List of Australian poets 1018098 225162255 2008-07-12T05:54:47Z 121.223.177.138 /* H-I */ changed dab The [[poet]]s listed below were either citizens or residents of [[Australia]] and published the bulk of their [[poetry]] whilst living there. ==A-B== *[[Arthur Henry Adams]] (1872–1936) *[[Robert Adamson (poet)|Robert Adamson]] (born 1944) *[[Adam Aitken]] (born 1960)<ref>{{cite web | title = Adam Aitken | publisher = Poetry International Web | url = http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=666&x=1 | accessdate = 2007-08-30 }}</ref> *[[Jordie Albiston]] (born 1961) *[[Kaye Aldenhoven]] *[[James Alexander Allan]] (1889–1956) *[[Leslie Holdsworthy Allen]] (1879–1964) *[[Richard James Allen]] (born 1960) *[[Ethel Anderson]] (1883–1958) *[[Timoshenko Aslanides]] (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web | title = Australian Artists and Writers Directory - A | publisher = Thylazine | url = http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directa/ | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Thea Astley]] (1925–2004) *[[Tilly Aston]] (1873–1947) *[[Dorothy Auchterlonie]] (1915–1991) *[[Peter Bakowski]] (born 1954) *[[Lex Banning]] (1921–1965) *[[Ken Barratt]] (born 1906) *[[Arthur Bayldon]] (1865–1958) *[[William Baylebridge]] (1883–1942) *[[Eric Beach]] (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web | title = Australian Artists and Writers Directory - B | publisher = Thylazine | url = http://www.thylazine.org/directory/directb/ | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Bruce Beaver]] (1928–2004) *[[Lisa Bellear]] (1961–2006)<ref>{{cite web | title = Lisa Bellear | publisher = Poetry International Web | url = http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=679 | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Anthony J. Bennett]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Anthony J. Bennett | publisher = Kardoorair Press | url = http://www.kardoorair.com.au/authors/tonybennett.html | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Judith Beveridge]] (born 1965) *[[Peter Bladen]] (born 1922) *[[John Blight]] (1913–1995) *[[Barcroft Boake]] (1866–1892) *[[Merlinda Bobis]] (born 1959) *[[Ken Bolton]] (born 1949) *[[Jenny Boult]] (aka MML Bliss) (1951–2005)<ref>{{cite web | title = Poetica - 18 November 2006 - Jenny Boult | publisher = [[ABC Radio National]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2006/1781824.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[John Philip Bourke]] (1860–1914) *[[Peter Boyle (poet)|Peter Boyle]] (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web | title = MS 9646/Guide to the Papers of Peter Boyle | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9646 | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Francis Brabazon]] (1907-1984) *[[James Bradley (Australian writer)|James Bradley]] (born 1967) *[[E. J. Brady]] (1869–1952) *[[John Jefferson Bray]] (1912–1995) *[[Christopher Brennan]] (1870–1932) *[[Michael Brennan (poet)|Michael Brennan]] (born 1973)<ref>{{cite web | title = Mary Gilmore Award 2004 | publisher = [[Association for the Study of Australian Literature]] | url = http://www.asc.uq.edu.au/asal/pdf/Mary_Gilmore_Award_2004.pdf | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[John Le Gay Brereton]] (1871–1933) *[[Lily Brett]] (born 1948) *[[David Brooks (poet)|David Brooks]] (born 1953) *[[Pam Brown]] (born 1948) *[[Vincent Buckley]] (1925–1988) *[[Charles Buckmaster]] (1951–1972)<ref name="apr">{{cite web | title = Australian Poetry Resources | publisher = Australian Poetry Resources | url = http://www.austlit.com/a/index.html | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Joanne Burns]] (born 1945) ==C-D== [[Image:DennisWriting.jpg|thumb|right|[[C. J. Dennis]]]] *[[Caroline Caddy]] (born 1944) *[[Ada Cambridge]] (1844-1926) *[[David Campbell (poet)|David Campbell]] (1915-1979)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Kieran Carroll]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Poetry Slam - Kieran Carroll | publisher = [[ABC Radio National]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/deepend/stories/2004/1240145.