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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1936.

Books

Dymphna Cusack – Jungfrau
Eleanor Dark – Return to Coolami
Jean Devanny – Sugar Heaven
M. Barnard Eldershaw – The Glasshouse
Miles Franklin – All That Swagger
Arthur Gask – The Master Spy
Henry George Lamond – Amathea: The Story of a Horse
Will Lawson – When Cobb and Co. was King
Jack Lindsay – The Triumphant Beast
Jack McLaren – The Crystal Skull
A. B. Paterson — The Shearer's Colt
Brian Penton – Inheritors
Alice Grant Rosman – Mother of the Bride
Christina Stead – The Beauties and Furies
E. V. Timms – Uncivilised
Arthur Upfield – Wings Above the Diamantina

Short stories

Arthur Gask – The Passion Years
Jack Lindsay – Come Home at Last
Dal Stivens – The Tramp and Other Stories

Children's

Martin Boyd – The Painted Princess
Mary Grant Bruce – Circus Ring
Dorothy Cottrell – Wilderness Orphan
Mary Durack & Elizabeth Durack – Chunuma
Norman Lindsay – The Flyaway Highway

Poetry

Main article: 1936 in poetry

Rex Ingamells – "Garrakeen"
Will Lawson – "Old River Days"
Douglas Stewart – Green Lions: Poems

Biography

Daisy Bates – My Natives and I
Ion Idriess – The Cattle King

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal^[1]	Eleanor Dark	Return to Coolami	Collins

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1936 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

15 January – Kate Llewellyn, poet^[2]
1 February – Marian Eldridge, short story writer, poet and book reviewer (died 1997)^[3]
13 February – Judith Rodriguez, poet (died 2018)^[4]
28 February – Robin Klein, writer for children^[5]
13 October – Robert Ingpen, artist and writer for children^[6]
27 December –
- Brian Matthews, biographer and academic (died 2022)^[7]
- Alex Miller, novelist (born in London, England)^[8]

Unknown date:

Mal Morgan, poet (died 1999)^[9]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1936 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

4 March – Arthur H. Adams, poet and editor (born 1872)^[10]
23 March – Oscar Asche, playwright and novelist (born 1871)^[11]
26 July – Emily Coungeau, poet (born 1860)^[12]
20 August – Agnes L. Storrie, poet and writer (born 1864)^[13]
29 December — Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales, novelist (born 1860)^[14]

References

^ "Return to Coolami : Medal for Best Novel" The Argus, 21 September 1937, p11
^ "Kate Llewellyn's papers held by University of New South Wales" (PDF). Academy Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ "Marian Favel Clair Eldridge". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
^ "Judith Rodriguez". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Klein, Robin, 1936–". Libraries Australia. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Ingpen, Robert, 1936–". Libraries Australia. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Brian Matthews (1936-2022)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
^ "Miller, Alex, 1936–". Libraries Australia. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Austlit — Mal Morgan (1936-1999)". Austlit. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ "Arthur H. Adams". Austlit. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Oscar Asche". Austlit. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Emily Coungeau". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
^ "Agnes L. Storrie". Austlit. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Hales, Alfred Arthur (1860–1936) by Donald Grant". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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