1885 in Australian literature

none May 2024 May 2024 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1885. Events Table Talk published its first issue on 26 June 1885.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page17398074 Table Talk (magazine) Cover 1 Victoria, Australia 26 June 1885 26 May 2016 1 National Library of Australia Books Francis Adams — Leicester : An Autobiography Leicester : An Autobiography by Francis Adams National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/214017 25 May 2026 Rolf Boldrewood The Crooked Stick, or, Pollie's ProbationBoldrewood Rolf https://books.google.com/books?id=xGP_XMP3ywoC The Crooked Stick: Or, Pollie's Probation 1895 Macmillan and Company enBoldrewood Rolf https://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Stick-Pollies-Probation-1895/dp/B002MRQZMQ The Crooked Stick: Or, Pollie's Probation 2009-08-10 Cornell University Library English The Sealskin CloakBoldrewood Rolf https://books.google.com/books?id=qFNAAAAAIAAJ The Sealskin Cloak 1896 Macmillan en Ada Cambridge — A Little Minx : A SketchAustlit A Little Minx: A Sketch AustLit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C76992 2022-11-01 en Mary Fortune — Dan Lyons' Doom Austlit — Dan Lyons' Doom by Mary Fortune Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C268096 14 August 2023 Rosa Praed Affinities : A Romance of To-DayCampbell Praed Rosa Caroline Praed http://archive.org/details/affinitiesaroma00praegoog Affinities: A Romance of To-day 1885 Richard Bentley & Son Oxford University English The Head Station : A Novel of Australian LifePraed Rosa Caroline https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1856142 The head station: a novel of Australian life 1885 Chapman and Hall LondonThe head station. A novel of Australian life. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.headstationnovel00prae/?st=gallery 2022-11-01 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Poetry 1885 in poetry Victor Daley "On the River" "On the Shore"Austlit On the Shore AustLit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C60746 2022-11-01 en George Essex Evans — "Australia Militant"Austlit Australia Militant AustLit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C256706 2022-11-01 en Mary Hannay Foott "Happy Days" "No Message" Where the Pelican Builds and Other PoemsMary Hannay Foott - Old Qld poetry https://www.oldqldpoetry.com/mary-hannay-foott 2022-11-01 www.oldqldpoetry.com Philip J. Holdsworth — "My Queen of Dreams"Austlit My Queen of Dreams AustLit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C30544 2022-11-01 en Henry Parkes — The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems Austlit — The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems by Henry Parkes Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C257695 15 August 2023 A. B. Paterson — "El Mahdi to the Australian Troops" J. Brunton Stephens — Convict Once and Other PoemsStephens J. Brunton https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2320466 Convict once and other poems 1885 George Robertson New Melbourne Short stories Rolf Boldrewood "A Canvas Town Romance"Rolf Boldrewood 1885-10-10 The Storyteller: A Canvas Town Romance Australasian http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138638111 2022-11-01 "A Transformation Scene" Austlit — "A Transformation Scene" by Rolf Boldrewood Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C603660 15 August 2023 Rosa Praed — Australian Life, Black and White Austlit — Australian Life, Black and White by Rosa Praed Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C111430 15 August 2023 Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1885 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 20 March – Ruby Lindsay, artist and writer (died 1919)Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A78216 2023-09-19 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 13 June – Henry George Lamond, novelist (died 1969) Lamond, Henry George (1885–1969) by Nancy Bonnin Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lamond-henry-george-10780 15 August 2023 1 July – Dorothea Mackellar, poet (died 1968) Mackellar, Isobel Marion Dorothea (1885–1968) by Beverley Kingston Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mackellar-isobel-marion-dorothea-7383 15 August 2023 5 July – Rose Lindsay, artist's model, author, and printmaker (died 1978) Lindsay, Rose (1885–1978) by Ana Carden-Coyne Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lindsay-rose-13047 6 July 2023 18 August – Nettie Palmer, critic (died 1964) Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885–1964) by D. J. Jordan Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-nettie-7948 12 July 2023 28 August – Vance Palmer, novelist (died 1959) Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959) by Geoffrey Serle Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-vance-7946 11 July 2023 18 September – Edward George Honey, journalist (died 1922 in England)21 September 1885 Family Notices 1 The Argus (Melbourne) 12,245 Victoria, Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6096054 26 September 2023 National Library of Australia Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1885 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. Unknown date Ellen Liston, schoolteacher, short story writer and poet (born 1838 in England)Ellen Liston (1838-1885) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21607 2023-03-10 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland See also 1885 in Australia 1885 in literature 1885 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:1885 in literature