1881 in Australian literature

• Rosa Praed – Policy and Passion : A Novel of Australian Life{{cite web|title= Austlit — Policy and Passion : A Novel of Australian Life by Rosa Praed |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C120850|access-date= 9 August 2023}}

{{Main|1881 in poetry}}

• Mary Hannay Foott – "Where the Pelican Builds"
• George Herbert Gibson – "A Ballad of Queensland"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "A Ballad of Queensland" by George Herbert Gibson |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C210525|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• Henry Kendall
• "The Austral Months"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Austral Months" by Henry Kendall |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C254596|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• "How the Melbourne Cup Was Won"
• "In Memoriam: Marcus Clarke"

• Marcus Clarke – "The Mystery of Major Molineux"{{cite web|title= Austlit — "The Mystery of Major Molineux" by Marcus Clarke |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C462396|access-date= 9 August 2023}}

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1881 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 2 February — E. J. Rupert Atkinson, poet (died 1961){{cite web|title= Atkinson, Evelyn John Rupert (1881–1961) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/atkinson-evelyn-john-rupert-5079|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• 6 April – Furnley Maurice, poet (died 1942){{cite web|title= Wilmot, Frank Leslie (1881–1942) by Geoffrey Serle |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilmot-frank-leslie-9129|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• 2 May – H. M. Green, journalist, librarian, poet and literary critic (died 1962){{cite web|title= Austlit — H. M. Green (1881-1962)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13356|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
• 23 May – Hilary Lofting, novelist (died 1939){{cite web|title= Austlit — Hilary Lofting (1881-1939)|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A8004|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• 4 July – Sumner Locke, novelist (died 1917){{cite web|title= Locke, Helena Sumner (1881–1917) by B. G. Andrews |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/locke-helena-sumner-7215|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• 8 July – Mary Montgomerie Bennett, biographer and nonfiction author (died 1961){{cite web|title= Bennett, Mary Montgomerie (1881–1961) by G. C. Bolton and H. J. Gibbney |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bennett-mary-montgomerie-5212|accessdate= 11 July 2023}}
• 25 August – Lillian Pyke, children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist (died 1927){{cite web|title= Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927) by Beverley Kingston |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pyke-lillian-maxwell-13161|accessdate= 5 July 2023}}
• 19 October – Hilda Bridges, novelist and short story writer (died 1971){{cite web|title= Bridges, Hilda Maggie (1881–1971) by J. C. Horner |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bridges-hilda-maggie-5637|accessdate= 3 July 2023}}
• 16 November – Ernest O'Ferrall, poet and author (died 1925){{cite web|title= O'Ferrall, Ernest Francis (1881–1925) by Ken Stewart |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oferrall-ernest-francis-7883|access-date= 9 August 2023}}

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• Kathleen Dalziel, poet (died 1969){{cite web|title= Austlit — Kathleen Dalziel (1881-1969)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21560|accessdate= 5 July 2023}}

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1881 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 12 July – Caroline Leakey, poet and novelist (born 1827){{cite web|title= Leakey, Caroline Woolmer (1827–1881) by J. C. Horner |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leakey-caroline-woolmer-4001|access-date= 9 August 2023}}
• 2 August – Marcus Clarke, novelist (born 1846){{cite web|title= Clarke, Marcus Andrew (1846–1881) by Brian Elliott |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clarke-marcus-andrew-3225|access-date= 9 August 2023}}

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