1871 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1871

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1871.

Books

Louisa Atkinson — Tom Hellicar's Children^[1]
Mary Anne Broome — A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters^[2]
Charles de Boos — Mark Brown's Wife : A Tale of the Gold-Fields^[3]
Mary Fortune — The Bushranger's Autobiography^[4]

Short stories

Marcus Clarke — Old Tales of a Young Country (edited)
Mary Fortune — The Detective's Album : Tales of the Australian Police^[5]

Poetry

George Carrington — "To the Gulf"^[6]
Mowbray Morris — "A Voice from the Bush"^[7]
J. Brunton Stephens — "Convict Once"

Essays

Henry Kendall — "A Colonial Literary Club"^[8]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1871 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

24 January — Oscar Asche, playwright and novelist (died 1936)^[9]
18 July — Percival Serle, biographer and bibliographer (died 1951)^[10]
2 September — John Le Gay Brereton, poet (died 1933)^[11]
21 October — Louis Stone, novelist (died 1935)^[12]

References

^ "Austlit - Tom Hellicar's Children by Louisa Atkinson". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters by Mary Anne Broome". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Mark Brown's Wife : A Tale of the Gold-Fields by Charles de Boos". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - The Bushranger's Autobiography by Mary Fortune". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - The Detective's Album : Tales of the Australian Police by Mary Fortune". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - "To the Gulf" by George Carrington". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - "A Voice from the Bush" by Mowbray Morris". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - "A Colonial Literary Club" by Henry Kendall". Austlit. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Asche, Thomas Stange Heiss Oscar (1871–1936) by L. J. Blake". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Serle, Percival (1871–1951) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Brereton, John Le Gay (1827–1886) by H. P. Heseltine". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Stone, Louis (1871–1935) by Brian Kiernan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 July 2023.