1876 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1876.

Books

• Rolf Boldrewood — A Colonial Reformer^[1]
• Ada Cambridge — My Guardian : A Story of the Fen Country^[2]
• Maud Jean Franc — Two Sides to Every Question^[3]
• James Brunton Stephens — A Hundred Pounds^[4]

Poetry

See main article: 1876 in poetry.

• Robert Dudley Adams — "Trucanini's Dirge"
• Ernest Favenc — "Dead in the Queensland Bush"
• Henry Kendall
  • "Bill the Bullock Driver"
  • "Kingsborough"
• James Brunton Stephens — "Mute Discourse : A Poem"^[5]

Births

• 6 February — Alice Guerin Crist, poet, author and journalist (died 1941)^[6]
• 20 March — Winifred Lewellin James, novelist (died 1941)^[7]
• 13 April — Ambrose Dyson, poet and artist (died 1913)^[8]
• 6 June — Amy Mack, writer, journalist and editor (died 1939)^[9]
• 2 September — Will Lawson, poet and novelist (died 1957)^[10]
• 7 September — C. J. Dennis, poet (died 1938)^[11]
• 4 October — Hugh McCrae, poet (died 1958)^[12]
• 5 October — John Bede Dalley, journalist and novelist (died 1935)^[13]
• 30 December — Archibald Strong, poet (died 1930)^[14]

Deaths

• 24 May — Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830) ^[15]

See also

• 1876 in Australia
• 1876 in literature
• 1876 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit - A Colonial Reformer by Rolf Boldrewood . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
2. Web site: Austlit - My Guardian : A Story of the Fen Country by Ada Cambridge . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
3. Web site: Austlit - Two Sides to Every Question by Maud Jean Franc . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
4. Web site: Austlit - A Hundred Pounds by James brunton Stephens . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
5. Web site: Austlit - "Mute Discourse : A Poem" by James Brunton Stephens . Austlit. 4 August 2023.
6. Web site: Crist, Alice Guerin (1876–1941) by Christopher Lee . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
7. Web site: James, Winifred Llewellyn (1876–1941) by Sally O'Neill . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
8. Web site: Ambrose Arthur Dyson (1876–1913) by Vane Lindesay . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 1 December 2023.
9. Web site: Mack, Amy Eleanor (1876–1939) by Nancy Phelan . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
10. Web site: Lawson, William (Will) (1876–1957) by Elizabeth Webby . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 25 June 2023.
11. Web site: Dennis, Clarence Michael James (1876–1938) by Ian F. McLaren . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
12. Web site: McCrae, Hugh Raymond (1876–1958) by Martha Rutledge and Norman Cowper . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 10 July 2023.
13. Web site: Dalley, John Bede (1876–1935) by Clement Semmler . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
14. Web site: Strong, Sir Archibald Thomas (1876–1930) by V. A. Edgeloe . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
15. Web site: Kingsley, Henry (1830–1876) by A. A. Phillips . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.