This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1923.
Books edit
- J. H. M. Abbott – Sydney Cove
- Marie Bjelke Petersen – Jewelled Nights
- Capel Boake — The Romany Mark
- Bernard Cronin – Salvage
- Arthur Gask – The Red Paste Murders
- Mary Gaunt – As the Whirlwind Passeth
- Nat Gould – Beating the Favourite
- D. H. Lawrence – Kangaroo
- Jack McLaren – Fagaloa's Daughter
- Catherine Martin – The Incredible Journey
Short stories edit
- Henry Lawson – "Elder Man's Lane : XV : The Passing of Elder Man's Lane"
Children's and Young Adult fiction edit
- Mary Grant Bruce
- The Cousin from Town
- The Twins of Emu Plains
- Jean Curlewis – Beach Beyond
- May Gibbs – Nuttybub and Nittersing
Poetry edit
- Emily Bulcock – Jacaranda Blooms and other poems
- Mabel Forrest – "The Burning"
- Mary Gilmore – "Second-Hand Beds"
- Jack Lindsay
- "Budding Spring"
- "Pacific Aphrodite"
- Dorothea Mackellar
- Dreamharbour and Other Verses
- "Fancy Dress"
- "Waste"
- Furnley Maurice – "The Mad Prophet"
- John Shaw Neilson – Ballad and Lyrical Poems
- Will H. Ogilvie – Scattered Scarlet
- Kenneth Slessor
- "Adventure Bay"
- "Thieves' Kitchen"
Drama edit
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Pioneers
Non-fiction edit
- Walter Murdoch – Alfred Deakin: A Sketch
Births edit
- 28 January – Percy Trezise, children's writer (died 2005)[1]
- 25 April – Eric Rolls, writer (died 2007)[2]
- 21 May – Dorothy Hewett, poet and novelist (died 2002)[3]
- 4 June – Elizabeth Jolley, novelist (born in England) (died 2007)[4]
- 1 August – Carter Brown, novelist (died 1985)[5]
- 30 August – Charmian Clift, novelist (died 1969)[6]
- 4 October – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (died 2005)[7]
- 7 September – Nancy Keesing, poet (died 1993)[8]
- 16 December – Gerald Glaskin, writer (died 2000)[9]
Deaths edit
- 5 November – Dowell O'Reilly, poet (born 1865)[10]
- 15 December – Frank Morton, poet and journalist (born 1869)[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Percy Trezise". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Eric Rolls". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Dorothy Hewett". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Elizabeth Jolley". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ Waterhouse, Richard, "Yates, Alan Geoffrey (1923–1985)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2023-09-23
- ^ "Charmian Clift". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Bill Scott". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Nancy Keesing". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "G. M. Glaskin". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Serle, Percival. "O'Reilly, Dowell Philip (1865–1923)". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Project Gutenberg Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Morton, Frank". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.