1903 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1903

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1903.

Books

Louis Becke – Helen Adair^[1]
Guy Boothby
- Connie Burt^[2]
- The Countess Londa^[3]
- The League of the Twelve^[4]
- A Two-Fold Inheritance^[5]
Joseph Furphy – Such Is Life
E.W. Hornung – Denis Dent^[6]
Rosa Praed — Fugitive Anne: A Romance of the Unexplored Bush^[7]

Short stories

Steele Rudd – Our New Selection^[8]
Ethel Turner – Betty and Co^[9]

Poetry

C. J. Dennis – "'Urry!"
George Essex Evans – "The Wayfarers"
Mary Gilmore – "Marri'd"^[10]
Henry Kendall – Poems of Henry Clarence Kendall^[11]
Henry Lawson
- "A Voice from the City"
- "The Wander-Light"
Louisa Lawson
- "The Digger's Daughter"
- "The Hour is Come"
- "A Reverie"
Breaker Morant – "When Stock Go By"
Bernard O'Dowd – Dawnward?^[12]
Will H. Ogilvie – Hearts of Gold and Other Verses^[13]
A.B. Paterson
- "Riders in the Stand"
- "Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs"

Biography

Ada Cambridge – Thirty Years in Australia^[14]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1903 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

2 April — Dora Birtles, novelist, short-story writer, poet and travel writer (died 1992)^[15]
3 April – Paul McGuire, diplomat and novelist (died 1978)^[16]
15 July — Robert Close, novelist (died 1995 in Majorca, Spain)^[17]
22 July – Betty Roland, journalist and writer for children (died 1996)^[18]
24 September – Lennie Lower, writer (died 1947)^[19]
15 October – Pixie O'Harris, poet and writer for children (died 1991)^[20]
29 October – Olive Pell, librarian and poet (died 2002)^[21]

Unknown date

Lyndall Hadow, short story writer and journalist (died 1976)^[22]
Margaret Horder, artist and children's book illustrator (died 1978)^[23]
F. B. Vickers, novelist (died 1985)^[24]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1903 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

12 March – Leontine Cooper, essayist and short story writer (born 1837)^[25]
16 March – Aeneas J. Gunn, pastoralist and writer (born 1862)^[26]
15 August – William Barak, writer (born ca. 1824)^[27]

References

^ "Austlit — Helen Adair by Louis Becke". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Connie Burt by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Countess Londa by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — The League of the Twelve by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — A Two-Fold Inheritance by Guy Boothby". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Denis Dent by E. W. Hornung". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Fugitive Anne: A Romance of the Unexplored Bush by Rosa Praed". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Our New Selection by Steele Rudd". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Betty and Co by Ethel Turner". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — "Marri'd" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Poems of Henry Clarence Kendall by Henry Kendall". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Dawnward? by Bernard O'Dowd". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Hearts of Gold and Other Verses by Will H. Ogilvie". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Austlit — Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge". Austlit. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ Cushing, Nancy, "Dora Eileen Birtles (1903–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 February 2024
^ "McGuire, Dominic Mary Paul (1903–1978) by Katharine Massam". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Robert S. Close (1903-1995)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "Roland, Betty (1903–1996) by Jayne Regan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Lower, Leonard Waldemere (Lennie) (1903–1947) by Julian Croft and Keith Willey". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "O'Harris, Pixie (1903–1991) by Robert Holden". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Olive Pell (1903-2002)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Lyndall Hadow (1903-1976)". Austlit. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Margaret Horder (1903-1978)". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "F. B. Vickers (1903-1985)". Austlit. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "Leontine Cooper (1837-1903)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Aeneas J. Gunn (1862-1903)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Barak, William (1824–1903) by Patricia Marcard". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 June 2023.