1898 in Australian literature
Literature-related events in Australia during 1898
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1898.
Books
- Louis Becke – The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island, with Walter James Jeffrey[1]
- Guy Boothby
- Across the World for a Wife[2]
- Pharos the Egyptian[3]
- Ada Cambridge – Materfamilias
- Mary Gaunt – Deadman's: An Australian Story
- Louise Mack – Girls Together
- Simpson Newland – Paving the Way: A Romance of the Australian Bush
- Rosa Praed – The Scourge-Stick
Short stories
- Louis Becke – Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories[4]
- Rolf Boldrewood – A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories[5]
- Guy Boothby – Billy Binks, Hero, and Other Stories[6]
- Albert Dorrington – "Castro's Last Sacrament"[7]
- Edward Dyson
- Below and On Top
- "The Conquering Bush"[8]
- Henry Lawson – "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster"
- Ethel Mills – "A Box of Dead Roses"[9]
- K. Langloh Parker – More Australian Legendary Tales (edited)
- Roderic Quinn – "A Stripe for Trooper Casey"[10]
- Steele Rudd – "On Our Selection"[11]
- Ethel Turner – The Camp at Wandinong[12]
Poetry
- E. J. Brady
- "The Great Grey Water"
- "Lost and Given Over"
- Christopher Brennan
- "The Forest of Night: 1898-1902: The Twilight of Disquietude: 36"
- "Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 25" (aka "I Am Shut Out of Mine Own Heart")[13]
- Victor J. Daley
- At Dawn and Dusk
- "Correggio Jones"
- Edward Dyson – "Men of Australia"
- George Essex Evans – Loraine and Other Verses[14]
- Ernest Favenc – "The Guard of the Northern Strait: A Song of Queensland"
- W. T. Goodge
- "Daley's Dorg Wattle"
- "Mulligan's Shanty"
- Henry Lawson – "Sydney-Side"
- Marion Miller Knowles – Songs from the Hills[15]
- Breaker Morant – "Kitty's Broom"[16]
- Will H. Ogilvie
- "Abandoned Selections"[17]
- "Bowmont Water"[18]
- Fair Girls and Gray Horses: With Other Verses
- "How We Won the Ribbon"
- A. B. Paterson
- Roderic Quinn
- "The Camp Within the West"
- "The Fisher"[19]
- "The Hidden Tide"[20]
- Thomas E. Spencer – "How M'Dougal Topped the Score"
Non-fiction
- David Carnegie – Spinifex and Sand : A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1898 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 7 February – Jean Curlewis, poet and writer for children (died 1930)[21]
- 21 February – Llywelyn Lucas, poet (died 1967)[22]
- 3 May – Minnie Agnes Filson, poet (died 1971)[23]
- 17 July – Richard Harry Graves, poet and novelist (died 1971)[24]
- 23 September – Les Haylen, politician, playwright, novelist and journalist (died 1977)[25]
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1898 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 23 March – George Robertson, bookseller (born 1825)[26]
- 6 August – Ethel Pedley, musician and author of Dot and the Kangaroo and other works (born 1859)[27]
See also
- 1898 in Australia
- 1898 in literature
- 1898 in poetry
- List of years in Australian literature
- List of years in literature
References
- ^ "Austlit - The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island by Louis Becke". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Across the World for a Wife by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Pharos the Egyptian by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories by Louis Becke". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories by Rolf Boldrewood". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Billy Binks, Hero, and Other Stories by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "Castro's Last Sacrament" by Albert Dorrington". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "The Conquering Bush" by Edward Dyson". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "A Box of Dead Roses" by Ethel Mills". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "A Stripe for Trooper Casey" by Roderic Quinn". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "On Our Selection" by Steele Rudd". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - The Camp at Wandinong by Ethel Turner". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 25" by Christopher Brennan". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Loraine and Other Verses by George Essex Evans". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - Songs from the Hills by Marion Knowles". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "Kitty's Broom" by Breaker Morant". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "Abandoned Selections" by Will H. Ogilvie". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "Bowmont Water" by Will H. Ogilvie". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "The Fisher" by Roderic Quinn". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - "The Hidden Tide" by Roderic Quinn". Austlit. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Charlton, Ethel Jean Sophia (Jean) (1898–1930) by Brenda Niall". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Llywelyn Lucas (1898-1967)". Austlit. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Minnie Agnes May Filson (1898-1971)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "Richard Harry Graves (1898-1971)". Austlit. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Haylen, Leslie Clement (Les) (1898–1977) by R. E. Northey". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Robertson, George (1825–1898) by J. P. Holroyd". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Pedley, Ethel Charlotte (1859–1898) by M. Norst". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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