1930 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1930.

Books

• Marie Bjelke-Petersen – Monsoon Music^[1]
• Jean Devanny
  • Bushman Burke^[2]
  • Devil Made Saint^[3]
• Miles Franklin – Ten Creeks Run : A Tale of the Horse and Cattle Stations of the Murrumbidgee
• Arthur Gask – The Shadow of Larose^[4]
• Mary Gaunt – Joan of the Pilchard^[5]
• Norman Lindsay – Redheap
• Lennie Lower – Here's Luck
• Vance Palmer
  • Men are Human^[6]
  • The Passage
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth^[7]
• Alice Grant Rosman – The Young and Secret^[8]
• F. J. Thwaites – The Broken Melody
• E. V. Timms – The Cripple in Black
• Arthur W. Upfield – The Beach of Atonement^[9]

Young Adult

• Alice Grant Rosman – Jock the Scot^[10]
• Lilian Turner – There Came a Call^[11]

Poetry

See main article: 1930 in poetry.

• Minnie Agnes Filson – Rhymes & Whimsies^[12]
• Mary Gilmore – The Wild Swan : Poems^[13]
• S. Elliott Napier – Potted Biographies^[14]
• John Shaw Neilson – "The Uneven Player"^[15]
• Kenneth Slessor – "Gardens in the Sky"^[16]

Drama

• Louis Esson – The Quest : A Dramatic Legend in Six Scenes^[17]

Awards and honours

Literary

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1930 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 15 February – Bruce Dawe, poet (died 2020)^[19]
• 11 March – Geoffrey Blainey, historian^[20]
• 13 March – Noela Young, children's writer and book illustrator (died 2018)^[21]
• 21 May – Malcolm Fraser, politician and author (died 2015)^[22]
• 19 June – Anne Deveson, author (born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)(died 2016)^[23]
• 25 November – Brenda Niall, biographer^[24]

Unknown date

• Mena Kasmiri Abdullah, short story writer^[25]
• Gavin Greenlees, poet (died 1983)^[26]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1930 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 13 January – Robert Crawford, poet (born 1868)^[27]
• 28 March – Jean Curlewis, novelist (born 1898)^[28]
• 2 September – Archibald Strong, poet (born 1876)^[29]
• 25 September – Arthur Way, classical scholar, translator and headmaster (born 1847)^[30]

See also

• 1930 in Australia
• 1930 in literature
• 1930 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monsoon Music by Marie Bjelke-Petersen. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
2. Web site: Bushman Burke by Jean Devanny. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
3. Web site: Devil Made Saint by Jean Devanny. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
4. Web site: The Shadow of Larose by Arthur Gask. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
5. Web site: Joan of the Pilchard by Mary Gaunt. Austlit. 4 August 2024.
6. Web site: Men are Human by Vance Palmer. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
7. Web site: Haxby's Circus by Katharine Susannah Prichard. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
8. Web site: The Young and Secret by Alice Grant Rosman. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
9. Web site: The Beach of Atonement by Arthur W. Upfield. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
10. Web site: Jock the Scot by Alice Grant Rosman. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
11. Web site: There Came a Call by Lilian Turner. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
12. Web site: Rhymes & Whimsies by Minnie Agnes Filson. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
13. Web site: The Wild Swan : Poems by Mary Gilmore. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
14. Web site: Potted Biographies by S. Elliott Napier. National Library of Australia. 4 August 2024.
15. Web site: "The Uneven Player" by John Shaw Neilson. Austlit. 4 August 2024.
16. Web site: "Gardens in the Sky" by Kenneth Slessor. Austlit. 4 August 2024.
17. Web site: The Quest : A Dramatic Legend in Six Scenes by Louis Esson. Austlit. 4 August 2024.
18. Web site: "Best Novel of 1930" . The Argus, 16 June 1931, p6. 4 August 2024.
19. Web site: Bruce Dawe (1930-2020). 2023-10-19 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
20. Web site: Geoffrey Blainey . Austlit. 1 August 2024.
21. Web site: Noela Young (1930-2018). 2023-10-19 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
22. Web site: Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015). 2024-02-14 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
23. Web site: Anne Deveson (1930-2016). 2024-02-14 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland.
24. Web site: Brenda Niall . Austlit. 1 August 2024.
25. Web site: Mena Abdullah . Austlit. 24 November 2023.
26. Web site: Gavin Greenlees (1930-1983). Austlit. 25 June 2023.
27. Web site: Robert Crawford (1868-1930). Austlit. 23 July 2023.
28. Web site: Charlton, Ethel Jean Sophia (Jean) (1898–1930) by Brenda Niall . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 3 July 2023.
29. Web site: Strong, Sir Archibald Thomas (1876–1930) by V. A. Edgeloe . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 August 2023.
30. Web site: Arthur Way (1847-1930). Austlit. 24 November 2023.