This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1901.
For an overview of world literature see 1901 in literature.
See also: 1900 in Australian literature, 1901 in Australia, 1902 in Australian literature.
Guy BoothbyFarewell, NikolaA Millionaire's Love StoryMy Strangest CaseThe Mystery of the Clasped HandsAda Cambridge – The DevastatorsMiles Franklin – My Brilliant CareerE. W. Hornung – The Shadow of the RopeAmbrose Pratt – Franks, DuellistEthel Turner – Wonder ChildLouis BeckeBy Rock and Pool, On an Austral Shore, and Other StoriesYorke the Adventurer and Other StoriesRolf BoldrewoodIn Bad Company and Other Stories"Fallen Among Thieves"Nat Gould – "Chased by Fire"Henry Lawson"At Dead Dingo"The Country I Come FromJoe Wilson and His Mates"The Loaded Dog"Louise Mack – "The Bond"George Essex Evans – "The Women of the West"Henry Lawson"The Men Who Made Australia"" The Never-Never Country"Louisa Lawson – "Lines Written During a Night Spent in a Bush Inn"Louise Mack – Dreams in FlowerA.B. Paterson"The Protest""The Wargeilah Handicap"Roderic Quinn – The Circling HearthsAlfred George Stephens ed. – The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from the Bulletin 1880-1901A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1901 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
12 January – Eve Pownall, writer for children (died 1982)17 March – Kenneth Slessor, poet and journalist (died 1971)15 May – Xavier Herbert, novelist (died 1984)26 August – Eleanor Dark, novelist (died 1985)28 September – T. Inglis Moore, writer and editor (died 1978)A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1901 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
30 November – Edward John Eyre, explorer and writer (born 1815)Unknown date
October — Robert Richardson, poet and writer for children (born 1850) 