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Lee Cataldi]] (born 1942) *[[Nancy Cato]] (1917-2000) *[[Hubert Newman Wigmore Church]] (1857–1932) *[[Robert Clark (poet)|Robert Clark]] (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web | title = Robert Clark | publisher = [[Friendly Street Poets]] | url = http://www.friendlystreetpoets.org.au/clark.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Marcus Clarke]] (1846 – 1881) (better known as novelist) *[[Justin Clemens]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Justin Clemens | publisher = [[Melbourne University]] | url = http://www.english.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/clemensj.html | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch|Hal Colebatch]] (born 1945) *[[Laurence Collinson]] (1925-1986)<ref>{{cite web | title = MS 6327/PAPERS OF LAURENCE COLLINSON | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms6327 | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Anna Couani]] (born 1948) *[[Alexander Craig]] (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web | title = Craig, Alexander (a.k.a. Craig, Leslie; Craig, Alexander Leslie ) | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2B$C | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Robert Crawford (poet)|Robert Crawford]] (1868–1930) *[[Louise Crisp]] (born 1957) *[[Alison Croggon]] (born 1962) *[[M. T. C. Cronin]] (born 1963) *[[Zora Cross]] (1890-1964) *[[James Cuthbertson]] (1851-1910) *[[Lidija Cvetkovic]] *[[Victor Daley]] (1858-1905) *[[Jack Davis (playwright)|Jack Davis]] (1917-2000) *[[Norma L. Davis]] (1905-1945)<ref>{{cite web | title = Davis, Norma Lochlenah (1905-1945) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130654b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Bruce Dawe]] (born 1930) *[[Sarah Day]] (born 1958) *[[Dulcie Deamer]] (1890-1972)<ref>{{cite web | title = Deamer, Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie (1890-1972) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080276b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Joel Deane]] (born 1969) *[[C. J. Dennis]] (1876-1938) ''[[Songs of a Sentimental Bloke]]'' *[[Enid Derham]] (1882-1941) *[[James Devaney]] (1890-1976) *[[B. R. Dionysius]] (born 1969) *[[Rosemary Dobson]] (born 1920) *[[Lucy Dougan]] (born 1966)<ref>{{cite web | title = Love & Desire - Conference Speakers | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | url = http://www.nla.gov.au/events/loveanddesire/speakers.html | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Michael Dransfield]] (1948-1973) *[[Laurie Duggan]] (born 1949) *[[Jas H. Duke|Jas H Duke]] (1939-1992) *[[Max Dunn]] (c. 1895-1963)<ref>{{cite web | title = Dunn, Maxwell Walter Dumont (1895?-1963) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140062b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-15 }}</ref> *[[Geoffrey Dutton]] (1922-1998) *[[Edward Dyson]] (1865-1931) ==E-G== *[[Stephen Edgar]] (born 1951) <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Diane fahey.jpg|thumb|right|[[Diane Fahey]]]] --> *[[Chris Edwards (poet)|Chris Edwards]] (born 1955)<ref>{{cite web | last = Brennan | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Brennan | title = Chris Edwards | publisher = Poetry International Web | date = n. d. | url = http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=667 | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Anne Elder]] (1918–1976)<ref>{{cite web | title = Elder, Anne Josephine Chloe (1918-1976) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140098b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Louis Esson]] (1879–1943)<ref>{{cite