1923 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1923.

Books

 * J. H. M. Abbott – Sydney Cove
 * Marie Bjelke Petersen – Jewelled Nights
 * Capel Boake — The Romany Mark
 * Bernard Cronin – Salvage
 * Arthur Gask – The Red Paste Murders
 * Mary Gaunt – As the Whirlwind Passeth
 * Nat Gould – Beating the Favourite
 * D. H. Lawrence – Kangaroo
 * Jack McLaren – Fagaloa's Daughter
 * Catherine Martin – The Incredible Journey

Short stories

 * Henry Lawson – "Elder Man's Lane : XV : The Passing of Elder Man's Lane"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

 * Mary Grant Bruce
 * The Cousin from Town
 * The Twins of Emu Plains
 * Jean Curlewis – Beach Beyond
 * May Gibbs – Nuttybub and Nittersing

Poetry

 * Emily Bulcock – Jacaranda Blooms and Other Poems
 * Mabel Forrest – "The Burning"
 * Mary Gilmore – "Second-Hand Beds"
 * Jack Lindsay
 * "Budding Spring"
 * "Pacific Aphrodite"
 * Dorothea Mackellar
 * Dreamharbour and Other Verses
 * "Fancy Dress"
 * "Waste"
 * Furnley Maurice – "The Mad Prophet"
 * John Shaw Neilson – Ballad and Lyrical Poems
 * Will H. Ogilvie – Scattered Scarlet
 * Kenneth Slessor
 * "Adventure Bay"
 * "Thieves' Kitchen"

Drama

 * Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Pioneers

Non-fiction

 * Walter Murdoch – Alfred Deakin: A Sketch

Births

 * 28 January – Percy Trezise, children's writer (died 2005)
 * 25 April – Eric Rolls, writer (died 2007)
 * 21 May – Dorothy Hewett, poet and novelist (died 2002)
 * 4 June – Elizabeth Jolley, novelist (born in England) (died 2007)
 * 1 August – Carter Brown, novelist (died 1985)
 * 30 August – Charmian Clift, novelist (died 1969)
 * 4 October – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (died 2005)
 * 7 September – Nancy Keesing, poet (died 1993)
 * 16 December – Gerald Glaskin, writer (died 2000)

Deaths

 * 5 November – Dowell O'Reilly, poet (born 1865)
 * 15 December – Frank Morton, poet and journalist (born 1869)