1902 in Australian literature

The year 1902 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1902 in literature.

See also: 1901 in Australian literature, 1902 in Australia, 1903 in Australian literature.

Books

• Louis Becke — Breachley, Black Sheep
• Rolf Boldrewood — The Ghost Camp, or, The Avengers
• Guy Boothby
  • The Childerbridge Mystery
  • The Curse of the Snake
  • The Kidnapped President
• Louise Mack — An Australian Girl in London
• Rosa Praed — The Insane Root: A Romance of a Strange Country
• Ethel Turner — The Raft in the Bush
• Lilian Turner — Young Love

Poetry

• E. J. Brady — The Earthen Floor
• James William Harbinson — Poems
• Breaker Morant and Frank Renar — Bushman and Buccaneer: Harry Morant: His 'Ventures and Verses
• Breaker Morant — "Butchered to Make a Dutchman's Holiday"
• A. B. Paterson — Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses
• Victor J. Daley — "The Woman at the Washtub"
• J. Brunton Stephens — The Poetical Works of Brunton Stephens

Short stories

• Barbara Baynton — Bush Studies
• Louis Becke
  • The Jalasco Brig
  • The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton and Other Stories
• Guy Boothby — Uncle Joe's Legacy and Other Stories
• Henry Lawson
  • "A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father"
  • Children of the Bush
• A. B. Paterson
  • "Sitting in Judgement : A Show Ring Sketch"
  • "Thirsty Island"
• Rosa Praed — Dwellers by the River

Drama

• Charles Haddon Chambers
  • The Awakening: A Play in Four Acts
  • A Modern Magdalen
  • The Open Gate: An Original Domestic Drama in One Act

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1902 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 22 February — Robert D. Fitzgerald, poet (died 1987)
• 2 May — Alan Marshall, novelist (died 1984)
• 17 July — Christina Stead, novelist (died 1983)
• 21 September — Dymphna Cusack, novelist (died 1981)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1902 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 15 February — Arthur Patchett Martin, writer and editor (born 1851)
• 29 June — James Brunton Stephens, poet and editor (born 1835)
• 9 December — Breaker Morant, poet (born 1864)

See also

• 1902 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References