1901 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1901.

For an overview of world literature see 1901 in literature.

See also: 1900 in Australian literature, 1901 in Australia, 1902 in Australian literature.

Books

• Louis Becke
  • By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories
  • Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories
• Rolf Boldrewood — In Bad Company and Other Stories
• Guy Boothby
  • Farewell, Nikola
  • A Millionaire's Love Story
  • My Strangest Case
  • The Mystery of the Clasped Hands
• Ada Cambridge — The Devastators
• Henry Lawson
  • The Country I Come From
  • Joe Wilson and His Mates
• Miles Franklin — My Brilliant Career
• Ethel Turner — Wonder Child

Poetry

• George Essex Evans — "The Women of the West"
• Adam Lindsay Gordon — Racing Rhymes & Other Verses
• Henry Lawson
  • "The Men Who Made Australia"
  • " The Never-Never Country"
• Louisa Lawson — "Lines Written During a Night Spent in a Bush Inn"
• Louise Mack — Dreams in Flower
• A.B. Paterson
  • "The Protest"
  • "The Wargeilah Handicap"
• Roderic Quinn — The Circling Hearths
• Alfred George Stephens ed. — The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from the Bulletin 1880-1901
• J. Brunton Stephens — "An Australian Anthem"

Short stories

• Rolf Boldrewood — "Fallen Among Thieves"
• Nat Gould — "Chased by Fire"
• Henry Lawson
  • "At Dead Dingo"
  • "The Loaded Dog"
• Louise Mack — "The Bond"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1901 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 12 January — Eve Pownall, writer for children (died 1982)
• 17 March — Kenneth Slessor, poet and journalist (died 1971)
• 15 May — Xavier Herbert, novelist (died 1984)
• 26 August — Eleanor Dark, novelist (died 1985)
• 28 September — T. Inglis Moore, writer and editor (died 1979)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1901 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 30 November — Edward John Eyre, explorer and writer (born 1815)

Unknown date

• October — Robert Richardson, poet and writer for children (born 1850)

See also

• 1901 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References