1935 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1935.

Books

 * Winifred Birkett – Earth's Quality
 * Martin Boyd – The Lemon Farm
 * Jean Devanny
 * The Ghost Wife
 * The Virtuous Courtesan
 * Arthur Gask – The Hangman's Knot
 * Jack Lindsay – Last Days with Cleopatra
 * Jack McLaren – The Devil of the Depths
 * T. Inglis Moore – The Half-Way Sun : A Tale of the Philippine Islands
 * Ambrose Pratt – Lift Up your Eyes
 * Alice Grant Rosman – The Sleeping Child
 * Kylie Tennant – Tiburon
 * F. J. Thwaites
 * The Mad Doctor
 * The Melody Lingers
 * E. V. Timms – Far Caravan

Children's

 * Mary Grant Bruce – Wings Above the Billabong
 * Jack Lindsay – Runaway
 * P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins Comes Back
 * Dorothy Wall – Brownie: The Story of a Naughty Little Rabbit

Poetry

 * C. J. Dennis
 * The Singing Garden
 * "Unconsidered Trifles"
 * Mary Gilmore – "The Wanderer"
 * Patrick White – The Ploughman and Other Poems
 * Douglas Stewart – "Mending the Bridge"

Radio

 * John Pickard – For the Term of His Natural Life

Theatre

 * Dymphna Cusack
 * Anniversary
 * Red Sky at Morning
 * Dulcie Deamer – Revaluation
 * Katharine Susannah Prichard – Forward One

Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1935 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


 * 21 March – Thomas Shapcott, novelist and poet
 * 7 October – Thomas Keneally, novelist
 * 18 November – Rodney Hall, novelist (born in England)
 * 27 November – Marshall Browne, novelist (died 2014)
 * 28 November – Randolph Stow, novelist (died 2010 in England)

Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1935 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


 * 22 February – Frederick Manning, novelist and poet (born 1882)
 * 18 March – Mabel Forrest, poet and short story writer (born 1872)
 * 10 April – Rosa Praed, novelist (born 1851)
 * 6 September — John Bede Dalley, journalist and novelist (born 1876)
 * 23 September – Louis Stone, novelist (born 1871)
 * 11 October – Steele Rudd, short story writer (born 1868)
 * 23 November – Louise Mack, novelist and poet (born 1870)