This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1885.
Books edit
- Francis Adams — Leicester : An Autobiography[1]
- Rolf Boldrewood
- Ada Cambridge — A Little Minx : A Sketch[5][6]
- Mary Fortune — Dan Lyons' Doom[7]
- Rosa Praed
Poetry edit
- Victor Daley
- George Essex Evans — "Australia Militant"[12]
- Mary Hannay Foott
- Philip J. Holdsworth — "My Queen of Dreams"[14]
- Henry Parkes — The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems[15]
- A. B. Paterson — "El Mahdi to the Australian Troops"
- J. Brunton Stephens — Convict Once and Other Poems[16]
Short stories edit
- Rolf Boldrewood
- Rosa Praed — Australian Life, Black and White[19]
Births edit
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)[20]
- 13 June – Henry George Lamond, novelist (died 1969)[21]
- 1 July – Dorothea Mackellar, poet (died 1968)[22]
- 5 July – Rose Lindsay, artist's model, author, and printmaker (died 1978)[23]
- 18 August – Nettie Palmer, critic (died 1964)[24]
- 28 August – Vance Palmer, novelist (died 1959)[25]
- 18 September – Edward George Honey, journalist (died 1922 in England)[26]
Deaths edit
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)[27]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "9781241377687: Leicester: an autobiography. [A novel.] - Adams, Francis: 1241377685 - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Boldrewood, Rolf (1895). The Crooked Stick: Or, Pollie's Probation. Macmillan and Company.
- ^ Boldrewood, Rolf (2009-08-10). The Crooked Stick: Or, Pollie's Probation. Cornell University Library.
- ^ Boldrewood, Rolf (1896). The Sealskin Cloak. Macmillan.
- ^ Austlit. "A Little Minx: A Sketch". AustLit. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "A Little Minx: A Sketch". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Austlit — Dan Lyons' Doom by Mary Fortune". Austlit. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Campbell Praed, Rosa Caroline Praed (1885). Affinities: A Romance of To-day. Oxford University. Richard Bentley & Son.
- ^ Praed, Rosa Caroline (1885). The head station: a novel of Australian life. London: Chapman and Hall.
- ^ "The head station. A novel of Australian life". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Austlit. "On the Shore". AustLit. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Austlit. "Australia Militant". AustLit. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Mary Hannay Foott - Old Qld poetry". www.oldqldpoetry.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Austlit. "My Queen of Dreams". AustLit. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Austlit — The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems by Henry Parkes". Austlit. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Stephens, J. Brunton (1885). Convict once and other poems (New ed.). Melbourne: George Robertson.
- ^ Rolf Boldrewood (1885-10-10). "The Storyteller: A Canvas Town Romance". Australasian. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Austlit — "A Transformation Scene" by Rolf Boldrewood". Austlit. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Australian Life, Black and White by Rosa Praed". Austlit. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Ruby Lindsay". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Lamond, Henry George (1885–1969) by Nancy Bonnin". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Mackellar, Isobel Marion Dorothea (1885–1968) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Lindsay, Rose (1885–1978) by Ana Carden-Coyne". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Palmer, Janet Gertrude (Nettie) (1885–1964) by D. J. Jordan". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Palmer, Edward Vivian (Vance) (1885–1959) by Geoffrey Serle". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 12, 245. Victoria, Australia. 21 September 1885. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ellen Liston". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-03-10.