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Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1996
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1996 .
Short story anthologies [ edit ] Science fiction and fantasy [ edit ] [ edit ] Mavis Thorpe Clark AM [ 20] Susanna de Vries AM [ 21] Christobel Mattingley AM [ 22] Lifetime achievement [ edit ] A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname ) of deaths in 1996 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
12 February — Betty Roland , writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics (born 1903 )[ 39]
26 March —Godfrey Blunden , journalist and author (died in Paris)(born 1906 )[ 40]
23 April — P. L. Travers , children's writer, best known for the Mary Poppins (book series) (born 1899 )[ 41]
28 April —Mena Calthorpe , writer (born 1905 )[ 42]
27 October — Charlotte Jay , mystery writer and novelist who also wrote under her married name, Geraldine Halls (born 1919 )[ 43]
28 November — Hugh V. Clarke , soldier, public servant and author, specialising in military history (born 1919 )[ 44]
31 December — John Rowland , public servant, diplomat and poet (born 1925 )[ 45]
^ "Austlit — Night Letters by Robert Dessaix" . Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024 .^ "Austlit — The Sunken Road by Garry Disher" . Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024 .^ "Austlit — The Silver Castle by Clive James" . Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024 .^ "Austlit — Leaning Towards Infinity by Sue Woolfe" . Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024 .^ "Australian Love Stories by Kerryn Goldsworthy" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Contest by Matthew Reilly" . ISFDB. Retrieved 8 May 2024 .^ "Mage Heart by Jane Routley" . ISFDB. Retrieved 8 May 2024 .^ "Equinox by Dirk Strasser" . ISFDB. Retrieved 8 May 2024 .^ "The Scarlet Rider by Lucy Sussex" . ISFDB. Retrieved 8 May 2024 .^ "Black Foxes by Sonya Hartnett" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Weeping for Lost Babylon by Eric beach" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Dreaming in Urban Areas by Lisa Bellear" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Accidental Grace by Judith Beveridge" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "The Undertow: New and Selected Poems by John Kinsella" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "The Viewfinder by Anthony Lawrence" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Crete by Dorothy Porter" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Night Reversing by Morgan Yasbincek" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Gary's House by Debra Oswald" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Anna's Story by Bronwyn Donaghy" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2024 .^ "Mavis Thorpe Clark" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019 .^ "Susanna Mary de Vries-Evans" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019 .^ "Christobel Rosemary Mattingley" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019 .^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award" . Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023 .^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners" . Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023 .^ a b c d " . The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 1996, p4. ProQuest 2527334841 . Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024 .^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners" . James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024 .^ "Kibble Literary Award" . Australian National University . Retrieved 4 February 2024 .^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF) . Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024 .^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners" . State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 18 April 2024 .^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1996" . Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .^ "Austlit — Highways to a War - Awards" . Austlit. Retrieved 15 September 2023 .^ " . Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1996. ProQuest 363360979 . Retrieved 8 May 2024 .^ "1996 Ned Kelly Award Winners" . Australian Crime Writers . Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2024 .^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1995-97" . Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024 .^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001" . Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024 .^ "Mary Gilmore Award" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature . Retrieved 10 February 2024 .^ " . State Library of NSW. Retrieved 22 March 2024 .^ "Roland, Betty (1903–1996) by Jayne Regan" . Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023 .^ Anderson, Fay, "Godfrey Verge (Geof) Blunden (1906–1996)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024 ^ "P. L. Travers (1899-1996)" . Austlit. Retrieved 26 June 2023 .^ "Mena Calthorpe (1905-1996)" . Local History - Sutherland Shire Libraries . Retrieved 13 February 2024 .^ "Geraldine Halls (1919-1996)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023 .^ "Obituary - Hugh Vincent Clarke (1919-1996) - Obituaries Australia" . oa.anu.edu.au . Retrieved 23 September 2023 .^ "J. R. Rowland (1925-1996)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023 .
Years in Australian literature (1852–present)