This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1908.
For an overview of world literature see 1908 in literature.
See also: 1907 in Australian literature, 1908 in Australia, 1909 in Australian literature.
Edward Dyson
The Missing Link
Tommy Minogue
Mrs Aeneas Gunn – We of the Never Never
Fergus Hume
The Crowned Skull
The Devil's Ace
Rosa Praed
By Their Fruits
Stubble Before the Wind
Henry Handel Richardson – Maurice Guest
Steele Rudd – In Australia
Edward S. Sorenson – The Squatter's Ward
Ethel Turner – That Girl
Lilian Turner – Paradise and the Perrys
Louis Becke – The Pearl Divers of Roncador Reef and Other Stories
Edward Dyson
"The Disposal of a Dog"
"The Rescue"
Steele Rudd
Dad in Politics and Other Stories
For Life and Other Stories
Edward S. Sorenson – Quinton's Rouseabout and Other Stories
Arthur A. D. Bayldon – Later Verses
Christopher Brennan – "Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 30"
J. Le Gay Brereton – Sea and Sky
Victor J. Daley – "The Road of Roses"
C. J. Dennis
"The Austra-laise"
"Comin' Home From Shearin'"
Mabel Forrest – "The Call of the North"
Henry Lawson
"Meditations on a Pawn Ticket"
"One Hundred and Three"
Will Lawson – Stokin' and Other Verses
Dorothea Mackellar – "My Country"
John Shaw Neilson – "The Sundowner"
Edward S. Sorenson – "Bill Brown"
Miles Franklin
The Scandal-Monger
The Survivors: A Modern Play in Four Acts
Sumner Locke – "The Vicissitudes of Vivienne"
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1908 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
2 April – Ronald McGuaig, poet (died 1993)
1 September – Eve Langley, poet and novelist (died 1974)
9 October – Harry Hooton, poet (died 1961)
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1908 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
14 November – Ernest Favenc, poet and short story writer (born 1845)
