This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1969.

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 1 April – Larissa Behrendt, novelist and academic^[11]
• 23 October – Trudi Canavan, novelist^[12]

Unknown date

• Tegan Bennett Daylight, novelist^[13]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1969 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 2 February — William Hatfield, novelist (born 1892)^[14]
• 8 July – Charmian Clift, novelist (born 1923)^[15]
• 12 July — Henry George Lamond, novelist (born 1885)^[16]
• 4 September – Emily Bulcock, poet and journalist (born 1877)^[17]
• 2 October – Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (born 1883)^[18]
• 11 October – Marie Bjelke Petersen, novelist (born 1874)^[19]
• 21 November – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (born 1879)^[20]
• 27 November – May Gibbs, writer for children (born 1877)^[21]

Unknown date

• Kathleen Dalziel, poet (born 1881)^[22]

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