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1871 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1871.

Contents

For an overview of world literature see 1871 in literature.

See also: 1870 in Australian literature, 1871 in Australia, 1872 in Australian literature.

Books

  • Louisa Atkinson — Tom Hellicar's Children
  • Mary Anne Broome
  • A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters
  • Spring Comedies
  • Charles de Boos — Mark Brown's Wife : A Tale of the Gold-Fields
  • Mary Fortune — The Bushranger's Autobiography
  • Short stories

  • Marcus Clarke — Old Tales of a Young Country (edited)
  • Mary Fortune — The Detective's Album : Tales of the Australian Police
  • Henry Kingsley — Hetty and Other Stories
  • Poetry

  • Mary Fortune — "Conjuro Te"
  • J. Brunton Stephens — "Convict Once"
  • Essays

  • Henry Kendall — "A Colonial Literary Club"
  • Births

    A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1871 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 24 January — Oscar Asche, playwright and novelist (died 1936)
  • 18 July — Percival Serle, biographer and bibliographer (died 1951)
  • 2 September — John Le Gay Brereton, poet (died 1933)
  • 21 October — Louis Stone, novelist (died 1935)
  • Deaths

    A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1871 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

    References

    1871 in Australian literature Wikipedia