List of Australian poets
The poets listed below were either citizens or residents of Australia or published the bulk of their poetry whilst living there.
A
- J. H. M. Abbott
- Arthur Henry Adams journalist, poet and playwright originally from New Zealand
- Robert Adamson poet and publisher
- Adam Aitken
- Jordie Albiston
- Kaye Aldenhoven
- Elizabeth Allen
- James Alexander Allan
- Leslie Holdsworth Allen
- Richard James Allen
- Ivy Alvarez
- Richard Appleton
- Ethel Anderson
- Robyn Archer
- Timoshenko Aslanides
- Tilly Aston
- Cassandra Atherton
- Rupert Atkinson
- Dorothy Auchterlonie
B
- Peter Bakowski
- Lex Banning
- Stuart Barnes
- Arthur Bayldon
- William Baylebridge
- Eric Beach
- Bruce Beaver
- Ruth Bedford dramatist and children's poetry
- Jack Bedson poet and children's writer
- Lisa Bellear
- Judith Beveridge
- Dora Birtles
- Leigh Blackmore
- Peter Bladen
- John Blight
- Barcroft Boake
- Merlinda Bobis
- Ken Bolton
- Henry Ernest Boote trade union activist and journalist
- Jenny Boult
- John Philip Bourke
- Peter Boyle
- Francis Brabazon
- James Bradley
- E. J. Brady
- Bertha Southey Brammall
- John Jefferson Bray
- Christopher Brennan
- Michael Brennan
- John Le Gay Brereton
- Lily Brett
- David Brooks
- Pam Brown
- Mary Grant Bruce
- Vincent Buckley
- Charles Buckmaster
- Andrew Burke
- Joanne Burns
C
- Caroline Caddy
- Adrian Caesar
- Ada Cambridge
- David Campbell
- Elizabeth Campbell
- Raffaello Carboni
- A.J. Carruthers
- Lee Cataldi
- Nancy Cato
- James Charlton
- Eileen Chong
- Hubert Newman Wigmore Church
- Ross Clark
- Marcus Clarke better known as novelist
- Justin Clemens
- Robbie Coburn
- Hal Colebatch
- Aidan Coleman
- Laurence Collinson
- Anna Couani
- Robert Crawford
- Louise Crisp
- Julian Croft
- Alison Croggon
- M. T. C. Cronin
- Zora Cross
- Margaret Curran
- James Cuthbertson
- Lidija Cvetkovic
D
- Victor Daley
- Beatrice Davis
- Jack Davis
- Norma L. Davis
- Bruce Dawe
- Sarah Day
- Dulcie Deamer
- Joel Deane
- C. J. Dennis The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
- Enid Derham
- James Devaney
- B. R. Dionysius
- Rosemary Dobson
- Joe Dolce
- Lucy Dougan
- Michael Dransfield
- Michael Dugan also children's writer and poetry editor of Overland
- Laurie Duggan
- Jas H Duke
- Tug Dumbly performance poet
- Max Dunn
- Geoffrey Dutton
- Edward Dyson
E
- Alice Eather
- Stephen Edgar
- Anne Elder
- George Essex Evans
- John K. Ewers
F
- Diane Fahey
- John Farrell
- Michael Farrell
- R. D. Fitzgerald
- Roderick Flanagan
- Lionel Fogarty
- Mary Hannay Foott
- John Forbes
- Mabel Forrest
- William Forster
- John Foulcher
- Len Fox
- Benjamin Frater
- Brentley Frazer
- Mary Eliza Fullerton
G
- William Gay
- Leon Gellert
- G. H. Gibson
- Kevin Gilbert
- Mary Gilmore
- Peter Goldsworthy
- W. T. Goodge
- Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Alan Gould
- Paul Grano
- Richard Harry Graves
- Robert Gray
- Charmaine Papertalk Green
- H. M. Green
- Gavin Greenlees
- Jeff Guess
H
- Rodney Hall
- Philip Hammial
- Susan Hampton
- Lesbia Harford
- Charles Harpur
- Edward Harrington Bush ballads
- Max Harris
- Robert Harris
- Jennifer Harrison
- Martin Harrison
- Les Harrop
- J. S. Harry
- Kevin Hart
- Patrick Joseph Hartigan
- William Hart-Smith
- Gwen Harwood
- Nicholas Hasluck
- James Hebblethwaite
- Anita Heiss
- Jill Hellyer founding member of the Australian Society of Authors
- Kris Hemensley
- Thomas William Heney
- Steven Herrick
- Paul Hetherington
- Dorothy Hewett
- Charles Higham
- Fiona Hile
- Barry Hill
- Richard Hillman
- Philip Hodgins
- Sarah Holland-Batt
- Harry Hooton
- A. D. Hope
- Robert Guy Howarth
- George Howe
- Ada Verdun Howell
- Frieda Hughes
- Coral Hull
- Barry Humphries
- Douglas Smith Huyghue
I
- Rex Ingamells
- Eric Irvin
J
- Clive James
- Alan Jefferies
- Peter Jeffery
- Graham Jenkin
- John Jenkins
- Kate Jennings
- Sydney Jephcott
