1901 in Australian literature explained

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

Books

• Guy Boothby — Farewell, Nikola
• Ada Cambridge – The Devastators
• Miles Franklin – My Brilliant Career
• E. W. Hornung – The Shadow of the Rope^[1]
• Ambrose Pratt – Franks, Duellist^[2]
• Ethel Turner – Wonder Child^[3]

Short stories

• Louis Becke
  • By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories^[4]
  • Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories^[5]
• Rolf Boldrewood
  • In Bad Company and Other Stories
  • "Fallen Among Thieves"^[6]
• Nat Gould – "Chased by Fire"^[7]
  • • Henry Lawson "At Dead Dingo"^[8]
  • The Country I Come From^[9]
  • Joe Wilson and His Mates
  • "The Loaded Dog"
• Louise Mack – "The Bond"^[10]

Poetry

See main article: 1901 in poetry.

• George Essex Evans – "The Women of the West"
  • • 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^[11]
• Alfred George Stephens ed. –

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)^[12]
• 27 March – Kenneth Slessor, poet and journalist (died 1971)^[13]
• 15 May – Xavier Herbert, novelist (died 1984)^[14]
• 20 May — Jean Campbell, novelist (died 1984)^[15]
• 3 June — Alice Duncan-Kemp, writer and Indigenous rights activist (died 1988)^[16]
• 14 June — Pinchas Goldhar, writer and translator (died 1947)^[17]
• 14 July — Louis Kaye (pseudonym for Noel Wilson Norman), an Australian novelist and short story writer (died 1981)^[18]
• 27 July — Henrietta Drake-Brockman, journalist and novelist (died 1968)^[19]
• 2 August — Maysie Coucher Greig, writer of romantic novels and thrillers (died 1971)^[20]
• 26 August – Eleanor Dark, novelist (died 1985)^[21]
• 19 September — Lu Rees, bookseller, book collector and children's literature advocate (died 1983)^[22]
• 28 September – T. Inglis Moore, writer and editor (died 1978)^[23]
• 28 October — Catherine Shepherd, playwright (died 1976)^[24]
• 20 November – P. R. Stephensen, writer, publisher and political activist (died 1965)^[25]

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.

• 24 September — Frank Atha Westbury, novelist and poet (born 1838, England)^[26]
• 4 October — Robert Richardson, poet and writer for children (born 1850)^[27]
• 30 November — Edward John Eyre, explorer and writer (born 1815)^[28]

See also

• 1901 in Australia
• 1901 in literature
• 1901 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature
• List of Australian literary awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit - The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. Hornung . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
2. Web site: Austlit - Franks, Duellist by Ambrose Pratt . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
3. Web site: Austlit - Wonder Child by Ethel Turner . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
4. Web site: Austlit - By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Louis Becke . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
5. Web site: Austlit - Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories by Louis Becke . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
6. Web site: Austlit - "Fallen Among Thieves" by Rolf Boldrewood . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
7. Web site: Austlit - "Chased by Fire" by Nat Gould . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
8. Web site: Austlit - "At Dead Dingo" by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
9. Web site: Austlit - The Country I Come From by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
10. Web site: Austlit - "The Bond" by Louise Mack . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
11. Web site: Austlit - The Circling Hearths by Roderic Quinn . Austlit. 15 July 2023.
12. Web site: Eve Pownall . 2023-06-22 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
13. Web site: Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901–1971) by Dennis Haskell . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 June 2023.
14. Web site: Herbert, Albert Francis Xavier (1901–1984) by Russell McDougall . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 June 2023.
15. Web site: Campbell, Jean May (1901–1984) by John Arnold . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
16. Web site: Duncan-Kemp, Alice Monkton (1901–1988) by Pamela Lukin Watson . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
17. Web site: Goldhar, Pinchas (1901–1947) by Judah Waten . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
18. Web site: Noel Wilson ('Louis Kaye') Norman (1901–1981) by Peter Pierce . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 10 November 2023.
19. Web site: Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances (1901–1968) by Peter Cowan . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
20. Web site: Greig, Maysie Coucher (1901–1971) by Martha Rutledge . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
21. Web site: Dark, Eleanor (1901–1985) by Marivic Wyndham . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 June 2023.
22. Web site: Rees, Lucy Frances (Lu) (1901–1983) by Patricia Clarke. Australian Dictionary of Biography. 25 June 2023.
23. Web site: T. Inglis Moore . Austlit. 23 June 2023.
24. Web site: Shepherd, Catherine (1901–1976) by Gillian Winter . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 September 2023.
25. Web site: Austlit - P. R. Stephensen . Austlit. 12 July 2023.
26. Web site: Frank Atha Westbury . Austlit. 11 November 2023.
27. Web site: Robert Richardson . Austlit. 23 June 2023.
28. Web site: Eyre, Edward John (1815–1901) by Geoffrey Dutton . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 23 June 2023.