List of Indigenous Australian writers

Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism. Indigenous Australian literature includes fiction, plays, letters, essays and other works.

Literature

• Faith Bandler <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> activist and novelist
• Larissa Behrendt <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> activist, lawyer and novelist
• Lisa Bellear <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> dramatist and poet
• Charmaine Bennell <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> children's fiction
• Iris Burgoyne <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> autobiographer
• Burnum Burnum <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer and educator, tireless proponent of reconciliation
• Ken Canning <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet and activist
• Mary Carmel Charles <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> children's fiction
• Claire G. Coleman <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer and poet
• Jack Davis <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet and playwright
• Wesley Enoch <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> playwright, director
• Lionel Fogarty <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet and activist
• Richard Frankland <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> playwright, scriptwriter and musician
• Kevin Gilbert <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> activist, writer, artist
• Jane Harrison <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> playwright
• Ruth Hegarty <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer
• Anita Heiss <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist, poet and children's author
• Kate Howarth <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer, memoirist
• Marnie Kennedy <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> autobiographer
• Ruby Langford Ginibi <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer, historian, autobiographer
• Melissa Lucashenko <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist
• Ray Mancini <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer, educator
• Philip McLaren <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> author, academic and artist
• Olga Miller <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> historian, artist and author
• Sally Morgan <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer
• Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet, author, playwright (note: Johnson's Aboriginality is contested by many)
• Big Bill Neidjie <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet
• Bruce Pascoe
• Doris Pilkington Garimara
• Kerry_Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019) <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> activist, writer, artist, editor, educator
• Ronald Roe <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer
• Kim Scott <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist
• Kirli Saunders <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> author and poet
• Jared Thomas <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> writer, and arts curator
• Margaret Tucker <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the Stolen Generations
• David Unaipon (1872–1967) <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> first published Aboriginal author
• James Unaipon (1835–1907) <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> author and preacher
• Ellen van Neerven <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist and poet
• Sam Watson <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist and filmmaker
• Samuel Wagan Watson <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet
• Herb Wharton <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> poet and novelist
• Tara June Winch <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> novelist
• Alexis Wright <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> Miles Franklin Award winning novelist

Music and theatre

• Roger Bennett <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> playwright
• Wayne Blair <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> television writer, actor and director
• Jimmy Chi <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> composer, musician and playwright
• Richard Frankland <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> playwright, filmmaker, singer, songwriter
• David Page <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> composer, musician and playwright
• Stephen Page <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> film director, choreographer

Journalism

• Dan Bourchier
• Miriam Corowa
• Jeremy Geia
• Freda Glynn
• Karla Grant <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> NITV anchor of Living Black
• Stan Grant
• John Newfong
• Rhianna Patrick
• Jack Patten

Non-fiction

• Frances Bodkin
• Veronica Gorrie

Essays and academia

• Chelsea Watego <span data-noir-inline-color="" data-noir-inline-caret-color="">–</span> academic and writer

External links

• OzLit list of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers