1904 in Australian literature
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The year 1904 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.
For an overview of world literature see 1904 in literature.
See also: 1903 in Australian literature, 1904 in Australia, 1905 in Australian literature.
Books
- Louis Becke
- Tom Gerrard
- Under Tropic Skies
- Guy Boothby
- A Bid for Freedom
- A Bride from the Sea
- A Consummate Scoundrel
- A Desperate Conspiracy
- An Ocean Secret
- Ada Cambridge — Sisters: A Novel
- Mabel Forrest — The Rose of Forgiveness and Other Stories
- G. B. Lancaster — Sons O' Men
- Louise Mack — Children of the Sun
- Rosa Praed — Nyria
- Steele Rudd — Sandy's Selection
- Ethel Turner — Mother's Little Girl
Poetry
- Victor J. Daley
- "Anacreon"
- "Moderation"
- "Over the Wine"
- "The Parson and the Prelate"
- George Essex Evans — "A Drought Idyll"
- John Farrell — My Sundowner and Other Poems
- Henry Lawson
- "The Ballad of the Elder Son"
- "The Last Review"
- "New Life, New Love"
- Louisa Lawson
- "Back Again"
- "Coming Home"
- Will Lawson — "Shelling Peas"
- Furnley Maurice — Some More Verses
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1904 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 29 January — John Morrison, short story writer (died 1998)
- 11 March — Hope Spencer, poet (died 1969)
- 13 June — John K. Ewers, poet and novelist (died 1978)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1904 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 8 January — John Farrell, poet (born 1851)
- 24 February — Jennings Carmichael, poet and writer (born 1867)