CJD150 is a "Not For Profit" organisation created to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of C J Dennis in 2026.

Our mission is to re-introduce C J Dennis to the Australian public and to create an enduring legacy of his life and work.

We will raise the unprompted awareness that Dennis is Australia’s most published poet, who made a significant contribution to Australian literary history and our egalitarian culture.

His work helped shape the Australian remembrance of WW1 amongst the returned diggers and the general public. His poetry was also successful in lifting the spirits of Australians during the Great Depression.

We will remind Australia that his poems were at once a study in human nature, an exercise in humour using Australian slang and a work of literary merit. They portrayed the highest human virtues and values, embodied in egalitarian Australian working class men and women.

If you would like to get in touch regarding the CJD150 project , please email us at cjd150@cjdennis.com.au