1899 in Australian literature

The year 1899 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1899 in literature.

See also: 1898 in Australian literature, 1899 in Australia, 1900 in Australian literature.

Books

• Louis Becke — Ridan the Devil and Other Stories
• Rolf Boldrewood — 'War to the Knife', or, Tangata Maori
• Guy Boothby
  • Doctor Nikola's Experiment
  • Love Made Manifest
  • The Red Rat's Daughter
  • A Sailor's Bride
• Louis de Rougemont — Adventures of Louis De Rougemont, as Told By Himself
• Lala Fisher - By Creek and Gully: Stories and Sketches Mostly of Bush Life, Told in Prose and Rhyme, by Australian Writers in England (edited)
• Nat Gould — The Dark Horse
• E. W. Hornung — Dead Men Tell No Tales
• Ethel Pedley — Dot and the Kangaroo
• Rosa Praed — Madame Izan: A Tourist Story
• Steele Rudd — On Our Selection

Poetry

• Arthur H. Adams
  • "The Australian"
  • Maoriland and Other Verses
• E. J. Brady — The Ways of Many Waters
• Victor J. Daley
  • "Narcissus And Some Tadpoles"
  • "The Woods of Dandenong"
• George Essex Evans — "The Lion's Whelps"
• Mary Hannay Foott — "New Country"
• Mary Gilmore — "Sweethearts"
• W. T. Goodge — Hits! Skits! and Jingles!
• James Hebblethwaite
  • "Perdita"
  • "Wanderers"
• Francis MacNamara — "The Convict's Arrival"
• Jack Mathieu — "That Day at Boiling Downs"
• Dowell O'Reilly — "Sea-Grief"
• A. B. Paterson
  • "The City of Dreadful Thirst"
  • "Father Riley's Horse"
  • "The Lost Leichhardt"
• Roderic Quinn
  • The Hidden Tide
  • "Stars in the Sea"

Short stories

• Rolf Boldrewood — "The Mailman's Yarn: An Ower True Tale"
• Ernest Favenc — "Doomed"
• Lala Fisher — "His Luck"
• E. W. Hornung — "Larrikin of Diamond Creek"
• Henry Lawson
  • "Crime in the Bush"
  • "A Double Buggy at Lahey's Creek"
  • "The Loaded Dog"
• Steele Rudd
  • "Kate's Wedding"
  • "The Night We Watched for Wallabies"
  • "The Summer Old Bob Died"
• Douglas Sladen — "The Inside Station"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1899 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 17 January — Nevil Shute, novelist (died 1960)
• 9 August — P. L. Travers, novelist (died 1996)

Unknown date

• Edith Mary England, novelist and poet (died 1981)
• Stanley William Keogh, poet and short story writer (died 1989)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1899 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• September — Edward P. Vines, poet (born 1850)

See also

• 1899 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References