web | title = Esson, Thomas Louis Buvelot (1878-1943) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080465b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[George Essex Evans]] (1863–1909) * *[[Diane Fahey]] (born 1945) *[[John Farrell (poet)|John Farrell]] (1851–1904) *[[Michael Farrell (poet)|Michael Farrell]] (born 1965)<ref>{{cite web | last = Brennan | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Brennan | title = Michael Farrell | publisher = Poetry International Web | date = n. d. | url = http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=681 | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Mary Finnin]] (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web | title = Mary Finnin | publisher = Oldpoetry.com | date = n. d. | url = http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Mary_Finnin | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[R. D. Fitzgerald]] (1902–1987) *[[Roderick Flanagan]] (1828–1862) *[[Lionel Fogarty]] (born 1958) *[[Mary Hannay Foott]] (1846-1918) *[[John Forbes (poet)|John Forbes]] (1950-1998) *[[William Forster]] (1818-1882) *[[John Foulcher]] (born 19560 *[[Brentley Frazer]] (born 1972) *[[Mary Eliza Fullerton]] (1868-1946) [[Image:Dame Mary Gilmore.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mary Gilmore]]]] *[[William Gay (poet)|William Gay]] (1865-1897) *[[Edwin Gerard]] (1891-1965)<ref>{{cite web | title = Gerard, Edwin Field (1891-1965) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080658b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Jane Gibian]] (born 1972)<ref>{{cite web | last = Brennan | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Brennan | title = Michael Farrell | publisher = Poetry International Web | date = n. d. | url = http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=672 | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[G. H. Gibson]] (‘Ironbark’) (1846-1921) *[[Kevin Gilbert (author)|Kevin Gilbert]] (1933-1993) *[[Mary Gilmore]] (1865-1962) *[[Peter Goldsworthy]] (born 1951) *[[William T. Goodge]] (1862-1909)<ref>{{cite web | title = W.T. Goodge (1862-1909) | publisher = Larrikin Literature | url = http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/goodgewt/goodgewt.html | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Adam Lindsay Gordon]] (1833-1870) *[[J. W. Gordon]] (Jim Grahame) (1874-1949) *[[Alan Gould]] (born 1949) *[[Paul Grano]] (1894-1975)<ref>{{cite web | title = Grano, Paul Langton (1894-1975) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090074b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Jamie Grant]] (born 1949)<ref>{{cite web | title = Grant, Jamie | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$bX | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Richard Harry Graves]] (1898-1971) *[[Robert Gray (poet)|Robert Gray]] (born 1945) *[[H. M. Green]] (1881-1962)<ref>{{cite web | title = Green, Henry Mackenzie (1881-1962) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140360b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-20 }}</ref> *[[Gavin Greenlees]] (1930-1983) ==H-I== [[Image:AdaVerdunHowell.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ada Verdun Howell]]]] *[[Helen Haenke]] (1916–1978)<ref>{{cite web | title = Haenke, Helen Joyce (1916-1978) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140399b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[Rodney Hall]] (born 1935) *[[David Hallett]] (born 1954) *[[Philip Hammial]] (born 1937)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Susan Hampton]] (born 1949) *[[Lesbia Harford]] (1891–1927) *[[W. E. Harney]] (1895–1962)<ref>{{cite web | title = Harney, William Edward (1895-1962) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140442b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[Charles Harpur]] (1813–1868) *[[Edward Harrington]] (1895–1966) Bush ballads<ref>{{cite web | title = Harrington, Edward Philip (1895-1966) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140442b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[Max Harris]] (1921–1995) *[[Robert Harris (poet)|Robert Harris]] (1951–1993)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Jennifer Harrison]] (born 1955) *[[Martin Harrison (poet)|Martin Harrison]]<ref name="apr"/> *[[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) *[[Kris Hemensley]] (born 1946) *[[Thomas William Heney]] (1862–1928) *[[Steven Herrick]] (born 1958) *[[Dorothy Hewett]] (1923–2002) *[[Charles Higham (biographer)|Charles Higham]] (born 1931) *[[Barry Hill (writer)|Barry Hill]] (born 1943) ''Ghosting William Buckley''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/piaf/writers/ghwriters.html#Hill |title=Writers G - H - PIAF 2003 |publisher=[[State Library of Western Australia]] |accessdate=2008-05-11 }}</ref> *[[Richard Hillman (poet)|Richard Hillman]] (born 1964) *[[Philip Hodgins]] (1969–1995) *[[Harry Hooton]] (1908–1961) *[[Ada Verdun Howell]] (1902–1981) *[[A. D. Hope]] (1907–2000) *[[Peter Hopegood]] (1891–1967)<ref>{{cite web | title = Hopegood, Peter | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)Zq | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[George Howe]] (1769–1821) *[[Ada Verdun Howell]] (1902–1981) *[[Flexmore Hudson]] (1913–1988)<ref>{{cite web | title = Hudson, Flexmore | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)wi | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[Frieda Hughes]] (born 1960) *[[Barry Humphries]] (born 1934) *[[Coral Hull]] (born 1965) *[[Rex Ingamells]] (1913–1955) *[[Eric Irvin]] (1908-1992)<ref>{{cite web | title = MS 8786/Papers of Eric Irvin (1908-1992) | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms8786 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> *[[Margaret Irvin]] (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web | title = Irvin, Margaret | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2C!K | accessdate = 2007-05-21 }}</ref> ==J-L== [[Image:Henry Kendall.jpg|thumb|right|[[Henry Kendall (poet)|Henry Kendall]]]] *[[Clive James]] (born 1939) *[[Alan Jefferies]] (born 1957) *[[Brian Jenkins]] (born 1940) *[[John Jenkins (poet)|John Jenkins]] (born 1949)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Wendy Jenkins]] (born 1952)<ref>{{cite web | title = Jenkins, Wendy | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A(bS | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Kate Jennings]] (born 1948) *[[Sydney Jephcott]] (1864-1951)<ref>{{cite web | title = Jephcott, Sydney Wheeler (1864-1951) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090477b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Martin Johnston]] (1947-1990) *[[Evan Jones (poet)|Evan Jones]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web | title = Jones, Evan | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$ut | accessdate = 2007-05-14 }}</ref> *[[Jill Jones (poet)|Jill Jones]] *[[Rae Desmond Jones]] (born 1941) *[[Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen]] (born 1953) Award winning [[Arabic language]] poet of [[Iraq]]i origin *[[Jayne Fenton Keane]] *[[Nancy Keesing]] (1923-1993) *[[Antigone Kefala]] (born 1935) *[[Christopher Kelen]] (born 1958) *[[S. K. Kelen]] (born 1956)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Anne Kellas]] (born 1951) *[[Henry Kendall (poet)|Henry Kendall]] (1839-1882) *[[Frederick Kesner (poet)|Frederick Kesner]] (born 1967) *[[John Kinsella]] (born 1963) *[[Paul Knobel]] (born 1948) *[[Lee Knowles]] (born 1941)<ref>{{cite web | title = Knowles, Lee | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2B7%2C | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Peter Kocan]] (born 1947) *[[Komninos Zervos|komninos]] (aka Komninos Zervos) (born 1950) [[Image:Henry Lawson photograph 1902.jpg|thumb|right|[[Henry Lawson]]]] *[[Mike Ladd (poet)|Mike