List of Indigenous Australian writers
Numerous Indigenous Australians are notable for their contributions to Australian literature and journalism.
Literature
- Faith Bandler - activist and novelist
- Larissa Behrendt - activist, lawyer and novelist
- Lisa Bellear - dramatist and poet
- Roger Bennett - playwright
- Mary Carmel Charles - children's fiction
- Jack Davis - poet and playwright
- Wesley Enoch - playwright, director
- Lionel Fogarty - poet and activist
- Richard Frankland - playwright, filmmaker, singer, songwriter
- Kevin Gilbert - activist, writer, artist
- Jane Harrison - playwright
- Ruth Hegarty - writer
- Anita Heiss - novelist, poet and children's author
- Ruby Langford Ginibi - writer, historian, autobiographer
- Ray Mancini - writer, educator
- Sally Morgan - writer
- Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) - poet, author, playwright (note: Johnson's Aboriginality is contested by many)
- Big Bill Neidjie
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) - poet
- Bruce Pascoe
- Doris Pilkington Garimara
- Kim Scott - novelist
- Margaret Tucker - activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the Stolen Generations
- Sam Watson - novelist and filmmaker
- Samuel Wagan Watson - poet
- Herb Wharton - poet and novelist
- Tara June Winch - novelist
- Alexis Wright - Miles Franklin Award winning novelist
Journalism
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