List of Indigenous Australian writers

Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism. Indigenous Australian literature includes fiction, plays, letters, essays and other works.

Literature

 * Faith Bandler – activist and novelist
 * Larissa Behrendt – activist, lawyer and novelist
 * Lisa Bellear – dramatist and poet
 * Charmaine Bennell – children's fiction
 * Iris Burgoyne – autobiographer
 * Burnum Burnum – writer and educator, tireless proponent of reconciliation
 * Ken Canning – poet and activist
 * Mary Carmel Charles – children's fiction
 * Claire G. Coleman – writer and poet
 * Jack Davis – poet and playwright
 * Wesley Enoch – playwright, director
 * Lionel Fogarty – poet and activist
 * Richard Frankland – playwright, scriptwriter and musician
 * Kevin Gilbert – activist, writer, artist
 * Jane Harrison – playwright
 * Ruth Hegarty – writer
 * Anita Heiss – novelist, poet and children's author
 * Kate Howarth – writer, memoirist
 * Marnie Kennedy – autobiographer
 * Ruby Langford Ginibi – writer, historian, autobiographer
 * Melissa Lucashenko – novelist
 * Ray Mancini – writer, educator
 * Philip McLaren – author, academic and artist
 * Olga Miller – historian, artist and author
 * Sally Morgan – writer
 * Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) – poet, author, playwright (note: Johnson's Aboriginality is contested by many)
 * Big Bill Neidjie – last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language
 * Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) – poet
 * Bruce Pascoe
 * Doris Pilkington Garimara
 * Kerry_Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019) – activist, writer, artist, editor, educator
 * Ronald Roe – writer
 * Kim Scott – novelist
 * Kirli Saunders – author and poet
 * Jared Thomas – writer, and arts curator
 * Margaret Tucker – activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the Stolen Generations
 * David Unaipon (1872–1967) – first published Aboriginal author
 * James Unaipon (1835–1907) – author and preacher
 * Ellen van Neerven – novelist and poet
 * Sam Watson – novelist and filmmaker
 * Samuel Wagan Watson – poet
 * Herb Wharton – poet and novelist
 * Tara June Winch – novelist
 * Alexis Wright – Miles Franklin Award winning novelist

Music and theatre

 * Roger Bennett – playwright
 * Wayne Blair – television writer, actor and director
 * Jimmy Chi – composer, musician and playwright
 * Richard Frankland – playwright, filmmaker, singer, songwriter
 * David Page – composer, musician and playwright
 * Stephen Page – film director, choreographer

Journalism

 * Dan Bourchier
 * Miriam Corowa
 * Jeremy Geia
 * Freda Glynn
 * Karla Grant – NITV anchor of Living Black
 * Stan Grant
 * John Newfong
 * Rhianna Patrick
 * Jack Patten

Non-fiction

 * Frances Bodkin
 * Veronica Gorrie

Essays and academia

 * Chelsea Watego – academic and writer