This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1853.

• The Illustrated Sydney News newspaper published its first edition on 8 October 1853.^[1] It ceased publication in February 1894.

• John Lang
  • The Forger's Wife, or, Emily Orford^[2]
  • The Wetherbys, Father and Son, or, Sundry Chapters of Indian Experience^[3]

• John Lang – "The Ghost upon the Rail"^[4]

• Charles Harpur – The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems

• 28 September – Bertha McNamara (in Poland), writer and political activist (died 1931)^[5]

• 1853 in poetry
• 1853 in literature
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature