1966 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1966.

Books

 * James Aldridge
 * My Brother Tom
 * The Statesman's Games
 * Jon Cleary
 * The High Commissioner
 * The Pulse of Danger
 * Peter Cowan – Seed
 * Elizabeth Harrower – The Watch Tower
 * Shirley Hazzard – The Evening of the Holiday
 * Morris Lurie – Rappaport
 * Peter Mathers – Trap
 * Christina Stead – Dark Places of the Heart
 * Arthur Upfield – The Lake Frome Monster
 * Judah Waten – Season of Youth
 * Patrick White – The Solid Mandala

Short stories

 * James Hackston – Father Clears Out
 * Elizabeth Harrower – "The Beautiful Climate"
 * D'Arcy Niland – Pairs and Loners
 * Patrick White – "The Full Belly"
 * Judith Wright – The Nature of Love

Children's and Young Adult fiction

 * Mavis Thorpe Clark – The Min-Min
 * Max Fatchen – The River Kings
 * Elyne Mitchell – Silver Brumby Kingdom
 * Ruth Park
 * The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School
 * The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Snow
 * Joan Phipson – The Crew of the Merlin
 * Judith Wright – The River and the Road

Poetry

 * Vincent Buckley – Arcady and Other Places : Poems
 * Bruce Dawe – "The Not-So-Good Earth"
 * William Hart-Smith – The Talking Clothes: Poems
 * Dorothy Hewett – "Legend of the Green Country"
 * A. D. Hope – Collected Poems 1930 - 1965
 * Les Murray – "Evening Alone at Bunyah"
 * Oodgeroo Noonuccal – "No More Boomerang"
 * Judith Wright – The Other Half : Poems

Biography

 * Hal Porter – The Paper Chase
 * Clement Semmler – Kenneth Slessor

Non-Fiction

 * Geoffrey Blainey – The Tyranny of Distance

Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


 * 3 June – Kate Forsyth, novelist
 * 10 October – Andrew McGahan, novelist (died 2019)
 * 17 November – Nikki Gemmell, novelist

Unknown date


 * Delia Falconer, novelist
 * Anna Funder, novelist
 * Malcolm Knox, novelist

Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1966 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


 * 16 April – Eric Lambert, novelist (born 1918)
 * 28 May – Edward Harrington, bush balladist and short story writer (born 1896)
 * 18 August – Myra Morris, author and poet (born 1893)