1900 in Australian literature

The year 1900 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1900 in literature.

See also: 1899 in Australian literature, 1900 in Australia, 1901 in Australian literature.

Events

• April - Henry Lawson departs Australia for London in order to further his literary career. The venture proofed ultimately unsuccessful.^[1]

Books

• Louis Becke
  • Edward Barr: South Sea Pearler
  • Thomas Wallis: A Tale of the South Seas
• Guy Boothby
  • A Cabinet Secret
  • "Long Live the King!"
  • A Maker of Nations
  • My Indian Queen
  • A Prince of Swindlers (aka The Viceroy's Protegé)
  • The Woman of Death
• Ada Cambridge — Path and Goal
• Henry Lawson
  • On the Track
  • Over the Sliprails
• Simpson Newland — Blood Tracks of the Bush: An Australian Romance
• A. B. Paterson — An Outback Marriage
• Ethel Turner
  • The Convalescence of Taffie Farndon
  • Gum Leaves
  • Three Little Maids

Short stories

• Edward Dyson — "The Funerals of Malachi Mooney"
• Henry Lawson
  • "The Iron-Bark Chip"
  • "Joe Wilson's Courtship"
• Steele Rudd — "Baptising Bartholomew"

Poetry

• Victor J. Daley — "When London Calls"
• George Essex Evans — "Ode for Commonwealth Day"
• James Hebblethwaite — A Rose of Regret
• Henry Lawson — Verses, Popular and Humorous
• Bernard O'Dowd — "Australia"
• A.B. Paterson — "There's Another Blessed Horse Fell Down"
• David McKee Wright
  • New Zealand Chimes
  • Wisps of Tussock: New Zealand Rhymes

Drama

• C. Haddon Chambers — The Tyranny of Tears: A Comedy in Four Acts
• Gilbert Murray — Andromache: A Play in Three Acts

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1900 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 10 August — Charles Shaw, novelist (died 1955)
• 13 August — A. A. Phillips, writer and critic (died 1985)
• 20 October — Jack Lindsay, journalist, novelist and poet (died 1990)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1900 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 30 October — Charles de Boos, journalist and novelist (born 1819)

See also

• 1900 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References