This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2000.
Events
Drylands by Thea Astley and Benang by Kim Scott were joint winners of the Miles Franklin Award
Major publications
Novels
Peter Carey — True History of the Kelly Gang
Rodney Hall — The Day We Had Hitler Home
Alex Miller — Conditions of Faith
Frank Moorhouse — Dark Palace
Morris West — The Last Confession
Short story anthologies
Carmel Bird (editor) — The Penguin Century of Australian Stories
Poetry
Dorothy Hewett and John Kinsela — Wheatlands
Children's and young adult fiction
Jaclyn Moriarty — Feeling Sorry for Celia
Sonya Hartnett — Thursday's Child
James Moloney — Touch Me
John Marsden — Winter
Shaun Tan — The Lost Thing
Plays
Hannie Rayson — Life After George
David Williamson
Face to Face
The Great Man
Non-fiction
Brian Matthews — A Fine and Private Place
Wendy McCarthy — Don't Fence Me In
Margaret Scott — Changing Countries: On moving from one island to another
Awards and honours
Ray Parkin, , "for service to Australian war literature through autobiographical works, and to historical research as author of HM Bark Endeavour
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 2000 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. 5 March – Michael Noonan, novelist and radio scriptwriter (born 1921 in New Zealand) 11 March – Gerald Glaskin, writer (born 1923) 17 March – Jack Davis, playwright, poet and Indigenous rights campaigner (born 1917) 6 May – Elizabeth O'Conner, novelist (born 1913) 25 May – Elizabeth Durack, artist and writer (born 1915) 22 June – John Joseph Jones, poet, folk singer, musician, playwright and theatre director (born 1930) 25 June – Judith Wright, poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights (born 1915) 3 July – Nancy Cato, historical novelist, biographer and poet (born 1917) 13 July – A. D. Hope, poet and essayist (born 1907) 10 August – Clement Semmler, author, literary critic, broadcaster and radio and television executive (born 1914) 17 August – Leslie Rees, children's writer and dramatist (born 1905) 1 November – Ian Moffitt, journalist and novelist (born 1926)