- Martin Johnston
- Evan Jones
- Jill Jones
- John Joseph Jones
- Danilo Jovanovitch
- Rae Desmond Jones
K
- Jayne Fenton Keane
- Nancy Keesing
- Antigone Kefala
- Christopher Kelen
- S. K. Kelen
- Anne Kellas
- Henry Kendall
- Francis Kenna
- Cate Kennedy
- Jean Kent
- John Kinsella
- Peter Kocan
- komninos
- Rudi Krausmann
L
- Mike Ladd
- David Lake
- Eve Langley
- Anthony Lawrence
- Henry Lawson
- Louisa Lawson
- Bronwyn Lea
- Lesley Lebkowicz
- Geoffrey Lehmann
- John Leonard
- Emma Lew
- Cassie Lewis
- Kate Lilley
- Jack Lindsay
- Jessie Litchfield
- Tatjana Lukić
- Arthur Alfred Lynch
M
- Frederick T. Macartney
- Chris Mansell
- James McAuley
- Ian McBryde
- George Gordon McCrae
- David McCooey
- Hugh McCrae
- Ronald McCuaig
- Nan McDonald
- Roger McDonald
- Ella McFadyen
- Greg McLaren
- Dorothea Mackellar
- Louise Mack
- Seaforth Mackenzie
- Rhyll McMaster
- Jennifer Maiden
- Ern Malley
- David Malouf
- John Manifold
- Leonard Mann
- Emily Manning
- Frederic Manning
- Chris Mansell
- Billy Marshall Stoneking
- David Martin
- Philip Martin
- John Mateer
- Ray Mathew
- Furnley Maurice
- Louisa Anne Meredith
- James Lionel Michael
- John Millett
- Sudesh Mishra
- Paul Mitchell
- T. Inglis Moore
- Mal Morgan
- Frank Morton
- Ian Mudie
- Mudrooroo
- Edwin Greenslade Murphy
- Les Murray
- David Musgrave
N
- Sydney Elliott Napier poet and writer
- John Shaw Neilson
- Philip Neilsen poet and children's author
- Hume Nisbet Scottish-Australian author and artist
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Australian poet and human rights activist
O
- Mark O'Connor poet and environmental activist
- Bernard O'Dowd
- Ernest O'Ferrall "Kodak"
- Will H. Ogilvie Scots-Australian bush poet
- John Bernard O'Hara poet and schoolteacher
- Pixie O'Harris poet, artist, children's book illustrator and author
- Dowell O'Reilly poet, short-story writer and politician
- Ouyang Yu Chinese Australian poet and novelist
- Jan Owen award-winning poet, creative writing teacher and editor
P
- Geoff Page
- Nettie Palmer
- Vance Palmer
- Aristides Paradissis
- Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson Archetypal bush poet, "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
- Grace Perry
- Pi O anarchist experimental poet, long poem 24 Hrs about Fitzroy, Melbourne
- Marie E. J. Pitt
- Marjorie Pizer
- Marcella Polain
- Dorothy Porter best known for verse novel The Monkey's Mask
- Hal Porter
- Peter Porter
- Craig Powell
- Ron Pretty
Q
- Roderic Quinn
R
- Jennifer Rankin
- Kerry Reed-Gilbert
- Robert Richardson
- Elizabeth Riddell
- Roland Robinson
- Judith Rodriguez
- Peter Rose
- David Rowbotham
- Noel Rowe
- Graham Rowlands
- Brendan Ryan
- Gig Ryan
- Tracy Ryan
S
- Philip Salom
- Clive Sansom
- Andrew Sant
- Jen Saunders
- Dipti Saravanamuttu
- Jaya Savige
- Bel Schenk
- John A. Scott
- Margaret Scott
- Thomas W. Shapcott
- Michael Sharkey
- R. A. Simpson
- Tim Sinclair
- Peter Skrzynecki
- Kenneth Slessor
- Vivian Smith
- Edward Sorenson
- Thomas E. Spencer
- Nicolette Stasko
- Peter Steele
- Brunton Stephens
- Amanda Stewart
- Douglas Stewart
- Harold Stewart
- Randolph Stow
- Jennifer Strauss
- Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes
- Patricia Sykes
T
- Maria Takolander
- Andrew Taylor
- Colin Thiele
- Tim Thorne
- Michael Thwaites
- Richard Tipping
- Charles Tompson
- John Tranter
- Mark Tredinnick
- Dimitris Tsaloumas
- Tug Dumbly
V
- Valentine Vallis
- Vicki Viidikas
- Lin Van Hek
- Brian Vrepont
W
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Rob Walker
- Ania Walwicz
- Maureen Watson
- Samuel Wagan Watson
- Alan Wearne
- Francis Webb
- William Wentworth
- Herb Wharton
- Les Wicks
- Dora Wilcox
- Donna Williams
- Frank S. Williamson
- Edwin Wilson
- Liz Winfield
- David McKee Wright
- Judith Wright
Y
- Morgan Yasbincek
- Ellen Young
Z
- Komninos Zervos
- Fay Zwicky