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1906 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1906.

Contents

For an overview of world literature see 1906 in literature.

See also: 1905 in Australian literature, 1906 in Australia, 1907 in Australian literature.

Books

  • Guy Boothby – The Race of Life
  • Ada Cambridge – A Happy Marriage
  • Edward Dyson – In the Roaring Fifties
  • Ambrose Pratt – The Counterstroke
  • Ethel Turner – In the Mist of the Mountains
  • Lilian Turner – Betty the Scribe

    • Short stories

  • Louis Becke – Sketches from Normandy
  • Guy Boothby – A Royal Affair and Other Stories
  • Edward Dyson – Fact'ry 'Ands
  • Mabel Forrest – "The Housekeeper"
  • Steele Rudd – Back to Our Selection
  • Thos. E. Spencer – The Surprising Adventures of Mrs. Bridget McSweeney

    • Poetry

  • Arthur H. Adams – London Streets
  • Ada Cambridge – "Good-Bye"
  • C. J. Dennis
  • "Cow"
  • "Weary"
  • Louis Esson – "Brogan's Lane"
  • George Essex Evans – The Secret Key and Other Verses
  • Mabel Forrest – "The Circus Lion"
  • Henry Lawson
  • "The Bard of Furthest Out"
  • "To Victor Daley"
  • Louisa Lawson
  • "The Old Brown Hen"
  • "They Are Taking the Old Piano"
  • Will Lawson – Between the Lights and Other Verses
  • Dorothy Frances McCrae – "Homesick"
  • Hugh McCrae – "A Bridal Song"
  • Bernard O'Dowd – The Silent Land and Other Verses
  • A. B. Paterson – "Santa Claus in the Bush"
  • Thos. E. Spencer – How M'Dougall Topped the Score and Other Verses and Sketches

    • Births

    A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1906 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 14 March – R. Wilkes Hunter, novelist (died 1991)
  • 11 April – Cyril Pearl, journalist and humorist (died 1987)
  • 10 May – R. G. Howarth, poet and critic (died 1974)

    • Deaths

    A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1906 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 6 February – James Bonwick, novelist and historian (born 1817)

    • References

    1906 in Australian literature Wikipedia
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