| 1946 |
The Harp in the South judged Best Novel in the
inaugural Sydney Morning Herald competition |
| 1954 |
Serpent's Delight selected as Catholic Book
Club Choice |
| 1961 |
British award for television play with D'Arcy Niland
'No Decision' in the inaugural Commonwealth Television Play Competition
run by the Lew Grade Organisation |
| 1962 |
The Hole in the Hill highly commended in the
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards
|
| 1975 |
Callie's Castle highly commended in the CBCA
Book of the Year Awards |
| 1977 |
Swords and Crowns and Rings won the Miles
Franklin Award |
| 1977 |
Swords and Crowns and Rings highly commended by
the National Book Council |
| 1979 |
Come Danger, Come Darkness highly commended in
the CBCA Book of the Year Awards |
| 1981 |
Playing Beatie Bow won the CBCA Book of the
Year Award |
| 1981 |
When the Wind Changed won the Children's Book
Award in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards |
| 1982 |
Playing Beatie Bow won the Parents' Choice
Award for Literature, awarded by the Parents' Choice Foundation |
| 1982 |
Playing Beatie Bow won the Boston Globe-Horn
(USA) Book Award for fiction |
| 1982 |
Playing Beatie Bow won the International Board
on Books for Young People (Australia) Honour Diploma |
| 1982 |
Playing Beatie Bow was the runner up for the
Guardian Prize (UK) |
| 1986 |
When the Wind Changed, illustrated by Deborah
Niland, Young Australians' Best Book Award for a picture book |
| 1987 |
Ruth Park made a Member of the Order of Australia |
| 1992 |
A Fence around the Cuckoo won the Age Book of
the Year Award for non-fiction |
| 1992 |
A Fence around the Cuckoo won the Colin
Roderick Award, presented with the H.T. Priestley Medal (Townsville
Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Award) |
| 1993 |
A Fence around the Cuckoo won the Tilly Aston
Award for Braille Book of the Year |
| 1993 |
A Fence around the Cuckoo won the Talking Book
of the Year Award (Royal Blind Society) |
| 1993 |
Fishing in the Styx won the Talking Book of the
Year Award (Royal Blind Society) |
| 1993 |
Awarded the Lloyd O'Neil Magpie Award for services to
the Australian book industry |
| 1994 |
Playing Beatie Bow won the COOL (Canberra's Own
Outstanding List) Award |
| 1994 |
Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of
New South Wales |
| 1994 |
Home Before Dark won the Fellowship of
Australian Writers Christina Stead Award |