1876 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1876.

Books

• Rolf Boldrewood — A Colonial Reformer^[1]
• Ada Cambridge — My Guardian : A Story of the Fen Country^[2]
• Maud Jean Franc — Two Sides to Every Question^[3]
• James Brunton Stephens — A Hundred Pounds^[4]

Poetry

Main article: 1876 in poetry

• Robert Dudley Adams — "Trucanini's Dirge"
• Ernest Favenc — "Dead in the Queensland Bush"
• Henry Kendall
  • "Bill the Bullock Driver"
  • "Kingsborough"
• James Brunton Stephens — "Mute Discourse : A Poem"^[5]

Births

• 6 February — Alice Guerin Crist, poet, author and journalist (died 1941)^[6]
• 20 March — Winifred Lewellin James, novelist (died 1941)^[7]
• 13 April — Ambrose Dyson, poet and artist (died 1913)^[8]
• 6 June — Amy Mack, writer, journalist and editor (died 1939)^[9]
• 2 September — Will Lawson, poet and novelist (died 1957)^[10]
• 7 September — C. J. Dennis, poet (died 1938)^[11]
• 4 October — Hugh McCrae, poet (died 1958)^[12]
• 5 October — John Bede Dalley, journalist and novelist (died 1935)^[13]
• 30 December — Archibald Strong, poet (died 1930)^[14]

Deaths

• 24 May — Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830) ^[15]

See also

• 1876 in Australia
• 1876 in literature
• 1876 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "Austlit - A Colonial Reformer by Rolf Boldrewood". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
2. "Austlit - My Guardian : A Story of the Fen Country by Ada Cambridge". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. "Austlit - Two Sides to Every Question by Maud Jean Franc". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
4. "Austlit - A Hundred Pounds by James brunton Stephens". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
5. "Austlit - "Mute Discourse : A Poem" by James Brunton Stephens". Austlit. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
6. "Crist, Alice Guerin (1876–1941) by Christopher Lee". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
7. "James, Winifred Llewellyn (1876–1941) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
8. "Ambrose Arthur Dyson (1876–1913) by Vane Lindesay". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
9. "Mack, Amy Eleanor (1876–1939) by Nancy Phelan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
10. "Lawson, William (Will) (1876–1957) by Elizabeth Webby". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
11. "Dennis, Clarence Michael James (1876–1938) by Ian F. McLaren". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
12. "McCrae, Hugh Raymond (1876–1958) by Martha Rutledge and Norman Cowper". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
13. "Dalley, John Bede (1876–1935) by Clement Semmler". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
14. "Strong, Sir Archibald Thomas (1876–1930) by V. A. Edgeloe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
15. "Kingsley, Henry (1830–1876) by A. A. Phillips". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2023.