Winifred Birkett (1897–1966) was an Australian novelist and poet who won the 1934 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for her 1935 novel Earth's Quality.

[1] Winifred Birkett was born in North Sydney, New South Wales in 1897,[2] and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.

[3] Her book, Earth's Quality was published by Angus and Robertson in 1935.

[6] Sonnet: "Forget me slowly dear.

Let each day lie," Winifred Birkett, poetry 1930 (The Australia Woman's Mirror page 15).