Talk:Australian literature

Literary hoaxes
I've asked the author of the new hoax note to provide a reference that can be checked.--Perry Middlemiss (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There are a number of hoaxes or cases of mistaken ethnic identity that need to be included - Ern Malley, Demidenko, Colin Johnson. Needs a section Evadeluge (talk) 01:41, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Classic literature
Joanne Watson wrote a poem once that is now considered a classic of Australian literature. It was called Poem.. 49.197.238.161 (talk) 10:55, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Proposed reorganisation
Hi, I’m a writer/biographer, my specialty is Australian Women's Literature where I have published and lectured a good deal.

Currently the organisation of this article is quite haphazard. I'm proposing to run it past a number of colleagues in the field - but my first reaction is

- Three generations from 1900 to 1995 are virtually omitted - The whole Left, which was more than half of Australian literature until 1980, is barely there

There are many important omissions and a lot of almost unknown authors are included

As a first cut, I'm suggesting an organisation something along the lines of

A. Chronological - colonial post colonial 1789-1900 - pre-war 1900-1945 - post-war 1945- 1995 - millennial 1995-present B. Genre - Novels - Poetry - Plays - Memoir (Facey, Hewett etc) - History (Manning Clark, Geoffrey Blainey, history wars etc) - Popular (MCCullough, Morrissey, Kathy Lette, romantic etc) - SF/Fantasy/Crime etc C. Identity - Forging an Australian identity - Left and Conservative literature - Women writers - Indigenous writers - Ethnic identity - Hoaxes forgeries and misunderstanding

I'm willing to make a start if there are no objections. I don’t anticipate changing existing text much, it’s more a case of reorganisation and a couple of new sections, which I will do one at a time to allow for edits etc Evadeluge (talk) 03:41, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Sounds excellent. Do include children's lit too. Robina Fox (talk) 06:46, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Republics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia, Peter Kirkpatrick, Professor Robert Dixon
Should not the communities been mentioned, eg. the Seven Writers? Xx236 (talk) 07:34, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

The Holocaust
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/wrestling-with-holocaust-literature-20190321-h1cmky.html Xx236 (talk) 07:39, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

"Auslit" listed at Redirects for discussion
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