List of Australian composers

This is a list of Australian composers of classical music, contemporary music and/or film soundtracks.

These names are largely drawn from the following: and various other websites and media sources.
 * Music Australia an online service developed by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA);
 * Australian Music Centre's (AMC) list of "Represented artists";
 * lists entitled "Australian Composers" and "Australian Repertoire" published by Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training (ACCET);
 * the "Catalogue of Australian Organ Compositions 1866–2002" published by the Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA);
 * the "Australian Composers" list;

Wherever possible, dates of birth and death are shown. The pseudonyms used by some composers are listed along with a reference back to their legal name. Entries are cross-referenced to one or more sources to provide further information.

A

 * Roy Agnew (1891–1944)
 * David Ahern (1947–1988)
 * Hugo Alpen (1842–1917)
 * Ernie Althoff (born 1950)
 * John Henry Antill (1904–1986)
 * Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
 * Martin Armiger (1949–2019)
 * Keith Asboe (born 1929)

B

 * Tony Backhouse (born 1947)
 * Don Banks (1923–1980)
 * David Banney (born 1967)
 * Michael Barkl (born 1958)
 * Alison Bauld (born 1944)
 * Betty Beath (born 1932)
 * Ross Bolleter (born 1946)
 * Anne Elizabeth Boyd (born 1946)
 * George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948)
 * Philip Bračanin (born 1942)
 * May (or Mary) Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
 * Hooper Brewster-Jones (1887–1949)
 * Michael Brimer (1933–2023)
 * Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
 * Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 1965)
 * Colin Brumby (1933–2018)
 * Vera Buck (1903–1986)
 * Thomas (Tom) Edward Bulch (1860–1930)
 * Warren Burt (born 1949)
 * Nigel Butterley (1935–2022)

C

 * John Carmichael (born 1930)
 * Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
 * Jeff Cashen
 * Tristram Ogilvie Cary (1925–2008)
 * Nick Cave (born 1957)
 * Herbert Hedwan Chandler (1865–1941).
 * Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925)
 * Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914)
 * Charlie Chan (born 1966)
 * Arthur Chanter (1886–1950)
 * Deborah Cheetham (born 1964)
 * David Chesworth (born 1958)
 * Andrew Chubb (born 1975)
 * Zana Clarke (born 1965)
 * Paul Clift (born 1978)
 * Judith Clingan (born 1945)
 * George H. Clutsam (1866–1951)
 * Julian Cochran (born 1974)
 * Percy Code (1888–1953)
 * Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
 * Herbert Cosgrove (died 1953)
 * Vince Courtney (died 1951)
 * Kate Crawford (born 1976)
 * Ian Cresswell (born 1968)
 * Ian Cugley (1945–2010)
 * Leah Curtis
 * Cesare Cutolo (1826–1867)

D

 * Robert Davidson (born 1965)
 * Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1946)
 * Brett Dean (born 1961)
 * George De Cairos Rego (1858–1946)
 * George Savin De Chanéet (1861–1926)
 * John Albert Delany (1852–1907)
 * Herbert De Pinna (1880–1936)
 * Matthew Dewey (born 1984)
 * Joe Dolce (born 1947)
 * Paul Doornbusch (born 1959)
 * George Dreyfus (born 1928)
 * Jon Drummond (born 1969)
 * Catherine Duc
 * Melissa Dunphy (born 1980)

E

 * Ross Edwards (born 1943)
 * Frederick Ellard (1824–1874)
 * Warren Ellis (born 1965)
 * Harry Lindley Evans (1895–1982)
 * Winsome Evans (born 1941)

F

 * Billy Field (born 1953)
 * Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
 * Thomas Fitzgerald
 * Samantha Fonti (born 1973)
 * Andrew Ford (born 1957)
 * Riccardo Formosa (born 1954)
 * Grant Foster (born 1945)
 * Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
 * Edwin Fowles (1871–1945)

G

 * Lisa Gerrard (born 1961)
 * Helen Gifford (born 1935)
 * Richard Gill (1941–2018)
 * Paolo Giorza (1832–1914)
 * Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
 * Isador Goodman (1909–1982)
 * Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
 * Christopher Gordon (born 1956)
 * Tony Gould
 * Paul Grabowsky (born 1958)
 * Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
 * George Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961)
 * Sally Greenaway (born 1984)
 * Stuart Greenbaum (born 1966)
 * Maria Grenfell (born 1969)
 * Eric Gross (1926–2011)

H

 * Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
 * Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
 * Raymond Hanson (1913–1976)
 * Ian Keith Harris (born 1935)
 * Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874–1949)
 * Mick Harvey (born 1958)
 * Miska Hauser (1822–1887)
 * Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964)
 * Christian Heim (born 1960)
 * Christian Helleman (1880–1954)
 * Moya Henderson (born 1941)
 * Laurence Henry Hicks (1912–1997)
 * Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878)
 * Moritz Heuzenroeder (1849–1897)
 * Alfred Francis Hill (1869–1960)
 * Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
 * David Hirschfelder (born 1960)
 * Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000)
 * Alan Holley (born 1954)
 * Wilfrid Holland (1920–2005)
 * Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876)
 * Louis Howarde (–1944)
 * Robert Watson Hughes (1912–2007)
 * Frank Hutchens (1892–1965)
 * Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

I

 * Robert Iolini (born 1960)

J

 * William Garnet James (1892–1977)
 * Graham Jenkin (born 1938)
 * Alan John (born 1958)
 * Anthony Linden Jones (born 1959)

