Books

Miles Franklin – Bring the Monkey
Ion Idriess – Drums of Mer
G. B. Lancaster
- Pageant
- The World is Yours
Norman Lindsay
- Pan in the Parlour
- Saturdee
Louise Mack – Teens Triumphant
Jack McLaren – The Money Stones
Alice Grant Rosman – Protecting Margot
Arthur W. Upfield – The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery

Short stories

Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Bride of Far-Away"
Henry Handel Richardson
- "The Professor's Experiment"
- "The Wrong Turning"

Children's and Young Adult

Mary Grant Bruce – Billabong's Luck
Kenneth Slessor – Funny Farmyard
Dorothy Wall – Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian

Poetry

Main article: 1933 in poetry

E. J. Brady – Wardens of the Seas : Poems
C. J. Dennis – "Tall Timber"
John Manifold – Verses 1930–1933
A. B. Paterson – The Animals Noah Forgot
Kenneth Slessor – Darlinghurst Nights

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal^[1]	G. B. Lancaster	Pageant	Century

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1933 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

3 June – Vivian Smith, poet
30 June – John Button, writer and politician (died 2008)
4 July – Fay Zwicky, poet and critic (died 2017)
10 July – Kevin Gilbert, poet and playwright (died 1993)^[2]
14 August – Bryce Courtenay, novelist (died 2012)
21 December – Wendy Richardson, playwright

Unknown date

Jennifer Strauss, poet and academic

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1933 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

2 February – John Le Gay Brereton, poet (born 1871)^[3]
1 April – Gilbert White, clergyman and poet (born 1859)^[4]
10 April — Ernest Buley, journalist and author (born 1869)^[5]
15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and critic (born 1865)^[6]
27 August – George Robertson, publisher (born 1860)^[7]
6 November – Grant Hervey, poet (born 1880)^[8]

References

^ "Australian Literature : Society's Annual 'Drama Night'" The Age, 6 October 1934, p21
^ "Kevin John Gilbert (1933–1993) by Alison Holland and Eleanor Williams-Gilbert". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Brereton, John Le Gay (1827–1886) by H. P. Heseltine". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "White, Gilbert (1859–1933) by Ruth Teale". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Buley, Ernest Charles (1869–1933) by John Lack". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Stephens, Alfred George (1865–1933) by Stuart Lee". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ "Robertson, George (1860–1933) by Anthony Barker". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Hervey, Grant (Madison) (1880–1933) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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