1873 in Australian literature
{{Short description|Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1873}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1873.
Books
- James Bonwick
- Mike Howe, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land{{cite web|title= Austlit - Mike Howe, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land by James Bonwick |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C378275|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- The Tasmanian Lily{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Tasmanian Lily by James Bonwick |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C378274|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Edward Maitland – By and By: An Historical Romance of the Future{{cite web|title= Austlit - By and By: An Historical Romance of the Future by Edward Maitland |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C533117|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Vincent Pyke – The Story of Wild Will Enderby{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Story of Wild Will Enderby by Vincent Pyke |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C142538|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Anthony Trollope
- Harry Heathcote of Gangoil : A Tale of Australian Bush Life{{cite web|title= Austlit - Harry Heathcote of Gangoil : A Tale of Australian Bush Life by Anthony Trollope |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C58422|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Lady Anna
Short stories
Poetry
{{Main|1873 in poetry}}
- Marcus Clarke – "The Song of Tigilau"
- John Dunmore Lang – Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century{{cite web|title= Austlit - Poems : Sacred and Secular by John Dunmore Lang |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C78990|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- John Boyle O'Reilly – Songs from the Southern Seas and Other Poems{{cite web|title= Austlit - Songs from the Southern Seas and Other Poems by John Boyle O'Reilly |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C116233|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- J. Brunton Stephens
- "My Chinee Cook"
- "My Other Chinee Cook"
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1873 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 15 August – Erle Cox, novelist and journalist (died 1950){{cite web|title= Cox, Erle (1873–1950) by Sally O'Neill |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cox-erle-5799|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- 27 October – Henry Tate, poet (died 1926){{cite web|title= Tate, Henry (1873–1926) by John Carmody |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tate-henry-8749|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- 24 November – Dora Wilcox, poet and playwright (died 1953){{cite web|title= Wilcox, Mary Theodora Joyce (1873–1953) by Robert Holden |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilcox-mary-theodora-joyce-7805|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- 11 December – Tilly Aston, blind writer and teacher (died 1947){{cite web|title= Aston, Matilda Ann (Tilly) (1873–1947) by O. S. Green |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/aston-matilda-ann-tilly-5078|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- 18 December – Edith Joan Lyttleton, author (died 1945){{cite web|title= Austlit - Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873-1945)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A57112|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
Unknown date
- Nancy Francis, poet, journalist and short story writer (died 1954){{cite web|title= Austlit - Nancy Francis (1873-1954)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7011|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Gertrude Hart, novelist (died 1965){{cite web|title= Austlit - Gertrude Hart (1873-1965)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18460|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
- Leonora Polkinghorne, novelist and poet (died 1953){{cite web|title= Austlit - Leonora Polkinghorne (1873-1953)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A153355|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1873 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 19 November — Mary Theresa Vidal, Australia's first female novelist (born 1815){{cite web|title= Vidal, Mary Theresa (1815–1873) by J. C. Horner |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/vidal-mary-theresa-2759|access-date= 29 July 2023}}
See also
References
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