This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1854.
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1854 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
26 February – Mungo William MacCallum, literary critic (died 1942)
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Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of electoral proportional representation. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing (unsuccessfully) for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide. Called the "Greatest Australian Woman" by Miles Franklin and by the age of 80 dubbed the "Grand Old Woman of Australia", Spence was commemorated on the Australian five-dollar note issued for the Centenary of Federation of Australia.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1928.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1929.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1883.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1939.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1942.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1949.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1958.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1959.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1960.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1868.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1867.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1963.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1862.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1976.
The Broad Arrow; Being Passages from the History of Maida Gwynnham, a Lifer is an 1859 novel published by the English writer Caroline Woolmer Leakey under the pseudonym Oliné Keese. Set in Van Diemen's Land, it was one of the first novels to describe the Australian convict system and one of only two colonial novels to feature a female convict as its main character. It has been described as a precursor of the better-known For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke (1870–72), who used Leakey's book as a source for his story.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1981.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1857.
"A Coast View" (1857) is a poem by Australian poet Charles Harpur, also known by the title "Coast Scenery".