1989 in Australian literature

• Peter Carey won the Miles Franklin Award for Oscar and Lucinda

• Mary Durack AC, for "service to the community and literature"[1]
• Les Murray (poet) AO, for "service to Australian literature"[2]
• Thomas Shapcott AO, for "service to Australian literature and to arts administration"[3]
• Gwen Harwood AO, for "service to literature, particularly as a poet and librettist"[4]
• Max Harris (poet) AO, for "service to literature"[5]
• Clement Semmler AM, for "service to Australian literature"[6]
• John Morrison (writer) AM, for "service to literature"[7]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 2 June — Will Kostakis, author and journalist

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 3 June – Connie Christie, children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist (born 1908 in England)[11]
• 16 August – Donald Friend, artist and diarist (born 1914)[12]

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