1895 in Australian literature

The year 1895 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1895 in literature.

See also: 1894 in Australian literature, 1895 in Australia, 1896 in Australian literature.

Books

• Guy Boothby
  • A Bid for Fortune; Or, Doctor Nikola's Vendetta
  • A Lost Endeavour
  • The Marriage of Esther: A Torres Strait Sketch
• Ada Cambridge — Fidelis: A Novel
• Henry Kingsley — Reginald Hetherage and Leighton Court
• Rosa Praed — Mrs Tregaskiss: A Novel of Anglo-Australian Life
• Ethel Turner
  • The Family at Misrule
  • The Story of a Baby

Poetry

• Jennings Carmichael — Poems
• Edward Dyson
  • "When Brother Peetree Prayed: A Recollection"
  • "Bullocky Bill and His Old Red Team"
• Francis Kenna — Songs of a Season
• Henry Lawson — "The Vagabond"
• John Shaw Neilson — "Marian's Child"
• Will H. Ogilvie
  • "From the Gulf"
  • "Northward to the Sheds"
• A. B. Paterson
  • "Brumby's Run"
  • The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
  • "Waltzing Matilda"

Short stories

• Edward Dyson
  • "After the Accident"
  • "Dead Man's Lode"
  • "The Trucker's Dream"
  • "A Visit to Scubby Gully"
• Ernest Favenc — "The Boundary Rider's Story"
• Mary Fortune — "The Major's Case"
• Henry Lawson
  • "Steelman's Pupil"
• A. B. Paterson — "Concerning a Dog Fight"
• Steele Rudd
  • "Our First Harvest"
  • "Starting the Selection"
  • "When the World Was at the Door"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1895 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 15 November — Leonard Mann, poet and novelist (died 1981)

Unknown date

• Victor Kennedy, poet (died 1952)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1895 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 21 October — Louisa Anne Meredith, poet (born 1812)

See also

• 1895 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References