Florence Austral (26 April 1892 – 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic dramatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian female roles, although she never gained the opportunity to appear at the Bayreuth Festival or New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Austral, Germaine Lubin, and Frida Leider were "considered to be the great Wagnerian dramatic sopranos of their era, together with Flagstad, who did not rise to international fame until the 1930s.

In 1914, she won first prizes in both the soprano and mezzo-soprano categories at a singing contest in Ballarat, obtaining a scholarship which enabled her to continue her studies with Elise Wiedermann.

In 1923, Austral appeared with Dame Nellie Melba, who called her "one of the wonder voices of the world", praising the purity of her tone and the gleaming power of her high notes.

Unfortunately for her career, due to prevailing circumstances and the reputed antipathy of conductor Bruno Walter, she ended up singing more with the British National Opera Company than at Covent Garden in the 1920s.

She can also be heard in notable duets opposite Feodor Chaliapin, Miguel Fleta, Tudor Davies and Walter Widdop, which employ both the acoustic and electrical recording processes.

Neville Cardus, writing in the Manchester Guardian in 1928, said: "The Waters of the Rhine seem to mount high, and over all rides the triumphant voice of Florence Austral as Brunnhilde.

Her opera career gradually suffered as a result of the advance of this debilitating disease, but she was still able to devote herself to concert and recital work, developing a large lieder repertoire, although she also sang operatic pieces.

She appeared with, and overshadowed, Thea Phillips[7] and she toured with tenor Walter Widdop in 1934–35, singing the Australian premiere of Les pêcheurs de perles.