1907 In Australian Literature

	1907 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1907. Books * Barbara Baynton – ''Human Toll'' * E. J. Brady – ''The King's Caravan: Across Australia in a Wagon'' * Ada Cambridge – ''The Eternal Feminine'' * G. B. Lancaster ''The Altar Stairs'' ''The Tracks We Tread'' * Ambrose Pratt ''The Big Five'' ''Jan Digby'' ** ''The Leather Mask'' Short stories * W. R. Charleton – ''The Red Kangaroo and Other Australian Short Stories'' (edited) * Edward Dyson – "At a Boxing Bout" * Henry Lawson – "The Rising of the Court" * Steele Rudd – ''The Poor Parson'' Poetry * James Lister Cuthbertson "The Australian Sunrise" "Wattle and Myrtle" * Victor Daley – " The Night Ride" * Charles Harpur "Love" " Words" * Henry Lawson — " The Bush Beyond the Range" * Will Lawson – "A Song of Wind" * Hugh McCrae "Fantasy" "Never Again" * John Shaw Neilson "In the Street" "The Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Barbara Baynton Barbara Janet Baynton (née Lawrence; 4 June 1857 – 28 May 1929) was an Australian writer known primarily for her short stories about life in the bush. She published the collection ''Bush Studies'' (1902) and the novel ''Human Toll'' (1907), as well as writing for ''The Bulletin'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. She was a shrewd manager of her second husband's estate, owning properties in Melbourne and London. She acquired the title Lady Headley from her third marriage to Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley, but never wrote under that name. Early years Baynton was born in 1857 at Scone, New South Wales, the daughter of Irish bounty immigrants, John Lawrence and Elizabeth Ewart. However, she claimed to have been born in 1862 to Penelope Ewart and Captain Robert Kilpatrick, of the Bengal Light Cavalry.Carter (2003) p. 13 Career The fictional narrative of her birth gave her "entrée to polite circles as a governess" and, in 1880, she married Alexander Frater, the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bertram Stevens (critic) Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens (8 October 1872 – 14 February 1922) was Australian journal editor (''Single Tax''; ''Native Companion''; ''Art in Australia''; ''Lone Hand''); literary and art critic; and anthologist (''An Anthology of Australian Verse'' Henry_Lawson.html" ;"title="hich contained five poems by Henry Lawson">hich contained five poems by Henry Lawson ''The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse'').Ken Stewart,Stevens, Bertram William Mathyson Francis (1872 - 1922), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1990, pp 77-78. Retrieved 10 March 2010 Stevens was born at Inverell, New South Wales, the eldest child of William Mathison Stevens and his wife Marian, ''née'' Cafe, from Queanbeyan. By 1882 Stevens moved with his family to Newtown, Sydney where he was educated at public schools. Stevens was an avid reader and developed a wide knowledge and culture. In 1895 he began a fifteen-year period as a solicitor's clerk and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1984 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1984. Events * Tim Winton’s ''Shallows'' won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award Major publications Novels * Helen Garner — ''The Children's Bach'' * Nicholas Hasluck — '' The Bellarmine Jug'' * David Ireland — ''Archimedes and the Seagle'' * Peter Kocan — ''The Treatment; and, the Cure'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' Milk and Honey'' * Amanda Lohrey — ''The Morality of Gentlemen'' * David Malouf — ''Harland's Half Acre'' * Jill Neville — ''Last Ferry to Manly'' * Randolph Stow — ''The Suburbs of Hell'' * Tim Winton — ''Shallows'' Crime and mystery * Marshall Browne — ''Dark Harbour'' * Evan Green — ''Alice to Nowhere'' * Tony Kenrick — ''Blast'' * William Marshall — ''The Far Away Man'' Science fiction and fantasy * A. Bertram Chandler — ''The Wild Ones'' * Keith Taylor — ''Bard II'' * Cherry Wilder ** ''A Princess of the Chameln'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Francis Brabazon Francis Brabazon (24 January 1907 – 24 June 1984) was an Australian poet and a member of Meher Baba's mandali. Brabazon was born in London, but moved to Australia with his