Ladd]] (born 1959) *[[Eve Langley]] (1908-1974) *[[Louis Lavater]] (1867-1953)<ref>{{cite web | title = Lavater, Louis Isidore (1867-1953) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100005b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Anthony Lawrence]] (born 1957)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Henry Lawson]] (1867-1922) *[[Louisa Lawson]] (1848-1920) *[[William Lawson (poet)|William Lawson]] (1876-1957)<ref>{{cite web | title = Lawson, William (Will) (1876-1957) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100020b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Bronwyn Lea]] (born 1969) *[[Geoffrey Lehmann]] (born 1940) *[[John Leonard (Australian poet)|John Leonard]] (born 1965) *[[Emma Lew]] (born 1962) *[[Cassie Lewis]] (born 1974)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Kate Lilley]] (born 1960) *[[Jack Lindsay]] (1900-1990) *[[R. H. Long]] (1874-1948)<ref>{{cite web | title = Long, Richard Hooppell (1873-1948) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100127b.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> *[[Arthur Alfred Lynch]] (1861–1934) *[[Myron Lysenko]] (born 1952)<ref>{{cite web | title = Scotch Literature Festival 2003: Myron Lysenko | publisher = [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] | url = http://library.scotch.vic.edu.au/litfest03/authors/lysenko.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> ==M== [[Image:Dorothea Mackellar.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dorothea Mackellar]]]] *[[Frederick T. Macartney]] (1887–1980)<ref>{{cite web | title = Macartney, Frederick Thomas Bennett (Fred) (1887-1980) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150188b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[James McAuley]] (1917–1976) *[[Ian McBryde]] *[[George Gordon McCrae]] (1833–1927) *[[David McCooey]] (born 1967) *[[Hugh McCrae]] (1876–1958) *[[Ronald McCuaig]] (1908–1993)<ref>{{cite web | title = McCuaig, Ronald | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%23%7DF | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Nan McDonald]] (1921–1973) *[[Roger McDonald]] (born 1941) *[[Greg McLaren]] (born 1967) *[[Dorothea Mackellar]] (1885–1968) *[[J. A. R. McKellar]] (1904–1932)<ref>{{cite web | title = McKellar, John Alexander Ross (1904-1932) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100292b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Seaforth Mackenzie (author)|Seaforth Mackenzie]] (1913–1955) *[[Rhyll McMaster]] (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web | title = Poetica | publisher = [[ABC Radio National]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/poetica/stories/s1481632.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Jennifer Maiden]] (born 1949) *[[Ern Malley]] (hoax poet) *[[David Malouf]] (born 1934) *[[John Manifold]] (1915–1985) *[[Frederic Manning]] (1882–1935) *[[Chris Mansell]] (born 1953) [[Image:David Malouf.JPG|thumb|right|[[David Malouf]]]] *[[Billy Marshall Stoneking]] (born 1947) *[[David Martin (poet)|David Martin]] (1915–1997) *[[Philip Martin (poet)|Philip Martin]] (1931–1995) *[[John Mateer]] (born 1971) *[[Ray Mathew]] (1929–2002)<ref>{{cite web | title = Ray Mathew: An Australian for life | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | url = http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2004/apr04/article1.html | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Harley Matthews]] (1889–1968)<ref>{{cite web | title = Matthews, Harley (1889-1968) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100437b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Philip Mead (poet)|Philip Mead]]<ref name="apr"/> *[[Frank Leslie Thomson Wilmot|Furnley Maurice]] (1881–1942) *[[Don Maynard]] (born 1937) *[[James Lionel Michael]] (1824–1868) *[[Peter Minter]] (born 1967)<ref>{{cite web | title = Peter Minter - Lecturer | publisher = [[University of Sydney]] | url = http://www.koori.usyd.edu.au/staff/pminter.shtml | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Sudesh Mishra]] *[[Ernest G. Moll]] (1900–1997)<ref>{{cite web | title = Ernest G Moll | publisher = Oldpoetry.com | url = http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Ernest_G_Moll | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[T. Inglis Moore]] (1901–1979)<ref>{{cite web | title = Moore, Tom Inglis (1901-1978) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150468b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Mal Morgan]] (1935–1999) *[[Frank Morton]] (1869–1923) *[[Ian Mudie]] (1911–1976) *[[Mudrooroo]]<ref name="apr"/> *[[Edwin Greenslade Murphy]] (1866–1939) *[[R. D. Murphy]] (1910)<ref>{{cite web | title = Murphy, R. D. | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=AzY | accessdate = 2007-10-02 }}</ref> *[[Les Murray (poet)|Les Murray]] (born 1938) *[[David Musgrave]] (born 1965) ==N-R== [[Image:John shaw neilson.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shaw Neilson|John Shaw Neilson]]]] *[[Shaw Neilson|John Shaw Neilson]] (1872–1942) *[[Oodgeroo Noonuccal]] (Kath Walker) (1920–1993) *[[Mark O'Connor (poet)|Mark O'Connor]] (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web | title = O'Connor, Mark | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=AKe | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Bernard O'Dowd]] (1866–1953) Co-founder of paper ''[[Tocsin]]'' *[[Will H. Ogilvie]] (1869–1963) *[[John Bernard O'Hara]] (1862–1927) *[[Dowell O'Reilly]] (1865–1923) *[[Ouyang Yu]] (born 1955) *[[Jan Owen]] (born 1940) *[[Geoff Page]] (born 1940) *[[David Lewis Paget]] (born 1944) *[[Nettie Palmer]] (1885–1964) *[[Vance Palmer]] (1885–1959) *[[Banjo Paterson]] (1864–1941) *[[James Picot]] (1906–1944)<ref>{{cite web | title = Picot, James (Jim) (1906-1944) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150714b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Pi O]] (П O) (born 1951) *[[Marie Pitt|Marie E. J. Pitt]] (1869–1948) *[[Marjorie Pizer]] (born 1920) *[[Marcella Polain]] (born 1958)<ref>{{cite web | title = Marcella Polain | publisher = [[Melbourne Writers Festival]] | url = http://www.mwf.com.au/2007/content/standard.asp?name=PolainM | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Dorothy Porter]] (born 1954) [[Image:Banjo Patterson.jpg|thumb|right|[[Banjo Paterson]]]] *[[Hal Porter]] (1911–1984) *[[Peter Porter (poet)| Peter Porter]] (born 1929) *[[Roderic Quinn]] (1867–1949)<ref>{{cite web | title = Quinn, Roderic Joseph (1867-1949) | publisher = [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110332b.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Jennifer Rankin]] (1941–1979) *[[Elizabeth Riddell]] (1910–1998) *[[Nigel Roberts]] (born 1941)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Roland Robinson (poet)|Roland Robinson]] (1912–1992)<ref>{{cite web | title = Robinson, Roland (1912-1992) | publisher = [[Australia Dancing]] | url = http://www.australiadancing.org/apps/ad?action=ViewSubject&id=101&resourceType=Ephemera | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Judith Rodriguez]] (born 1936) *[[Eric Rolls]] (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web | title = Eric Rolls | publisher = [[ABC Radio National]] | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/s539742.