This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1913.
For an overview of world literature see 1913 in literature.
See also: 1912 in Australian literature, 1913 in Australia, 1914 in Australian literature.
Louis Becke — Bully Hayes: Buccaneer, and Other Stories
James Francis Dwyer — The Spotted Panther
Mary Gaunt — Every Man's Desire
Henry Lawson — Triangles of Life and Other Stories
Norman Lindsay — A Curate in Bohemia
Louise Mack
Attraction
The Marriage of Edward
Dorothea Mackellar — Outlaw's Luck
Ambrose Pratt
The Golden Kangaroo
Wolaroi's Cup
Louis Stone — Betty Wayside
Ethel Turner — The Secret of the Sea
Lilian Turner — Stairways to the Stars
Arthur H. Adams — The Collected Verses of Arthur H. Adams
Christopher Brennan
Poems (1913)
"The Wanderer"
John Le Gay Brereton — "The Robe of Grass"
Ada Cambridge — The Hand in the Dark and Other Poems
C. J. Dennis
Backblock Ballads and Other Verses
"The Bridge Across the Crick"
"Spring Song of a Bloke"
"Wheat"
Mary Gilmore — "The Sea-Sleep"
Grant Hervey — Australian Yet and Other Verses
Henry Lawson — For Australia and Other Poems
Hugh McCrae — "Song of the Rain"
John Shaw Neilson — "Song Be Delicate"
Will H. Ogilvie — The Overlander and Other Verses
Bertram Stevens and George Mackaness eds.
The Children's Treasury of Australian Verse
Selections from the Australian Poets
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1913 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
19 January — Rex Ingamells, poet (died 1955)
20 February Mary Durack, novelist (died 1994)
6 May — Douglas Stewart, poet (died 1985)
30 July — John Blight, poet (died 1995)
2 August — Nancy Phelan, novelist (died 2008)
25 September — Kenneth Mackenzie, poet and novelist (died 1955)
11 December — Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, journalist and novelist (died 1999)
Unknown date
Elizabeth O'Conner, novelist (died 2000)
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1913 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
3 January — Garnet Walch, dramatist (born 1843)
18 February — Louis Becke, novelist (born 1855)
3 June — Ambrose Dyson, poet and artist (born 1876)
