1891 in Australian literature

none May 2024 May 2024 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1891. Books Jennings Carmichael – Hospital Children: sketches of life and character in the Children's Hospital, Melbourne Hospital Children: sketches of life and character in the Children's Hospital, Melbourne by Jennings Carmichael National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/367602 24 June 2026 Fergus Hume – Whom God Hath Joined: A Question of Marriage Whom God Hath Joined: A Question of Marriage by Fergus Hume National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1786415 24 June 2026 Hume Nisbet — The Savage Queen: A Romance of the Natives of Van Dieman's Land The Savage Queen: A Romance of the Natives of Van Dieman's Land by Hume Nisbet National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/.4225338 24 June 2026 Short stories Mary Gaunt – "The Yanyilla Steeplechase" Austlit — "The Yanyilla Steeplechase". by Mary Gaunt Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C449457 27 August 2023 Louisa Lawson – "A Bush Experience" Austlit — "A Bush Experience" by Louisa Lawson Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C233974 27 August 2023 A. B. Paterson "The Cast-Iron Canvasser" "His Masterpiece" Austlit — "His Masterpiece" by A. B. Paterson Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C187069 27 August 2023 Rosa Praed – "The Bunyip" Austlit — "The Bunyip" by Rosa Praed Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C160920 27 August 2023 Price Warung "John Price's Bar of Steel" Austlit — "John Price's Bar of Steel" by Price Warung Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C276446 27 August 2023 "The Liberation of the First Three" Austlit — "The Liberation of the First Three" by Price Warung Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C276239 27 August 2023 Poetry 1891 in poetry Barcroft Boake "The Digger's Song" "On the Range" "Where the Dead Men Lie" Victor J. Daley – "Lachesis" George Essex Evans "An Australian Symphony" The Repentance of Magdalene Despar and Other Poems The Repentance of Magdalene Despar and Other Poems by George Essex Evans National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2393766 24 June 2026 Henry Lawson "Freedom on the Wallaby" "My Literary Friend" "The Shame of Going Back" Louisa Lawson – "A Dream" Harriet Anne Patchett Martin – Coo-ee : Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies (edited) Coo-ee : Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies edited by Harriet Patchett Martin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/751094 24 June 2026 J. B. O'Hara – Songs of the South Songs of the South by John O'Hara National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/709548 24 June 2026 A. B. Paterson "An Evening in Dandaloo" "The Flying Gang: A Railroad Song" "In the Droving Days" "A Mountain Station" "The Open Steeplechase" Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1891 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 13 March — Maie Casey, Baroness Casey, pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist (died 1983) Casey, Lady Ethel Marian (Maie) (1891–1983) by Diane Langmore Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/casey-lady-ethel-marian-maie-12296 25 June 2023 9 April – Lesbia Harford, poet (died 1927) Harford, Lesbia Venner (1891–1927) by Lesley Lamb Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harford-lesbia-venner-6562 5 July 2023 See also 1891 in Australia 1891 in literature 1891 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature References Literature Category:Australian literature by year Category:19th-century Australian literature Category:1891 in literature