1901 in Australian literature
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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{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. Hornung |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C169487|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Ambrose Pratt – Franks, Duellist{{cite web|title= Austlit - Franks, Duellist by Ambrose Pratt |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C559489|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Ethel Turner – Wonder Child{{cite web|title= Austlit - Wonder Child by Ethel Turner |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C74407|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
Short stories
- Louis Becke
- By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories{{cite web|title= Austlit - By Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Louis Becke |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C155735|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories{{cite web|title= Austlit - Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories by Louis Becke |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C156030|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Rolf Boldrewood
- In Bad Company and Other Stories
- "Fallen Among Thieves"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "Fallen Among Thieves" by Rolf Boldrewood |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C130449|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Nat Gould – "Chased by Fire"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "Chased by Fire" by Nat Gould |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C530461|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Henry Lawson
- "At Dead Dingo"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "At Dead Dingo" by Henry Lawson |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C2706|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- The Country I Come From{{cite web|title= Austlit - The Country I Come From by Henry Lawson |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C597773|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
- Joe Wilson and His Mates
- "The Loaded Dog"
- Louise Mack – "The Bond"{{cite web|title= Austlit - "The Bond" by Louise Mack |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C449487|access-date= 15 July 2023}}
Poetry
{{Main|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
- Alfred George Stephens ed. – The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from the Bulletin 1880-1901
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){{Cite web |title=Eve Pownall |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24314 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}}
- 27 March – Kenneth Slessor, poet and journalist (died 1971){{cite web|title= Slessor, Kenneth Adolf (1901–1971) by Dennis Haskell |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/slessor-kenneth-adolf-11712|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}
- 15 May – Xavier Herbert, novelist (died 1984){{cite web|title= Herbert, Albert Francis Xavier (1901–1984) by Russell McDougall |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/herbert-albert-francis-xavier-12623|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}
- 20 May — Jean Campbell, novelist (died 1984){{cite web|title= Campbell, Jean May (1901–1984) by John Arnold |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/campbell-jean-may-12286|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 3 June — Alice Duncan-Kemp, writer and Indigenous rights activist (died 1988){{cite web|title= Duncan-Kemp, Alice Monkton (1901–1988) by Pamela Lukin Watson |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duncankemp-alice-monkton-12444|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 14 June — Pinchas Goldhar, writer and translator (died 1947){{cite web|title= Goldhar, Pinchas (1901–1947) by Judah Waten |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goldhar-pinchas-6415|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 14 July — Louis Kaye (pseudonym for Noel Wilson Norman), an Australian novelist and short story writer (died 1981){{cite web|title= Noel Wilson ('Louis Kaye') Norman (1901–1981) by Peter Pierce |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/norman-noel-wilson-louis-kaye-15094|access-date= 10 November 2023}}
- 27 July — Henrietta Drake-Brockman, journalist and novelist (died 1968){{cite web|title= Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances (1901–1968) by Peter Cowan |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drakebrockman-henrietta-frances-10683|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 2 August — Maysie Coucher Greig, writer of romantic novels and thrillers (died 1971){{cite web|title= Greig, Maysie Coucher (1901–1971) by Martha Rutledge |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greig-maysie-coucher-10364|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 26 August – Eleanor Dark, novelist (died 1985){{cite web|title= Dark, Eleanor (1901–1985) by Marivic Wyndham |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dark-eleanor-12400|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}
- 19 September — Lu Rees, bookseller, book collector and children's literature advocate (died 1983){{cite web|title= Rees, Lucy Frances (Lu) (1901–1983) by Patricia Clarke|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rees-lucy-frances-lu-14414|accessdate= 25 June 2023}}
- 28 September – T. Inglis Moore, writer and editor (died 1978){{cite web|title= T. Inglis Moore |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A64634|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}
- 28 October — Catherine Shepherd, playwright (died 1976){{cite web|title= Shepherd, Catherine (1901–1976) by Gillian Winter |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shepherd-catherine-11677|access-date= 23 September 2023}}
- 20 November – P. R. Stephensen, writer, publisher and political activist (died 1965){{cite web|title= Austlit - P. R. Stephensen |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5037|accessdate= 12 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 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){{cite web|title= Frank Atha Westbury (1838-1901)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18239|accessdate= 11 November 2023}}
- 4 October — Robert Richardson, poet and writer for children (born 1850){{cite web|title= Robert Richardson (1850-1901)|publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1236|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}
- 30 November — Edward John Eyre, explorer and writer (born 1815){{cite web|title= Eyre, Edward John (1815–1901) by Geoffrey Dutton |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/eyre-edward-john-2032|accessdate= 23 June 2023}}