K

 * Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
 * Donald H. Kay (born 1933)
 * Norman Kaye (1927–2007)
 * Horace Keats (1895–1945)
 * Paul Kelly (born 1955)
 * Paul Kenny (born 1969)
 * Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916)
 * Gordon Kerry (born 1961)
 * Henry John King (1855–1934)
 * Ashley Klose
 * William Robert Knox (1861–1933)
 * Douglas Knehans (born 1957)
 * Julian Knowles (born 1965)
 * Graeme Koehne (born 1956)
 * Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
 * Henri Kowalski (1841–1916)
 * Henry Krips (1912–1987)

L

 * Brenton Langbein (1928–1993)
 * Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli (1857–1910)
 * Louis Lavater (1867–1953)
 * Lê Tuấn Hùng (born 1960)
 * Stephen Leek (born 1959)
 * Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963)
 * John Lemmone (1861–1949)
 * Georges Lentz (born 1965)
 * Liza Lim (born 1966)
 * Carl (or Karl) Ferdinand August Linger (a.k.a. Charles Linger) (1810–1862)
 * Michael Lira (born 1975)
 * Alexander Frame Lithgow (1870–1929)
 * Jonathan Little (born 1965)
 * William Lovelock (1899–1986)
 * David Lumsdaine (1931–2024)
 * Jack Lumsdaine (1895–1948)

M

 * Mary Mageau (1934–2020)
 * Raffaele Marcellino (born 1964)
 * Stephen Hale Marsh (1805–1888)
 * George Marshall-Hall (1862–1915)
 * Arthur Massey (composer) (1861–1950)
 * John Boswell Maver (born 1932)
 * Mona McBurney (1867–1932)
 * John McAll (born 1960)
 * Daniel Clive McCallum (born 1989)
 * Charles William McCarthy (1848–1919)
 * David McCormack
 * Peter Dodds McCormick (1834?–1916)
 * Brett McKern (born 1972)
 * Sir William McKie (1901–1984)
 * Richard Meale (1932–2009)
 * Kirsten Milenko (born 1993)
 * Sir Jonathan Mills (born 1963)
 * Richard Mills (born 1949)
 * Ernest Edwin Mitchell (1865–1951)
 * Kate Moore (born 1979)
 * Stephen Moreno (1889–1953)
 * Graeme Morton
 * Ian Munro (born 1963)
 * William Murdoch (1888–1942)
 * Ellie Malonzo (2009-)

N

 * Ronald O. Nagorcka (born 1948)
 * Isaac Nathan (1792–1864)
 * Mike Nock (born 1940)

O

 * Sean O'Boyle (born 1963)
 * Tony O'Connor (1961–2010)
 * William Arundel (Bunny) Orchard (1867–1961)

P

 * Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883)
 * Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902)
 * George Palmer (born 1947)
 * Katharine "Kitty" Parker (1886–1971)
 * Anthony Pateras (born 1979)
 * Raimund Pechotsch (died 1941)
 * James Penberthy (1917–1999)
 * Michael (Mike) Perjanik
 * Barrington Somers Pheloung (1954–2019)
 * Linda Phillips (1899–2002)
 * Jeff Pressing (1946-2002)

Q

 * Will Quintrell

R

 * Bert Rache (died 1928)
 * Stephen Rae (born 1961)
 * Alan Rattray
 * Graeme Revell (born 1955)
 * Ruby Reynolds-Lewis (1881–1964)
 * Damien Ricketson (born 1973)
 * Arthur Rivers (1857–1940)
 * Sir William Robinson (1834–1897)
 * John Rodgers (born 1962)
 * Hermann Rosendorff (1860–1935)
 * David Rumsey (1939–2017)

S

 * Arline Sauer
 * Albert Bokhare Saunders (1880–1946)
 * Andrew Schultz (born 1960)
 * Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014)
 * Luscombe Searelle (1853–1907)
 * Matthew Shlomowitz (born 1975)
 * Thanapoom Sirichang (born 1981)
 * Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
 * Cezary Skubiszewski (born 1949)
 * Jan Skubiszewski (born 1981)
 * Joe Slater (1872–1926)
 * Roger Smalley (1943–2015)
 * Michael Sollis (born 1985)
 * Benjamin Speed, film composer
 * William Stanley (composer) (1820–1902)
 * Reginald Alberto Agrati Stoneham (1879–1942)
 * Robert James Stove (born 1961)
 * Wendy Suiter (born 1954)
 * Joseph Summers (1839–1917)
 * May Summerbelle (1867–1914)
 * Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)

T

 * Peter Tahourdin (1928–2009)
 * Henry Tate (1873–1926)
 * George Tibbits (1933–2008)
 * Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
 * Richard Tognetti (born 1965)
 * George William Torrance (1835–1907)
 * Ernest Truman (1869–1948)
 * Costas Tsicaderis (1945–2004)
 * Walter J. Turner (1884–1946)
 * Joseph Twist (born 1982)

V

 * Lindsay Vickery (born 1965)
 * Carl Edward Vine (born 1954)
 * Nicholas Vines (born 1976)
 * Alexander Voltz (born 1999)

W

 * Don Walker (born 1951)
 * Simon Walker (1961–2010)
 * Felix Werder (1922–2012)
 * Martin Wesley-Smith (1945–2019)
 * Fred Werner (active 1895–1912)
 * Nigel Westlake (born 1958)
 * Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949)
 * Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
 * Stephen Whittington (born 1953)
 * Christopher Willcock (born 1947)
 * Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
 * David Worrall (born 1954)

Y

 * Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)

Z

 * Alberto Zelman (1832–1907)