This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991 .
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A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname ) of deaths in 1991 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
21 February — Dorothy Auchterlonie Green , academic, literary critic and poet (born 1915 )[ 38]
30 March — Joan Colebrook , journalist and writer (born 1910 )[ 39]
3 April — Coral Lansbury , writer and academic (born 1929 )[ 40]
7 April — Bob Brissenden , poet, novelist, critic and academic (born 1928 )[ 41]
2 May — Ronald McKie , novelist (born 1909 )[ 42]
23 May — Manning Clark , historian (born 1915 )[ 43]
24 June — Sumner Locke Elliott , novelist and playwright (born 1917 )[ 44]
17 November — Pixie O'Harris , children's book author and illustrator (born 1903 )[ 45]
1 December — Barbara Hanrahan , novelist and artist (born 1939 )[ 46]
^ "Mates of Mars by David Foster" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "To the Burning City by Alan Gould" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "The Mint Lawn by Gillian Mears" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "What God Wants by Lily Brett" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2024 .^ "Counting Backwards and Other Stories by Suzanne Edgar" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Aftershock by Peter Corris" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Wet Graves by Peter Corris" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Kickback by Garry Disher" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Crush by Brenda Walker" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Felimid's Homecoming by Keith Taylor" . ISFDB. Retrieved 19 April 2024 .^ "Brain Child by George Turner" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2024 .^ "This is the Stone by Alison Croggon" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Orpheus by A. D. Hope" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Practising Breathing by Jean Kent" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Spirit in Exile by Bruce Bennett" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Sitting In by Barry Hill" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Olga Masters, A Lot of Living by Julie Lewis" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Patrick White: A Life by David Marr" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ "Robert Studley Forrest Hughes" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019 .^ "Victor Bruce Beaver" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019 .^ "David Harold Rowbotham" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019 .^ "Patricia Scott" . honours.pmc.gov.au . Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019 .^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award" . Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023 .^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners" . Austlit. Retrieved 8 September 2023 .^ a b c " . The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 December 1991, p44. ProQuest 2527558348 . Retrieved 28 May 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 .^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF) . Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2024 .^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners" . State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 18 April 2024 .^ "Austlit — The Australian/Vogel National Literary Award 1991" . Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .^ "Malouf's sixth novel wins Miles Franklin award" . The Canberra Times, 26 June 1991, p5. Retrieved 14 September 2023 .^ "Literary winner uncovers a purple patch in the mountains" . Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1991, p3. ProQuest 2527555705 . Retrieved 3 May 2024 .^ "Case of crime paying dividends" . The Age, 12 September 1991, p15. ProQuest 2521549387 . Retrieved 27 April 2024 .^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1989-91" . Austlit. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ "Austlit — Grace Leven poetry prize 1991-93" . Austlit. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ "Mary Gilmore Award" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature . Retrieved 10 February 2024 .^ "Dorothy Green (1915-1991)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023 .^ "Austlit — Joan Colebrook (1910-1991)" . Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023 .^ "Coral Magnolia Lansbury (1929–1991) by Melanie Nolan" . Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 17 April 2024 .^ Brooks, David (2014). " . Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . Retrieved 4 April 2019 . ^ "Ronald Cecil McKie (1909–1991) by Cheryl Taylor" . Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 November 2023 .^ McKenna, Mark, "Clark, Charles Manning (1915–1991)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 September 2023 ^ Roe, Jill, "Elliott, Sumner Locke (1917–1991)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 16 September 2023 ^ "O'Harris, Pixie (1903–1991) by Robert Holden" . Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023 .^ "Barbara Hanrahan (1939-1991)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024 .
