Francis Brabazon (1907–1984)

James Bradley (born 1967)

E. J. Brady (1869–1952)

Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957)

John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995)

Christopher Brennan (1870–1932)

Michael Brennan (born 1973)

John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933)

Lily Brett (born 1946)

David Brooks (born 1953)

Pam Brown (born 1948)

Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)

Vincent Buckley (1925–1988)

Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972)

Andrew Burke (poet) (born 1944)

Joanne Burns (born 1945)

C

Caroline Caddy (born 1944)

Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)

David Campbell (1915–1979)

Elizabeth Campbell (born 1980)

Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875)

A.J. Carruthers (born 1987)

Lee Cataldi (born 1942)

Nancy Cato (1917–2000)

James Charlton (born 1947)

Eileen Chong (born 1980)

Hubert Newman Wigmore Church (1857–1932)

Ross Clark (born 1953)

Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) better known as novelist

Justin Clemens (born 1969)

Robbie Coburn (born 1994)

Hal Colebatch (born 1945)

Aidan Coleman (born 1976)

Laurence Collinson (1925–1986)

Anna Couani (born 1948)

Robert Crawford (1868–1930)

Louise Crisp (born 1957)

Alison Croggon (1962)

M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963)

Zora Cross (1890–1964)

Margaret Curran (1887–1962)

James Cuthbertson (1851–1910)

Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967)

D

Victor Daley (1858–1905)

Beatrice Davis (1909–1992)

Jack Davis (1917–2000)

Norma L. Davis (1905–1945)

Bruce Dawe (born 1930)

Sarah Day (born 1958)

Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)

Joel Deane (born 1969)

C. J. Dennis (1876–1938) The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

Enid Derham (1882–1941)

James Devaney (1890–1976)

B. R. Dionysius (born 1969)

Rosemary Dobson (born 1920)

Joe Dolce (born 1947)

Michael Dransfield (1948–1973)

Michael Dugan (1947–2006) also children's writer and poetry editor of Overland

Laurie Duggan (born 1949)

Jas H Duke (1939–1992)

Max Dunn (1895–1963)

Geoffrey Dutton (1922–1998)

Edward Dyson (1865–1931)

E

Stephen Edgar (born 1951)

George Essex Evans (1863–1909)

John K. Ewers (1904–1978)

F

Diane Fahey (born 1945)

John Farrell (1851–1904)

Michael Farrell (born 1965)

R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987)

Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862)

Lionel Fogarty (born 1958)

Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918)

John Forbes (1950–1998)

Mabel Forrest (1872–1935)

William Forster (1818–1882)

John Foulcher (born 1956)

Len Fox (1905–2004)

Benjamin Frater (1979–2007)

Brentley Frazer (born 1972)

Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)

G

William Gay (1865–1897)

Leon Gellert (1892–1977)

G. H. Gibson (‘Ironbark’) (1846–1921)

Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)

Mary Gilmore (1865–1962)

Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)

W. T. Goodge, (1862–1909)

Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870)

Alan Gould (born 1949)

Paul Grano (1894–1975)

Richard Harry Graves (1898–1971)

Robert Gray (born 1945)

H. M. Green (1881–1962)

Gavin Greenlees (1930–1983)

Jeff Guess (born 1948

H

Rodney Hall (born 1935)

Philip Hammial (born 1937)

Susan Hampton (born 1949)

Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)

Charles Harpur (1813–1868)

Edward Harrington (1895–1966) Bush ballads

Max Harris (1921–1995)

Robert Harris (1951–1993)

Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)

Martin Harrison (born 1949)

Les Harrop (born 1948)

J. S. Harry (born 1939)

Kevin Hart (born 1954)

Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1879–1952)

William Hart-Smith (1911–1990)

Gwen Harwood (1920–1995)

Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942)

James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921)

Anita Heiss (born 1968)

Jill Hellyer (born 1925) founding member of the Australian Society of Authors

Kris Hemensley (born 1946)

Thomas William Heney (1862–1928)

Steven Herrick (born 1958)

Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)

Charles Higham (born 1931)

Barry Hill (born 1943)

Richard Hillman (born 1964)

Philip Hodgins (1969–1995)

Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982)

Harry Hooton (1908–1961)

Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)

A. D. Hope (1907–2000)

George Howe (1769–1821)

Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981)

Frieda Hughes (born 1960)

Barry Humphries (born 1934)

Coral Hull (born 1965)

Douglas Smith Huyghue (1816–1891)

I

Rex Ingamells (1913–1955)

Eric Irvin (1908–1992)

J

Clive James (born 1939)

Alan Jefferies (born 1957)

Peter Jeffery (born 1935)

Graham Jenkin (born 1938)

John Jenkins (born 1949)

Kate Jennings (born 1948)

Sydney Jephcott (1864–1951)

Martin Johnston (1947–1990)

Evan Jones (born 1931)

Jill Jones (born 1951)

John Joseph Jones (1930–2000)

Rae Desmond Jones (born 1941)

K

Jayne Fenton Keane

Nancy Keesing (1923–1993)

Antigone Kefala (born 1935)

Christopher Kelen (born 1958)

Anne Kellas (born 1951)

Henry Kendall (1839–1882)

Francis Kenna (1865–1932)

Cate Kennedy (born 1963)

Jean Kent (born 1951)

Thomas Kent (born 1956)

John Kinsella (born 1963)

Peter Kocan (born 1947)

komninos (aka Komninos Zervos) (born 1950)

Rudi Krausmann (born 1933)

