Miles Franklin Award Winners

This list of Miles Franklin Award winners is provided purely for reference. If any of the titles are reviewed on booklit then the appropriate link to the review will be added.

• 1957: Voss, Patrick White
• 1958: To the Islands, Randolph Stow
• 1959: The Big Fellow, Vance Palmer
• 1960: The Irishman, Elizabeth O’Conner
• 1961: Riders In The Chariot, Patrick White
• 1962: The Well Dressed Explorer, Thea Astley
• 1962: The Cupboard Under The Stairs, George Turner
• 1963: Careful, He Might Hear You, Sumner Locke Elliott
• 1964: My Brother Jack, George Johnston
• 1965: The Slow Natives, Thea Astley
• 1966: Trap, Peter Mathers
• 1967: Bring Larks And Heroes, Thomas Keneally
• 1968: Three Cheers For The Paraclete, Thomas Keneally
• 1969: Clean Straw For Nothing, George Johnston
• 1970: A Horse Of Air, Dal Stivens
• 1971: The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, David Ireland
• 1972: The Acolyte, Thea Astley
• 1973: No award.
• 1974: The Mango Tree, Ronald McKie
• 1975: Poor Fellow My Country, Xavier Herbert
• 1976: The Glass Canoe, David Ireland
• 1977: Swords And Crowns And Rings, Ruth Park
• 1978: Tirra Lirra By The River, Jessica Anderson
• 1979: A Woman Of The Future, David Ireland
• 1980: The Impersonators, Jessica Anderson
• 1981: Bliss, Peter Carey
• 1982: Just Relations, Rodney Hall
• 1983: No award.
• 1984: Shallows, Tim Winton
• 1985: The Doubleman, Christopher Koch
• 1986: The Well, Elizabeth Jolley
• 1987: Dancing On Coral, Glenda Adams
• 1988: Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement.
• 1989: Oscar And Lucinda, Peter Carey
• 1990: Oceana Fine, Tom Flood
• 1991: The Great World, David Malouf
• 1992: Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
• 1993: The Ancestor Game, Alex Miller
• 1994: The Grisly Wife, Rodney Hall
• 1995: The Hand That Signed The Paper, Helen Demidenko
• 1996: Highways To A War, Christopher Koch
• 1997: The Glade Within The Grove, David Foster
• 1998: Jack Maggs, Peter Carey
• 1999: Eucalyptus, Murray Bail
• 2000: Drylands, Thea Astley
• 2000: Benang, Kim Scott
• 2001: Dark Palace, Frank Moorhouse
• 2002: Dirt Music, Tim Winton
• 2003: Journey To The Stone Country, Alex Miller
• 2004: The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard
• 2005: The White Earth, Andrew McGahan
• 2006: The Ballad Of Desmond Kale, Roger McDonald
• 2007: Carpentaria, Alexis Wright
• 2008: The Time We Have Taken, Steven Carroll
• 2009: Breath, Tim Winton
• 2010: Truth, Peter Temple
• 2011: That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott