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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1995.

Events

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Major publications

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Novels

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Crime and mystery

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Science fiction and fantasy

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Children's and young adult fiction

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Poetry

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Drama

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Non-fiction

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Awards and honours

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  • Christopher Koch AO "for service to Australian literature as a novelist"[19]
  • Alexander Stewart Cockburn AM "for service to journalism and literature"[20]
  • Bryce Courtenay AM "for service to advertising and marketing to the community and as an author"[21]
  • Mollie Gillen AM "for service to genealogy and to Australian historical research"[22]
  • Paul Jennings AM "for service to children's literature"[23]
  • Frances Margaret McGuire AM "for service to the community and to literature, particularly through the State Library of South Australia"[24]
  • Walter Richard McVitty AM "for service to the arts, particularly as educator and publisher of children's literature"[25]
  • Maurice Saxby AM "for service to children's literature"[26]
  • Gavin Souter AM "for service to Australian historical literature"[27]
  • Donald Wall AM "for service to the recorded history of World war II, particularly the history of the 8th Division and the fate of prisoners of war at Sandakan, Northern Borneo"[28]
  • Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur OAM "for service to Australian writers, particularly through the Fellowship of Australian Writers in South Australia"[29]

Lifetime achievement

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Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[30] Thomas Shapcott
Robert Adamson
Patrick White Award[31] Elizabeth Riddell

Literary

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Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[32] Chris Wallace-Crabbe Selected Poems 1956–1994 Oxford University Press
ALS Gold Medal[33] Helen Demidenko The Hand That Signed the Paper Allen & Unwin
Colin Roderick Award[34] Judy Cassab Diaries Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award[35] Drusilla Modjeska The Orchard Pan Macmillan

Fiction

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International

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[36] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Tim Winton The Riders Pan Macmillan
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Adib Khan Seasonal Adjustments Allen & Unwin
Best Overall First Novel Adib Khan Seasonal Adjustments Allen & Unwin

National

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[32] Rod Jones Billy Sunday Picador
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[38] Richard King Kindling Does for Firewood Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[39] Helen Demidenko The Hand That Signed the Paper Allen and Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[40] Lily Brett Just Like That Pan Macmillan

Poetry

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[32] Chris Wallace-Crabbe Selected Poems 1956–1994 Oxford University Press
Anne Elder Award[41] Jennifer Harrison Michelangelo's Prisoners Black Pepper Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[42] Kevin Hart New and Selected Poems Angus and Robertson
Rhyll McMaster Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972–1994 Heinemann
Jemal Sharah Path of Ghosts: Poems 1986–93 Heinemann
Mary Gilmore Award[43] Aileen Kelly Coming Up for Light Pariah Press

Non-fiction

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[32] Tim Flannery The Future Eaters New Holland Publishers

Deaths

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A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1995 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The White Garden by Carnel Bird". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "The Gilded Cage by Marshall Browne". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The House in the Light by Beverley Farmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Bracelet Honeymyrtle by Judith Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Touchstone by Paul Horsfall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ "The Sitters by Alex Miller". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ "The Cross by Mandy Sayer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Spilt Milk by Kathleen Stewart". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Port Vila Blues by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Bones by Gabrielle Lord". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Sleeping Dogs by Sonya Hartnett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Nervous Arcs by Jordie Albiston". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  14. ^ "In The Human Night by Peter Bakowski". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Collected Poems 1940–1995 by Dorothy Hewett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Things Happen by Philip Hodgins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  17. ^ "The Incorruptible by Louis Nowra". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Austlit — Miss Bosnia by Louis Nowra". Austlit. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Christopher John Koch". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Alexander Stewart Cockburn". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Arthur Bryce Courtenay". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Mollie Gillen". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  23. ^ "Paul Arthur Jennings". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Frances Margaret McGuire". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  25. ^ "Walter Richard McVitty". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  26. ^ "Henry (Maurice) Saxby". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  27. ^ "Gavin Geoffrey Souter, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  28. ^ "Donald Wall". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  29. ^ "Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  30. ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  32. ^ a b c d ""Word conjuror wins Age award"". The Age, 14 December 1995, p3. ProQuest 2521568600. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  33. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  35. ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  36. ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  37. ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  38. ^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1995". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  39. ^ "Austlit — The Hand That Signed the Paper - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  40. ^ "Winners of the Premier's 1995 literary awards". The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 1995, p11. ProQuest 2527785639. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  41. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1995-97". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  42. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  43. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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  47. ^ "Frederick John Blight (1913–1995) by Stephany Evans Steggall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  48. ^ "John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995) by John Emerson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  49. ^ "Robert S. Close (1903-1995)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  50. ^ Ackland, Michael, "Harold Frederick Stewart (1916–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024
  51. ^ "Frances Margaret McGuire (1900-1995)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  52. ^ "Hodgins, Ian Philip (1959–1995) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  53. ^ Hoddinott, Alison, "Gwendoline Nessie (Gwen) Harwood (1920–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024
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