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Kylie Rose]] (born 1970) *[[David Rowbotham]] (born 1924) *[[Noel Rowe]] (born 1951) *[[J. R. Rowland]] (1925–1996)<ref>{{cite web | title = Rowland, J. R. | publisher = AustLit Database | url = http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)q%7D | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> *[[Graham Rowlands]] (born 1947) *[[Gig Ryan]] (born 1956) *[[Tracy Ryan]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Tracy Ryan Manuscripts | publisher = [[University of Western Australia]] | url = http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/about_the_uwa_library/about_our_collections/manuscripts/tracy_ryan_manuscripts | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref> ==S-V== *[[Wadih Saadeh]] (born 1948) *[[Kristopher Saknussemm]] (born 1958) *[[Philip Salom]] (born 1950) *[[Jen Saunders]] *[[Dipti Saravanamuttu]] (born 1960) *[[Jaya Savige]] (born 1978) *[[John A. Scott]] (born 1948) *[[Margaret Scott]] (1934-2005) *[[Thomas W. Shapcott]] (born 1935) *[[Jemal Sharah]] (born 1969) *[[Michael Sharkey]] (born 1946) *[[Winifred Shaw]] (born 1905) *[[Andrea Sherwood]] (born 1962) *[[R. A. Simpson]] (born 1929) *[[Robert Simpson (poet)|Robert Simpson]] (born 1969) *[[Alex Skovron]] (born 1948)<ref name="apr"/> *[[Peter Skrzynecki]] (born 1949) *[[Andrew Slattery]] (born 1981) *[[Kenneth Slessor]] (1901-1971) *[[Peter Smiley]] (born 1791) *[[Vivian Smith]] (born 1933) *[[Charles H. Souter]] (1864-1944) *[[Thomas E. Spencer]] (1845-1910) *[[Nicolette Stasko]] (born 1950) *[[Brunton Stephens]] (1835-1902) *[[Amanda Stewart]] (born 1959) *[[Douglas Stewart]] (1913-1985) *[[Harold Stewart]] (1916-1995) *[[Randolph Stow]] (born 1935) *[[Jennifer Strauss]] (born 1933) *[[Bobbi Sykes|Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes]] (born 1944?) *[[Andrew Taylor (poet)|Andrew Taylor]] (born 1940) *[[Ken Taylor (poet)|Ken Taylor]] (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Trial by fire - In Depth - theage.com.au |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/bhistoryb-saturday-marks-25-years-since-ash-wednesday/2008/02/09/1202234230103.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |publisher=[[The Age]] |accessdate=2008-05-11 }}</ref> *[[thalia (poet)|thalia]] (born 1952) *[[Charles R. Thatcher]] (1831-1882?) *[[Sandra Thibodeaux]] *[[Colin Thiele]] (1920-2006) *[[John Thompson]] (born 1907) *[[Tim Thorne]] (born 1944) *[[Michael Thwaites]] (1915-2005) *[[Hugh Tolhurst]] *[[Charles Tompson]] (1806-1883) *[[John Tranter]] (born 1943) *[[Dimitris Tsaloumas]] (born 1921) *[[Val Vallis]] (born 1916) *[[Vicki Viidikas]] (1948-1998) *[[Brian Vrepont]] (1882-1955) ==W-Z== *[[Chris Wallace-Crabbe]] (born 1934) *[[Ania Walwicz]] (born 1951) *[[Samuel Wagan Watson]] (born 1972) *[[Alan Wearne]] (born 1948) *[[Francis Webb (poet)|Francis Webb]] (1925-1973) *[[William Wentworth]] (1790-1872) *[[Deb Westbury]] *[[Herb Wharton]] (born 1936) *[[Les Wicks]] (born 1955) *[[Donna Williams (author)|Donna Williams]] (born 1963) *[[Lauren Williams (poet)|Lauren Williams]] *[[Stephen J. Williams]] *[[Frank Samuel Williamson]] (1865–1936) *[[Liz Winfield]] (born 1964) *[[A. J. Wood (poet)]] (born 1906) *[[David McKee Wright]] (1869-1928) *[[Judith Wright]] (1915-2000) *[[Morgan Yasbincek]] (born 1964) *[[Komninos Zervos]] (born 1950) *[[Fay Zwicky]] (born 1933) ==See also== *[[Poetry]] *[[List of poets]] *[[List of English language poets]] *[[Australian literature]] *[[:Category:Australian poets]] ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External sources== These two books provide excellent coverage of Australian poets and poetry up to 1996: * [[Geoff Page]] ''A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Australian Poetry'', [[UQP]], 1995. * [[William Wilde]] ''Australian Poets and Their Works'', [[OUP|Oxford]], 1996. ==External links== * [[John Tranter]] has created an [http://www.austlit.com/a/ Australian poet resource page] which, as of late 2004, has material on some sixty poets. * Thylazine has a [http://www.thylazine.org/directory/ link directory of Australian artists and writers]. * [http://www.poetryresource.org Poetry Resource] is an Australian website for students of poetry. {{lists of poets}} [[Category:Lists of Australian people by occupation|Poets]] [[Category:Lists of poets by nationality|Australian]] [[Category:Australian poets| ]] [[sl:Seznam avstralskih pesnikov]]