This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1995.

Events

Helen Demidenko won the Miles Franklin Award for The Hand That Signed the Paper

Major publications

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2019)

Novels

Bryce Courtenay — The Potato Factory
Beverley Farmer — The House in the Light
Rod Jones — Billy Sunday
Christopher Koch — Highways to a War
Alex Miller — The Sitters
Mandy Sayer — The Cross
Kathleen Stewart — Spilt Milk

Children's and young adult fiction

Isobelle Carmody — Ashling
Brian Caswell — Deucalion
Mem Fox — Wombat Divine
Sonya Hartnett — Sleeping Dogs
Catherine Jinks — Witch Bank
John Marsden — The Third Day, The Frost
Garth Nix — Sabriel

Poetry

Jordie Albiston — Nervous Arcs
Peter Bakowski — In The Human Night
Philip Hodgins — Things Happen

Awards and honours

Christopher Koch AO "for service to Australian literature as a novelist"^[1]
Alexander Stewart Cockburn AM "for service to journalism and literature"^[2]
Bryce Courtenay AM "for service to advertising and marketing to the community and as an author"^[3]
Mollie Gillen AM "for service to genealogy and to Australian historical research"^[4]
Paul Jennings AM "for service to children's literature"^[5]
Frances Margaret McGuire AM "for service to the community and to literature, particularly through the State Library of South Australia"^[6]
Walter Richard McVitty AM "for service to the arts, particularly as educator and publisher of children's literature"^[7]
Maurice Saxby AM "for service to children's literature"^[8]
Gavin Souter AM "for service to Australian historical literature"^[9]
Donald Wall AM "for service to the recorded history of World war II, particularly the history of the 8th Division and the fate of prisoners of war at Sandakan, Northern Borneo"^[10]
Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur OAM "for service to Australian writers, particularly through the Fellowship of Australian Writers in South Australia"^[11]

Lifetime achievement

Award	Author
Christopher Brennan Award^[12]	Thomas Shapcott Robert Adamson
Patrick White Award^[13]	Elizabeth Riddell

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award ^[14]	Tim Flannery	The Future Eaters	New Holland Publishers
ALS Gold Medal^[15]	Helen Demidenko	The Hand That Signed the Paper	Allen & Unwin
Colin Roderick Award^[16]	Judy Cassab	Diaries	Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award^[17]	Drusilla Modjeska	The Orchard	Pan Macmillan

Fiction

International

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize^[18]	Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region	Tim Winton	The Riders	Pan Macmillan
	Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region	Adib Khan	Seasonal Adjustments	Allen & Unwin
	Best Overall First Novel	Adib Khan	Seasonal Adjustments	Allen & Unwin

National

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award^[19]	Rod Jones	Billy Sunday	Picador
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award^[20]	Richard King	Kindling Does for Firewood	Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award^[21]	Helen Demidenko	The Hand That Signed the Paper	Allen & Unwin

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Anne Elder Award^[22]	Jennifer Harrison	Michelangelo's Prisoners	Black Pepper Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry^[23]	Kevin Hart	New and Selected Poems	Angus and Robertson
	Rhyll McMaster	Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972–1994	Heinemann
	Jemal Sharah	Path of Ghosts: Poems 1986–93	Heinemann
Mary Gilmore Award^[24]	Aileen Kelly	Coming Up for Light	Pariah Press

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1995 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

13 January — Max Harris (poet), poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (born 1921)^[25]
25 January — Margaret Senior, wildlife and children's illustrator and writer (born 1917 in London)^[26]
20 March — Russell Braddon, writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts (born 1921)^[27]
12 May — John Blight, poet (born 1913)^[28]
26 June — John Jefferson Bray, lawyer, judge, academic, university administrator, Crown officer and published poet, (born 1912)^[29]
17 July — Robert Close, novelist (died in Majorca, Spain)(born 1903)^[30]
7 August — Harold Stewart, poet and oriental scholar (died in Kyoto, Japan)(born 1916)^[31]
14 August — Frances Margaret McGuire, writer, biochemist and philanthropist (born 1900)^[32]
18 August — Philip Hodgins, poet (born 1959)^[33]
5 December — Gwen Harwood, poet and librettist (born 1920)^[34]

References

^ "Christopher John Koch". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Alexander Stewart Cockburn". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Arthur Bryce Courtenay". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Mollie Gillen". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Paul Arthur Jennings". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Frances Margaret McGuire". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Walter Richard McVitty". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Henry (Maurice) Saxby". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Gavin Geoffrey Souter, AM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Donald Wall". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur". honours.pmc.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "Austlit — Tim Flannery". Austlit. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 1995-97". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1995". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Hand That Signed the Paper - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1995-97". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Snowden, Betty, "Harris, Maxwell Henley (Max) (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
^ "Margaret Senior". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ Starck, Nigel, "Braddon, Russell Reading (1921–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 September 2023
^ "Frederick John Blight (1913–1995) by Stephany Evans Steggall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "John Jefferson Bray (1912–1995) by John Emerson". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
^ "Robert S. Close". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ Ackland, Michael, "Harold Frederick Stewart (1916–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024
^ "Frances Margaret McGuire". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Hodgins, Ian Philip (1959–1995) by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ Hoddinott, Alison, "Gwendoline Nessie (Gwen) Harwood (1920–1995)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024

v t e Years in Australian literature (1855–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Events

Major publications

Novels

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Science fiction

Fantasy

Crime

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Literary

Fiction

International

National

Poetry

Deaths

See also

References