Awards
- 1942: The pancake manor
- 1958: Meanjin Poetry Prize
- 1959: Meanjin Poetry Prize
- 1975: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
- 1977: Robert Frost Medallion (now known as Christopher Brennan Award)
- 1978: Patrick White Award
- 1980: The Age Book of the Year Award Book of the Year and Non-fiction Award for Blessed City
- 1988: University of Tasmania Honorary D.Litt
- 1989: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
- 1989: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Bone Scan
- 1990: J.J. Bray Award
- 1994: University of Queensland Honorary doctorate
- 1994: Latrobe University Honorary doctorate
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