1959 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1959. Books Nancy Cato – Time, Flow Softly Jon Cleary Back of Sunset Strike Me Lucky with Joy Cleary Eleanor Dark – Lantana Lane David Forrest – The Last Blue Sea Xavier Herbert – Seven Emus Dorothy Hewett – Bobbin Up : A Novel Barbara Jefferis – Half Angel Eric Lambert – Glory Thrown In Leonard Mann – Andrea Caslin D'Arcy Niland The Big Smoke Gold in the Streets Vance Palmer – The Big Fellow George Turner – Young Man of Talent Arthur Upfield Bony and the Black Virgin (aka The Tom Branch) Journey to the Hangman Morris West – The Devil's Advocate Short stories Ethel Anderson – Little Ghosts David Campbell – Flame and Shadow : Selected Stories A. Bertram Chandler "Chance Encounter" "The Man Who Couldn't Stop" David Forrest – "That Barambah Mob" Hal Porter "Country Town" "Fiend and Friend" Katharine Susannah Prichard – N'goola and Other Stories Judith Wright — "In the Park" Children's and Young Adult fiction Eleanor Spence – The Summer in Between Kylie Tennant – All the Proud Tribesmen Norman Barnett Tindale and H. A. Lindsay – Rangatira Poetry