family when he was still a boy. At the age of 21, he embarked on a quest to discover the relationship between beauty and truth. He studied music and painting and finally found his niche in poetry. In the 1940s, Brabazon became interested in Eastern spirituality and soon became a student of the Australian Sufi leader Baron Friedrich von Frankenberg. With the death of his Sufi teacher in 1950, Brabazon became the head of the Sufi Movement in Australia. He met Meher Baba on a trip to America in 1952 and later described Baba as "the very personification of truth and the very embodiment of beauty." After returning to Australia, Francis and a party of helpers managed to complete "Beacon Hill house" near Sydney in time for Baba's first visit to Australia in August 1956. It was later renamed "Meher House". In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1971 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1971. Major publications Books * Jon Cleary – '' Mask of the Andes'' * Kenneth Cook – ''Piper in the Market-Place'' * Dymphna Cusack – '' A Bough in Hell'' * Frank Hardy – ''The Outcasts of Foolgarah'' * Donald Horne – ''But What If There Are No Pelicans?'' * David Ireland – ''The Unknown Industrial Prisoner'' * George Johnston – '' A Cartload of Clay'' * Thomas Keneally – ''A Dutiful Daughter'' * Hal Porter – ''The Right Thing'' * Judah Waten – ''So Far No Further'' * Morris West – ''Summer of the Red Wolf'' Short stories * Elizabeth Jolley – "Bill Sprockett's Land" * Hal Porter "Brett" ''Selected Stories'' Children's and Young Adult fiction * Hesba Brinsmead – ''Longtime Passing'' * David Martin – ''Hughie'' * Christobel Mattingley – ''Windmill at Magpie Creek'' * Elyne Mitchell – ''Light Horse to Damascus'' * Ivan Southall – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2006 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. Events South African-born Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down" * Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel '' Theft: A Love Story'' (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled ''Mrs Jekyll'' the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book ''Jonestown'', an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones, a Sydney radio presenter the Australian Classification Review Board bans two radical Islamic books, prompting calls from the Australian Attorney-General for the Board to provide with even tougher laws a large treasure trove of missing papers b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gwen Meredith Gwenyth Valmai Meredith OBE (18 November 1907 – 3 October 2006), also known by her married name Gwen Harrison, was an Australian writer, dramatist and playwright, and radio writer. She is best known for her radio serials ''The Lawsons'' (1944–1949) and the longer-running '' Blue Hills'' (1949–1976). Life Meredith was born in Orange, New South Wales to George and Florence Meredith, and was their only child. She was educated in Sydney, first at Sydney Girls High School then the University of Sydney from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1929. Her father believed that, with the Great Depression, there were too many people needing jobs and that she should stay at home. She therefore managed the housekeeping and from 1932 to 1939, owned and operated a bookshop. Meredith married Sydney engineer, Ainsworth Harrison, on 24 December 1938. He proved to be "a devoted and supportive husband" and travelled around Australia with her as she researched her serials. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1981 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1981. Events * Peter Carey won the 1981 Miles Franklin Award for '' Bliss'' Major publications Literary novels * Peter Carey — '' Bliss'' * Blanche d'Alpuget — '' Turtle Beach'' * David Foster — ''Moonlite'' * Miles Franklin — ''On Dearborn Street'' * David Ireland — ''City of Women'' * Elizabeth Jolley — ''The Newspaper of Claremont Street'' * Colleen McCullough — ''An Indecent Obsession'' * Morris West — '' The Clowns of God'' Crime and mystery * Marshall Browne — ''Dragon Strike'' * Peter Corris — ''White Meat'' Science fiction and fantasy * John Brosnan — ''Skyship'' * David Lake — ''The Man Who Loved Morlocks'' * Keith Taylor — ''Bard'' * George Turner — ''Vaneglory'' Children's and young adult fiction * Jan Ormerod — ''Sunshine'' * Ruth Park — '' The Muddle-Headed Wombat is Very Bad'' * Eleanor Spence – ''The Seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John O'Grady (writer) John Patrick O'Grady, (9 October 1907 – 14 January 1981) was an Australian writer. His works include the comic novel '' They're a Weird Mob'' (1957) using the pen name Nino Culotta and the poem ''The Integrated Adjective'', sometimes known as ''Tumba-bloody-rumba''. Born to John Edward O'Grady and Margaret Gleeson. Pseudonym O'Grady chose to write under a variety of pseudonyms, most famously as Nino Culotta for his books ''They're a Weird Mob'', ''Cop This Lot'', ''Gone Fishin'' ', and ''Gone Gougin' ''. Other examples include ''No Kava For Johnny'', which is published under O'Grady's name, but contains a preface from the author claiming that the book had in fact been written by the eponymous character, Johnny. Works O'Grady's numerous works were originally published in hardback by Ure Smith with comic illustrations; many have frequently been re-issued by other publishing houses, generally facsimile editions in paperback. * '' They're a Weird Mob'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1993 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993. Events * Alex Miller (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for ''The Ancestor Game'' Major publications Novels * Bryce Courtenay — ''April Fool's Day'' * Rodney Hall — ''The Grisly Wife'' * Dorothy Hewett — ''The Toucher'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' The Georges' Wife'' * David Malouf — '' Remembering Babylon'' * Roger McDonald — '' Water Man'' * Frank Moorhouse — ''Grand Days'' * Madeleine St John — ''The Women in Black'' * Morris West — ''The Lovers'' Children's and young adult fiction * Isobelle Carmody — '' The Gathering'' * Carmel Charles — ''Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly'' * Morris Gleitzman — ''Sticky Beak'' * John Marsden — ''Tomorrow, When the War Began'' * Dorothy Porter — ''The Witch Number'' Poetry * Robert Gray — ''Certain Things'' * Barry Hill — ''Ghosting William Buckley'' * Philip Hodgins — ''The End of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alexander Turner (writer) Alexander Turner (1907–1993) was an Australian poet, playwright, and theatre and radio producer. He was one of the leading Western Australian writers of the twentieth century. Turner was born in London and moved to Western Australia in 1925. He became one of the leading writers in Western Australia, working mostly in radio. Turner became a producer in 1946. A book of his works was published in 1937. Select works ''Golden Journey'' (1937) '' Hester Siding'' (1937) ''Coat of Arms'' '' Buccaneer Bay'' '' I'm a Dutchman'' '' Australian Stages'' ''Royal Mail'' ''The Neighbours ''The Neighbours'' is a sculpture by Siegfried Charoux. It was commissioned in 1957 using funds set aside by London County Council for public art in its housing projects and unveiled in 1959 at the Quadrant Estate in Islington, N5, London ...'' '' Wheat Boat'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Alexander 1907 births 1993 deaths Australian writers Australian radio writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2000 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2000. Events * ''Drylands'' by Thea Astley and '' Benang'' by Kim Scott were joint winners of the Miles Franklin Award Major publications Novels * Peter Carey, ''True History of the Kelly Gang'' * Rodney Hall, '' The Day We Had Hitler Home'' * Alex Miller, '' Conditions of Faith'' * Frank Moorhouse, ''Dark Palace'' Short story anthologies * Carmel Bird (editor), ''The Penguin Century of Australian Stories'' Poetry * Dorothy Hewett and John Kinsela, ''Wheatlands'' Children's and young adult fiction * Jaclyn Moriarty, ''Feeling Sorry for Celia'' * Sonya Hartnett, '' Thursday's Child'' * James Moloney, '' Touch Me'' * John Marsden, ''Winter'' * Shaun Tan, ''The Lost Thing'' Plays * Hannie Rayson, ''Life After George'' * David Williamson '' Face to Face'' '' The Great Man'' Non-fiction * Brian Matthews, ''A Fine and Private Place'' * Wendy McCarthy, ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]