1873 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1873

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1873.

Books

James Bonwick
- Mike Howe, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land^[1]
- The Tasmanian Lily^[2]
Edward Maitland – By and By: An Historical Romance of the Future^[3]
Vincent Pyke – The Story of Wild Will Enderby^[4]
Anthony Trollope
- Harry Heathcote of Gangoil : A Tale of Australian Bush Life^[5]
- Lady Anna

Short stories

Marcus Clarke – Holiday Peak and Other Tales^[6]

Poetry

Marcus Clarke – "The Song of Tigilau"
John Dunmore Lang – Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century^[7]
John Boyle O'Reilly – Songs from the Southern Seas and Other Poems^[8]
J. Brunton Stephens
- "My Chinee Cook"
- "My Other Chinee Cook"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1873 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

15 August – Erle Cox, novelist and journalist (died 1950)^[9]
27 October – Henry Tate, poet (died 1926)^[10]
24 November – Dora Wilcox, poet and playwright (died 1953)^[11]
11 December – Tilly Aston, blind writer and teacher (died 1947)^[12]
18 December – Edith Joan Lyttleton, author (died 1945)^[13]

Unknown date

Nancy Francis, poet, journalist and short story writer (died 1954)^[14]
Gertrude Hart, novelist (died 1965)^[15]
Leonora Polkinghorne, novelist and poet (died 1953)^[16]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1873 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

19 November — Mary Theresa Vidal, Australia's first female novelist (born 1815)^[17]

References

^ "Austlit - Mike Howe, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land by James Bonwick". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - The Tasmanian Lily by James Bonwick". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - By and By: An Historical Romance of the Future by Edward Maitland". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - The Story of Wild Will Enderby by Vincent Pyke". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Harry Heathcote of Gangoil : A Tale of Australian Bush Life by Anthony Trollope". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Holiday Peak and Other Tales by Marcus Clarke". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Poems : Sacred and Secular by John Dunmore Lang". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Songs from the Southern Seas and Other Poems by John Boyle O'Reilly". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Cox, Erle (1873–1950) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Tate, Henry (1873–1926) by John Carmody". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Wilcox, Mary Theodora Joyce (1873–1953) by Robert Holden". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Aston, Matilda Ann (Tilly) (1873–1947) by O. S. Green". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873-1945)". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Nancy Francis (1873-1954)". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Gertrude Hart (1873-1965)". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Austlit - Leonora Polkinghorne (1873-1953)". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^ "Vidal, Mary Theresa (1815–1873) by J. C. Horner". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.