1921 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1921.

Books

• William Baylebridge — An Anzac Muster^[1]
• Jean Curlewis — The Ship That Never Set Sail^[2]
• Dulcie Deamer — Revelation^[3]
• Arthur Gask — The Secret of the Sandhills^[4]
• Fergus Hume — The Unexpected^[5]
• Jack McLaren — The Oil Seekers: The Tale of New Guinea Beach^[6]
• Ernest O'Ferrall — Bodger and the Boarders^[7]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard — Black Opal^[8]

Poetry

See main article: 1921 in poetry.

• Zora Cross — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy"^[9]
• C. J. Dennis — A Book for Kids^[10]
• Mary E. Fullerton
  • "The Selector's Wife"^[11]
  • "War Time"^[12]
• Lesbia Harford
  • "Day's End"^[13]
  • "The Folk I Love"^[14]
  • "The Invisible People"^[15]
• Sumner Locke — In Memoriam: Sumner Locke^[16]
• Dorothea Mackellar — "Vestal"^[17]
• Furnley Maurice — "Plunder"^[18]
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "For a Little Girl's Birthday"^[19]
  • "The Orange Tree"^[20]
  • "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year"^[21]
• John O'Brien
  • Around the Boree Log and Other Verses
  • "Said Hanrahan"
  • "Tangmalangaloo"^[22]
  • "The Trimmin's on the Rosary"^[23]
• Vance Palmer — "The Snake"^[24]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Mary Grant Bruce — Back to Billabong^[25]
• May Gibbs — Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie^[26]
• Ethel Turner — King Anne^[27]

Drama

• Vance Palmer — A Happy Family^[28]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 25 January — Russell Braddon, novelist (died 1995)
• 3 February — John Millett, poet (died 2019)^[29]
• 13 February — Marshall Grover, novelist (died 1993)^[30]
• 13 April — Max Harris, poet and editor (died 1995)
• 23 May — Ray Lawler, playwright (died 2024)^[31]
• 8 June — Ivan Southall, writer for children (died 2008)^[32]
• 19 June — Patricia Wrightson, writer for children (died 2010)^[33]
• 27 June — Lex Banning, poet born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak clearly or to write with a pen (died 1965)^[34]
• 14 August — Ralph Elliott, critic and academic (born in Germany) (died 2012)^[35]
• 17 September — Hugh Atkinson (novelist), novelist, journalist, screenwriter and documentary film maker (died 1994)^[36]
• 19 September – Michael Noonan, novelist and radio scriptwriter (born in New Zealand) (died 2000)^[37]
• 10 October – James Clavell, novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war (died 1994)^[38]
• 30 November – Anne Godfrey-Smith, poet and theatre producer/director (died 2011)^[39]
• 21 December – T. Harri Jones, Welsh poet who emigrated to Australia (died 1965)^[40]
• 25 December — Nan McDonald, poet and editor (died 1974)^[41]
• 26 December — Donald Horne, author (died 2010)^[42]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1921 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 22 March — E. W. Hornung, novelist (died in France) (born 1866 in England)^[43]
• 28 March — C. Haddon Chambers, playwright (born 1860)^[44]
• 18 June — G. Herbert Gibson, poet (born 1846 in England)^[45]
• 13 September — James Hebblethwaite, poet (born 1857)^[46]

See also

• 1921 in Australia
• 1921 in literature
• 1921 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Anzac Muster by William Baylebridge. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
2. Web site: The Ship That Never Set Sail by Jean Curlewis. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
3. Web site: Revelation by Dulcie Deamer. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
4. Web site: The Secret of the Sandhills by Arthur Gask. Austlit. 20 June 2024.
5. Web site: The Unexpected by Fergus Hume. Austlit. 20 June 2024.
6. Web site: The Oil Seekers by Jack McLaren. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
7. Web site: Bodger and the Boarders by Ernest O'Ferrall. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
8. Web site: Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
9. Web site: Austlit — "Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy" by Zora Cross. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
10. Web site: A Book for Kids by C. J. Dennis. National Library of Australia. 17 June 2024.
11. Web site: Austlit — "The Selector's Wife" by Mary E. Fullerton. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
12. Web site: Austlit — "War Time" by Mary E. Fullerton. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
13. Web site: Austlit — "Day's End" by Lesbia Harford. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
14. Web site: Austlit — "The Folk I Love" by Lesbia Harford. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
15. Web site: Austlit — "The Invisible People" by Lesbia Harford. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
16. Web site: In Memoriam: Sumner Locke by Sumner Locke. National Library of Australia. 17 June 2024.
17. Web site: Austlit — "Vestal" by Dorothea Mackellar. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
18. Web site: Austlit — "Plunder" by Furnley Maurice. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
19. Web site: Austlit — "For a Little Girl's Birthday" by John Shaw Neilson. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
20. Web site: Austlit — "The Orange Tree" by John Shaw Neilson. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
21. Web site: Austlit — "To a School-Girl in Her Fourteenth Year" by John Shaw Neilson. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
22. Web site: Austlit — "Tangmalangaloo" by John O'Brien. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
23. Web site: Austlit — "The Trimmin's on the Rosary" by John O'Brien. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
24. Web site: Austlit — "The Snake" by Vance Palmer. Austlit. 17 June 2024.
25. Web site: Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
26. Web site: Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie by May Gibbs. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
27. Web site: King Anne by Ethel Turner. National Library of Australia. 20 June 2024.
28. Web site: A Happy Family by Vance Palmer. Austlit. 20 June 2024.
29. Web site: World War Two Service: Millett, John Antill . 2023-09-26 . DVA's Nominal Rolls.
30. Web site: Marshall Grover (1921-1993). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
31. Web site: "IBDB – Ray Lawler" . Internet Broadway Database. 13 July 2024.
32. Web site: Ivan Southall (1921-2008). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
33. Web site: Patricia Wrightson (1921-2010). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
34. Book: Banning, Arthur Alexander (Lex) (1921–1965) by Gavin Souter . Arthur Alexander (Lex) Banning (1921–1965). Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/banning-arthur-alexander-lex-9420. 12 July 2023.
35. Web site: Ralph Elliott (1921-2012). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
36. Web site: Hugh Atkinson (1921-1994). 2023-09-26 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
37. Web site: Michael Noonan (1921-2000). 2023-09-26 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
38. Web site: James Clavell (1921-1994). 2024-02-13 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
39. Web site: Anne Godfrey-Smith (1921-2011). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
40. Book: Jones, Thomas Henry (1921–1965) by Julian Croft . Thomas Henry Jones (1921–1965). Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jones-thomas-henry-10643. 12 July 2023.
41. Web site: Nan McDonald (1921-1974). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
42. Web site: Donald Horne (1921-2010). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
43. Web site: E. W. Hornung (1866-1921). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
44. Book: Chambers, Charles Haddon (1860–1921) by B. G. Andrews . Charles Haddon Chambers (1860–1921) . Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chambers-charles-haddon-5547. 8 August 2023.
45. Web site: G. Herbert Gibson (1846-1921). 2023-09-23 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
46. Book: Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921) by Hilary Webster . Hebblethwaite, James (1857–1921). Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hebblethwaite-james-6627. 29 July 2023.