This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1917.
For an overview of world literature see 1917 in literature.
See also: 1916 in Australian literature, 1917 in Australia, 1918 in Australian literature.
Barbara Baynton – Cobbers
Randolph Bedford – The Silver Star
Capel Boake – Painted Clay
Mary Grant Bruce – Possum
G. B. Lancaster – Fool Divine
Henry Handel Richardson – Australia Felix
Ethel Turner – Captain Cub
Vance Palmer – "Tobacco"
A. B. Paterson – Three Elephant Power and Other Stories
Zora Cross – Songs of Love and Life
C. J. Dennis
Doreen
The Glugs of Gosh
Leon Gellert – Songs of a Campaign
Mary Gilmore
"The Kiss"
"The Mother"
Henry Lawson – "Scots of the Riverina"
Furnley Maurice – "1916"
A. B. Paterson – Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
11 March Nancy Cato, novelist and poet (died 2000)
21 March – Frank Hardy, novelist (died 1994)
25 March – Barbara Jefferis, novelist and dramatist (died 2004)
24 August – Ruth Park, novelist (died 2010)
28 August – Wilbur G. Howcroft, poet and writer for children (died 2004)
12 October – James McAuley, poet (died 1976)
17 October – Sumner Locke Elliott, novelist and dramatist (died 1991)
20 October – D'Arcy Niland, novelist (died 1967)
3 November – J. E. Macdonnell, novelist (died 2002)
22 November – Jon Cleary, novelist (died 2010)
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
18 October – Sumner Locke, novelist (born 1881)
