1890 in Australian literature

The year 1890 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1890 in literature.

See also: 1889 in Australian literature, 1890 in Australia, 1891 in Australian literature.

Books

• Marcus Clarke
  • Australian Tales
  • Humour in Verse and Prose
  • Sensational Stories
• E. W. Hornung — A Bride from the Bush
• Fergus Hume
  • The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy
  • Miss Mephistopheles
• Hume Nisbet
  • Ashes: A Tale of Two Spheres
  • Bail Up!: A Romance of Bushrangers and Blacks

Poetry

• Barcroft Boake — "Jack's Last Muster"
• Victor J. Daley — "Even So"
• Edward Dyson — "The Trucker"
• Henry Lawson
  • "The Song of Old Joe Swallow"
  • "The Squatter, Three Cornstalks, and the Well"
  • "The Watch on the Kerb"
  • "A Word to Texas Jack"
• A. B. Paterson
  • "Conroy's Gap"
  • "The Man from Snowy River "
  • "On Kiley's Run"

Children's and Young Adult

• Ernest Favenc — The Secret of the Australian Desert

Short stories

• Edward Dyson — "A Golden Shanty"
• Ernest Favenc
  • "A Haunt of the Jinkarras: A Fearsome Story of Central Australia"
  • "Spirit-Led"
• Henry Lawson — "The Third Murder: A New South Wales Tale"
• Price Warung
  • "How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast"
  • "Lieutenant Darrell's Predicament"
  • "Under the Whip, or, The Parson's Lost Soul"

Essays

• Louisa Lawson — "That Nonsensical Idea"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1890 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 28 March — Alec Chisholm, encyclopaedist (died 1977)
• 18 May — Zora Cross, poet (died 1964)
• 1 September — Arthur W. Upfield, novelist (died 1964)
• 19 October — Nina Murdoch, poet (died 1976)
• 13 December — Dulcie Deamer, poet (died 1972)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1890 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

• 1890 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References