1868 in Australian literature

• Marcus Clarke – Long Odds
• Maud Jeanne Franc – John's Wife

• Marcus Clarke – "Cannabis Indica : A Psychological Experiment"
• Mary Fortune – "The Tressless Bride"

• Bertha Martin Boyd – "Daniel in the Lion's Den"
• Mary Fortune
  • "The Breeze from the South"
  • "Farewell to Tamanick"
• Henry Kendall
  • "A Death in the Bush"
  • "Charles Harpur"
  • "Moss on a Wall"
  • "Syrinx"
• Henry Parkes – "Brougham"

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1868 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 24 February – Jennings Carmichael, poet and writer (died 1904)
• 14 May – Mary Eliza Fullerton, writer (died 1946)
• 27 June – Randolph Bedford, poet, novelist and short story writer (died 1941)
• 29 October – Robert Crawford, poet (died 1930)
• 14 November – Steele Rudd, short story writer (died 1935)

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1868 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 10 June – Charles Harpur, poet (born 1813)

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