L

Mike Ladd (born 1959)

David Lake (born 1929)

Eve Langley (1908–1974)

Anthony Lawrence (born 1957)

Henry Lawson (1867–1922)

Louisa Lawson (1848–1920)

Bronwyn Lea (born 1969)

Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946)

Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940)

John Leonard (born 1965)

Emma Lew (1962)

Cassie Lewis (born 1974)

Kate Lilley (1960)

Jack Lindsay (1900–1990)

Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956)

Tatjana Lukić (1959–2008)

Arthur Alfred Lynch (1861–1934)

M

Frederick T. Macartney (1887–1980)

Chris Mansell (born 1953)

James McAuley (1917–1976)

Ian McBryde (born 1953)

George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927)

David McCooey (born 1967)

Hugh McCrae (1876–1958)

Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993)

Nan McDonald (1921–1974)

Roger McDonald (born 1941)

Greg McLaren (born 1967)

Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)

Louise Mack (1870–1935)

Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955)

Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)

Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)

Ern Malley (hoax poet)

David Malouf (born 1934)

John Manifold (1915–1985)

Leonard Mann (1895–1981)

Emily Manning (1845–1890)

Frederic Manning (1882–1935)

Chris Mansell (born 1953)

Billy Marshall Stoneking (born 1947)

David Martin (1915–1997)

Philip Martin (1931–1995)

John Mateer (born 1971)

Ray Mathew (1929–2002)

Furnley Maurice (1881–1942)

Don Maynard (born 1937)

Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)

James Lionel Michael (1824–1868)

John Millett (poet) (born 1921)

Sudesh Mishra

Mal Morgan (1935–1999)

Frank Morton (1869–1923)

Ian Mudie (1911–1976)

Mudrooroo (born 1938)

Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939)

Les Murray (born 1938)

David Musgrave (born 1965)

N

Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940) poet and writer

John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942)

Philip Neilsen (born 1949) poet and children's author

Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) Scottish-Australian author and artist

Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (1920–1993) Indigenous Australian poet and human rights activist

O

Mark O'Connor (born 1945) poet and environmental activist

Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953)

Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925) "Kodak"

Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) Scots-Australian outback poet

John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927) poet and schoolteacher

Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991) poet, artist, children's book illustrator and author

Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923) poet, short-story writer and politician

Ouyang Yu (born 1955) Chinese Australian poet and novelist

Jan Owen (born 1940) award-winning poet, creative writing teacher and editor

P

Geoff Page (born 1940)

Nettie Palmer (1885–1964)

Vance Palmer (1885–1959)

Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006)

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941) Archetypal bush poet, "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

Grace Perry (1927–1987)

Pi O (П O) (born 1951) anarchist experimental poet, long poem 24 Hrs about Fitzroy, Melbourne

Marie E. J. Pitt (1869–1948)

Marjorie Pizer (born 1920)

Marcella Polain (born 1958)

Dorothy Porter (1954–2008) best known for verse novel The Monkey's Mask

Hal Porter (1911–1984)

Peter Porter (born 1929)

Craig Powell (born 1940)

Ron Pretty (born 1940)

Q

Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)

R

Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979)

Robert Richardson (1855–1901)

Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998)

Roland Robinson (1912–1992)

Judith Rodriguez (born 1936)

Peter Rose (born 1955)

David Rowbotham (born 1924)

Noel Rowe (born 1951)

Graham Rowlands (born 1947)

Brendan Ryan (born 1963)

Gig Ryan (born 1956)

Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

S

Philip Salom (born 1950)

Clive Sansom (1910–1981)

Andrew Sant (born 1950)

Jen Saunders

Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960)

Jaya Savige (born 1978)

Bel Schenk (born 1975)

John A. Scott (born 1949)

Margaret Scott (1934–2005)

Thomas W. Shapcott (born 1935)

Michael Sharkey (born 1946)

R. A. Simpson (born 1929)

Tim Sinclair (born 1972)

Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945)

Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)

Vivian Smith (born 1933)

Edward Sorenson (1869–1939)

Thomas E. Spencer (1845–1910)

Nicolette Stasko (born 1950)

Peter Steele (1939–2012)

Brunton Stephens (1835–1902)

Amanda Stewart (born 1959)

Douglas Stewart (1913–1985)

Harold Stewart (1916–1995)

Randolph Stow (1935–2010)

Jennifer Strauss (born 1933)

Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (1944–2010)

T

Maria Takolander (born 1973)

Andrew Taylor (born 1940)

Colin Thiele (1920–2006)

Tim Thorne (born 1944)

Michael Thwaites (1915–2005)

Richard Tipping (born 1949)

Charles Tompson (1806-1883)

John Tranter (born 1943)

Mark Tredinnick (born 1962)

Dimitris Tsaloumas (born 1921)

Tug Dumbly (born 1965)

V

Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998)

Lin Van Hek (born 1944)

W

Chris Wallace-Crabbe (born 1934)

Rob Walker (born 1953)

Ania Walwicz (born 1951)

Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972)

Alan Wearne (born 1948)

Francis Webb (1925–1973)

William Wentworth (1790–1872)

Herb Wharton (born 1936)

Les Wicks (born 1955)

Dora Wilcox (born 1953)

Donna Williams (born 1963)

Frank S. Williamson (1865–1936)

Edwin Wilson (born 1942)

Liz Winfield (born 1964)

David McKee Wright (1869–1928)

Judith Wright (1915–2000)

Y

Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)

Z

Komninos Zervos (born 1950)

Fay Zwicky (born 1933)