1889 in Australian literature

The year 1889 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1889 in literature.

See also: 1888 in Australian literature, 1889 in Australia, 1890 in Australian literature.

Books

• Ada Cambridge — A Woman's Friendship
• Fergus Hume
  • The Girl from Malta
  • Lady Jezebel
• Hume Nisbet — Doctor Bernard St. Vincent : A Sensational Romance of Sydney
• Rosa Praed — The Romance of a Station
• Catherine Helen Spence — A Week in the Future

Poetry

• Edward Dyson — "The Worked-Out Mine"
• Henry Lawson
  • "The Ballad of the Drover"
  • "The Roaring Days"
  • "The Sleeping Beauty : A Yarn of Lambing Flat"
  • "The Teams"
• Henry Parkes — Fragmentary Thoughts
• A. B. Paterson
  • "Clancy of the Overflow"
  • "How McGinness Went Missing"

Short stories

• Edward Dyson — "The Washerwoman of Jacker's Flat"
• Henry Lawson — "The Story of Malachi"
• A. B. Paterson — "Hughey's Dog : A Station Sketch"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1889 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 20 September — Ion Idriess, novelist (died 1979)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1889 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

• 1889 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References