1909 in Australian literature

The year 1909 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.

For an overview of world literature see 1909 in literature.

See also: 1908 in Australian literature, 1909 in Australia, 1910 in Australian literature.

Books

• Arthur H. Adams — Galahad Jones
• Louis Becke
  • The Adventures of Louis Blake
  • 'Neath Austral Skies
• Randolph Bedford — Sops of Wine
• Albert Dorrington and A. G. Stephens — The Lady Calphurnia Royal
• Miles Franklin — Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
• Louise Mack
  • The Red Rose of a Summer
  • Theodora's Husband
• Rosa Praed — A Summer Wreath
• Steele Rudd
  • From Selection to City
  • Stocking Our Selection
• Ethel Turner — Fugitives from Fortune
• Lilian Turner — The Perry Girls

Poetry

• William Baylebridge — Australia to England: And Other Verses
• C. J. Dennis
  • "Doreen"
  • "The Stoush O' Day"
• George Essex Evans — "Queensland: Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode"
• Mabel Forrest — Alpha Centauri
• Hugh McCrae — Satyrs & Sunlight: Silvarum Libri
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "Heart of Spring!"
  • "May"
  • "The Smoker Parrot"
  • "The Soldier is Home"
• Bertram Stevens — The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse (ed.)

Short Stories

• Erle Cox — "The Social Code"
• Dulcie Deamer — "Hallowe'en"
• Henry Lawson — "Roll Up at Talbragar"
• Rosa Praed — "The Bushman's Love Story"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1909 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 28 January — Beatrice Davis, editor and critic (died 1992)
• 20 June — Errol Flynn, actor and writer (died 1959)
• 26 June — Mavis Thorpe Clark, novelist (died 1999)
• 11 December — Ronald McKie, novelist (died 1991)

Unknown date

• Joyce Dingwell, novelist (died 1997)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1909 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 10 November — George Essex Evans, poet (born 1863)
• 28 November — W. T. Goodge, poet (born 1862)

See also

• 1909 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References