William Hart-Smith (23 November 1911 – 15 April 1990)[1] was a New Zealand/Australian poet who was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

In 1936 he emigrated to Australia, working in commercial radio, and then the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

He then did army service, returned to ABC, and resigned spending a year in the Northern Territory, becoming a freelance writer.

Hart-Smith was connected with the Jindyworobak Movement and had some of his work, such as Columbus Goes West (1943), published by them.

He spent several years in Perth from the late 1960s, associating with younger poets including Andrew Lansdown, Hal Colebatch and Lee Knowles.