1907 in Australian literature

The year 1907 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1907 in literature.

See also: 1906 in Australian literature, 1907 in Australia, 1908 in Australian literature.

Books

• Barbara Baynton — Human Toll
• Guy Boothby — The Man of the Crag
• E. J. Brady — The King's Caravan: Across Australia in a Wagon
• Ada Cambridge — The Eternal Feminine
• W. R. Charleton — The Red Kangaroo and Other Australian Short Stories
• G. B. Lancaster
  • The Altar Stairs
  • The Tracks We Tread
• Henry Lawson
  • The Romance of the Swag
  • Send Round the Hat
• Rosa Praed — The Luck of the Leura
• Ambrose Pratt
  • The Big Five
  • Jan Digby
  • The Leather Mask
• Steele Rudd — The Poor Parson
• Ethel Turner — The Stolen Voyage

Poetry

• James Lister Cuthbertson
  • "Australian Sunrise"
  • "Wattle and Myrtle"
• Henry Lawson
  • "The Bush Beyond the Range"
  • "Who'll Wear the Beaten Colours?"
• Will Lawson — "A Song of Wind"
• Hugh McCrae
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Never Again"
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "In the Street"
  • "The Land Where I Was Born"
  • "Old Granny Sullivan"
• Will H. Ogilvie — Rainbows and Witches
• Bertram Stevens — An Anthology of Australian Verse

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1907 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 21 July — A. D. Hope, poet and critic (died 2000)
• 9 October — John O'Grady, novelist (died 1981)
• 18 November — Gwen Meredith, novelist and dramatist (died 2006)

Unknown date

• G.C. Bleeck — novelist (died 1971)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1907 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 22 July — Francis Myers, poet (born ca. 1854)

See also

• 1907 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References