1924 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1924.

Books

• Dale Collins – Ordeal : A Novel ^[1]
• Dulcie Deamer – The Devil's Saint ^[2]
• Ruby M. Doyle – The Winning of Miriam Heron ^[3]
• Mabel Forrest – The Wild Moth ^[4]
• Arthur Gask – The Secret of the Garden ^[5]
• D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner – The Boy in the Bush
• Vance Palmer – Cronulla: A Story of Station Life ^[6]
• Lillian M. Pyke – The Harp of Life ^[7]
• Steele Rudd – Me an' th' Son ^[8]
• Ethel Turner – Nicola Silver ^[9]

Short stories

• Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Grey Horse" ^[10]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Charles Barrett – Bushland Babies ^[11]
• Mary Grant Bruce – Billabong's Daughter ^[12]
• Jean Curlewis – The Dawn Man ^[13]
• May Gibbs – Chucklebud and Wunkydoo ^[14]
• Lilian Turner – Jill of the Fourth Form ^[15]

Poetry

Main article: 1924 in poetry

• Dulcie Deamer – "Messalina" ^[16]
• C. J. Dennis – Rose of Spadgers ^[17]
• Mary Gilmore – "The Brucedale Scandal"
• Henry Lawson – Humorous Verses ^[18]
• Dorothea Mackellar
  • "Australian Autumn" ^[19]
  • "Heritage" ^[20]
• Jack Moses – "Nine Miles From Gundagai" ^[21]
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "Love in Absence" ^[22]
  • "So Sweet a Mouth Had She" ^[23]
• Will H. Ogilvie – "The Death of Ben Hall" ^[24]
• Dowell O'Reilly – The Prose and Verse of Dowell O'Reilly ^[25]
• Kenneth Slessor
  • "Thief of the Moon" ^[26]
  • "Undine" ^[27]

Drama

• Vance Palmer – The Black Horse and Other Plays ^[28]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 8 April – David Denholm, author and historian who published fiction under the pseudonym David Forrest and history under his own name (died 1997) ^[29]
• 31 May – Patsy Adam-Smith, author (died 2001) ^[30]
• 16 July – Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan), Australian novelist (died 1963) ^[31]
• 27 August – David Rowbotham, poet (died 2010) ^[32]
• 1 October – Leonie Kramer, academic and critic (died 2016) ^[33]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 11 March – Archibald Meston, journalist and explorer (born 1851 in Scotland) ^[34]

See also

• 1924 in Australia
• 1924 in literature
• 1924 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "Ordeal : A Novel by Dale Collins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
2. "The Devil's Saint by Dulcie Deamer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
3. "The Winning of Miriam Heron by Ruby M. Doyle". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
4. "The Wild Moth by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
5. "The Secret of the Garden by Arthur Gask". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
6. "Cronulla: A Story of Station Life by Vance Palmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
7. "The Harp of Life by Lillian Pyke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
8. "Me an' th' Son by Steele Rudd". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
9. "Nicola Silver by Ethel Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
10. ""The Grey Horse" by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
11. "Bushland Babies by Charles Barrett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
12. "Billabong's Daughter by Mary Grant Bruce". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
13. "The Dawn Man by Jean Curlewis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
14. "Chucklebud and Wunkydoo by May Gibbs". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
15. "Jill of the Fourth Form by Lilian Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
16. ""Messalina" by Dulcie Deamer". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
17. "Rose of Spadgers by C. J. Dennis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
18. "Humorous Verses by Henry L:awson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
19. ""Australian Autumn" by Dorothea Mackellar". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
20. ""Heritage" by Dorothea Mackellar". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
21. ""Nine Miles From Gundagai" by Jack Moses". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
22. ""Love in Absence" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
23. ""So Sweet a Mouth Had She" by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
24. ""The Death of Ben Hall" by Will H. Ogilvie". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
25. "The Prose and Verse of Dowell O'Reilly by Dowell O'Reilly". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
26. ""Thief of the Moon" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
27. ""Undine" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
28. "The Black Horse and Other Plays by Vance Palmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
29. "David Forrest (1924-1997)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
30. "Austlit — Patsy Adam-Smith (1924-2001)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
31. "Cash, Deirdre (1924–1963) by James Griffin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
32. "Austlit — David Rowbotham (1924-2010)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
33. "Austlit — Leonie Kramer (1924-2016)". Austlit. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
34. "Archibald Meston (1851–1924) by Jonathan Richards and Paul Memmott". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 December 2024.