The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there.

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• Frederick T. Macartney (1887–1980)
• James McAuley (1917–1976)
• Ian McBryde (born 1953)
• George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927)
• David McCooey (born 1967)
• Hugh McCrae (1876–1958)
• Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993)
• Nan McDonald (1921–1974)
• Roger McDonald (born 1941)
• Ella McFadyen (1887–1976)
• Greg McLaren (born 1967)
• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)
• Louise Mack (1870–1935)
• Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955)
• Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)
• Mollie McNutt (1885–1922)^[3]
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
• Ern Malley (hoax poet created 1943)
• David Malouf (born 1934)
• John Manifold (1915–1985)
• Leonard Mann (1895–1981)
• Emily Manning (1845–1890)
• Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
• Chris Mansell (born 1953)

• Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016)
• David Martin (1915–1997)
• Philip Martin (1931–2005)
• John Mateer (born 1971)
• Ray Mathew (1929–2002)
• Furnley Maurice (1881–1942)
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
• James Lionel Michael (1824–1868)
• John Millett (poet) (1921–2019)
• Sudesh Mishra (living), born in Fiji
• Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
• T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978)
• Mal Morgan (1935–1999)
• Frank Morton (1869–1923)
• Ian Mudie (1911–1976)
• Mudrooroo (1938–2019)
• Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939)
• Les Murray (1938–2019)
• David Musgrave (born 1965)

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Sandra Renew (writer, poet) born 1949

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