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1924 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1924.

Contents

For an overview of world literature see 1924 in literature.

See also: 1923 in Australian literature, 1924 in Australia, 1925 in Australian literature.

Books

  • Dale Collins – Ordeal : A Novel
  • Dulcie DeamerThe Devil's Saint
  • Mabel ForrestThe Wild Moth
  • Arthur GaskThe Secret of the Garden
  • D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner – The Boy in the Bush
  • Vance PalmerCronulla: A Story of Station Life
  • Steele RuddMe an' th' Son
  • Ethel TurnerNicola Silver
  • Short stories

  • Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Grey Horse"
  • Children's and Young Adult fiction

  • Charles BarrettBushland Babies
  • Mary Grant BruceBillabong's Daughter
  • Jean CurlewisThe Dawn Man
  • May GibbsChucklebud and Wunkydoo
  • Lilian TurnerJill of the Fourth Form
  • Poetry

  • Robert Crawford – "Shadow Song"
  • Dulcie Deamer – "Messalina"
  • C. J. Dennis – Rose of Spadgers
  • Mary Gilmore – "The Brucedale Scandal"
  • Henry LawsonHumorous Verses
  • Dorothea Mackellar
  • "Australian Autumn"
  • "Heritage"
  • "An Old Song"
  • Jack Moses – "Nine Miles From Gundagai"
  • John Shaw Neilson
  • "Love in Absence"
  • "So Sweet a Mouth Has She"
  • Will H. Ogilvie – "The Death of Ben Hall"
  • Dowell O'Reilly – The Prose and Verse of Dowell O'Reilly
  • Kenneth Slessor
  • "Thief of the Moon"
  • "Undine"
  • Drama

  • Vance PalmerThe Black Horse and Other Plays
  • Births

    A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 31 May – Patsy Adam-Smith, author (died 2001)
  • 27 August – David Rowbotham, poet (died 2010)
  • 1 October – Leonie Kramer, academic and critic
  • Deaths

    A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 11 March – Archibald Meston, journalist and explorer (born 1851)
  • References

    1924 in Australian literature Wikipedia


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