1910 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1910.

Books

• Mary Gaunt – The Uncounted Cost ^[1]
• Fergus Hume – High Water Mark ^[2]
• G. B. Lancaster – Jim of the Ranges ^[3]
• Rosa Praed – Opal Fire ^[4]
• Ambrose Pratt
  • A Daughter of the Bush ^[5]
  • The Living Mummy ^[6]
• Henry Handel Richardson – The Getting of Wisdom
• Ethel Turner – Fair Ines ^[7]
• Lilian Turner – Three New Chum Girls ^[8]
• Wong Shee Ping — The Poison of Polygamy

Short stories

• Arthur Bayldon – The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories ^[9]
• James Francis Dwyer – "A Jungle Graduate" ^[10]
• Henry Lawson – The Rising of the Court and Other Sketches in Prose and Verse ^[11]
• Sumner Locke – "When Dawson Died" ^[12]
• Steele Rudd
  • The Dashwoods ^[13]
  • On an Australian Farm ^[14]
• Thomas Edward Spencer – The Haunted Shanty and Other Stories ^[15]

Poetry

Main article: 1910 in poetry

• E. J. Brady – Bush-Land Ballads ^[16]
• C. J. Dennis – "An Old Master"
• Louis Esson – Bells and Bees: Verses ^[17]
• Mary Gilmore – Marri'd and Other Verses
• Henry Lawson – The Skyline Riders and Other Verses ^[18]
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "The Girl with the Black Hair" ^[19]
  • "Surely God was a Lover" ^[20]
  • "You, and Yellow Air"
• Bernard O'Dowd – "The Poet"

Drama

• J. Le Gay Brereton – To-morrow ^[21]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Burglar ^[22]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1910 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 26 February – Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series (died 1992) ^[23]
• 21 March – Elizabeth Riddell, poet (died 1998) ^[24]
• 21 June – Clive Sansom, poet and dramatist (died 1981) ^[25]
• 22 July – Alan Moorehead, journalist (died 1983) ^[26]
• 31 August – Joan Colebrook, journalist and writer (died 1991) ^[27]
• 23 September – Joe Walker, novelist and newspaper editor (died 1971) ^[28]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1910 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 18 January – James Lister Cuthbertson, poet (born 1851) ^[29]
• 3 April – Catherine Helen Spence, novelist (born 1825) ^[30]

See also

• 1910 in Australia
• 1910 in literature
• 1910 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "Austlit — The Uncounted Cost by Mary Gaunt". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
2. "Austlit — High Water Mark by Fergus Hume". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
3. "Austlit — Jim of the Ranges by G. B. Lancaster". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
4. "Austlit — Opal Fire by Roda Praed". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
5. "Austlit — A Daughter of the Bush by Ambrose Pratt". Austlit. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
6. "Austlit — The Living Mummy by Ambrose Pratt". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
7. "Austlit — Fair Ines by Ethel Turner". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
8. "Austlit — Three New Chum Girls by Lilian Turner". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
9. "Austlit — The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories by Arthur Bayldedon". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
10. "Austlit — "A Jungle Graduate" by James Francis Dwyer". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
11. "Austlit — The Rising of the Court and Other Sketches in Prose and Verse by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
12. "Austlit — "When Dawson Died" by Sumner Locke". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
13. "Austlit — The Dashwoods by Steele Rudd". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
14. "Austlit — On an Australian Farm by Steele Rudd". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
15. "Austlit — The Haunted Shanty and Other Stories by Thos. E. Spencer". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
16. "Austlit — Bush-Land Ballads by E. J. Brady". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
17. "Austlit — Bells and Bees: Verses by Louis Esson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
18. "Austlit — The Skyline Riders and Other Verses by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
19. "Austlit — "The Girl with the Black Hair" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
20. "Austlit — "Surely God was a Lover" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
21. "Austlit — To-morrow by J. Le Gay Brereton". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
22. "Austlit — The Burglar by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
23. Hawkesbury on the Net, Paul White's grave Retrieved 1 June 2009
24. "Austlit — Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998)". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
25. "Clive Henry Sansom (1910–1981) by Ralph Spaulding". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
26. "Moorehead, Alan McCrae (1910–1983) by John Lack". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
27. "Austlit — Joan Colebrook (1910–1991)". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
28. "Austlit — Joe Walker (1910-1971)". Austlit. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
29. "James Lister Cuthbertson (1851–1910) by P. L. Brown". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
30. "Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910) by Susan Eade". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 20 November 2023.