1914 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1914

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1914.

Novels

Mary Grant Bruce — Gray's Hollow^[1]
Ada Cambridge — The Making of Rachel Rowe^[2]
Edward Dyson — Loves of Lancelot^[3]
Mabel Forrest — A Bachelor's Wife^[4]
Louise Mack — The House of Daffodils^[5]
Dorothea Mackellar & Ruth M. Bedford — Two's Company^[6]
Ambrose Pratt
- Her Assigned Husband^[7]
- War in the Pacific^[8]
Lilian Turner — The Girl from the Back-Blocks^[9]
E. L. Grant Watson — Where Bonds are Loosed^[10]

Short stories

Robert Brothers — "Wharf Labourers"^[11]
Edward Dyson — Spat's Fact'ry: More Fact'ry 'Ands^[12]
Will H. Ogilvie — The Honour of the Station^[13]

Poetry

Emily Coungeau — Stella Australis: Poems and Verses and Prose Fragments^[14]
James Lister Cuthbertson — "The Bush"^[15]
C. J. Dennis
- "Mar"
- "The Play"
Mabel Forrest — "The Heroes"
Henry Lawson
- "Dawgs of War"^[16]
- "A Fantasy of War"^[17]
Will Lawson — The Three Kings and Other Verses^[18]
Dorothy Francis McCrae — Soldier, My Soldier!^[19]
Hugh McCrae — "June Morning"^[20]
Dorothea Mackellar — The Witch-Maid and Other Verses^[21]
John Shaw Neilson
- "The Eyes of Little Charlotte"
- Green Days and Cherries: the early verses of Shaw Neilson^[22]
- "O Lady of the Dazzling Flowers"
A. B. Paterson
- "The Road to Hogan's Gap"
- "Song of the Wheat"
- "Sunrise on the Coast"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1914 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

6 February — Donald Friend, artist and diarist (died 1989)^[23]
23 February – Pat Flower, playwright, television scriptwriter and crime novelist (died 1977)^[24]
27 October — Margaret Trist, novelist and short story writer (died 1986)^[25]
4 November — Peter Cowan, novelist (died 2002)^[26]
1 December — David McNicoll, poet (died 2000)^[27]
23 December — Clement Semmler, critic (died 2000)^[28]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1914 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

13 January — John Philip Bourke, poet (born 1860)^[29]

References

^ "Austlit — Gray's Hollow by Mary Grant Bruce". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Making of Rachel Rowe by Ada Cambridge". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Loves of Lancelot by Edward Dyson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — A Bachelor's Wife by Mabel Forrest". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The House of Daffodils by Louise Mack". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Two's Company by Dororthea Mackellar and Ruth M. Bedford". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Her Assigned Husband by Ambrose Pratt". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — War in the Pacific by Ambrose Pratt". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Girl from the Back-Blocks by Lilian Turner". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Where Bonds are Loosed by E. L. Grant Wilson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — "Wharf Labourers" by Robert brothers". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Spat's Fact'ry: More Fact'ry 'Ands by Edward Dyson". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Honour of the Station by ambrose Pratt". Austlit. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Stella Australis: Poems and Verses and Prose Fragments by Emily Coungeau". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — "The Bush" by James Lister Cuthbertson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — "Dawgs of War" by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — "A Fantasy of War" by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Three Kings and Other Verses by Will lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Soldier, My Soldier! by Dorothy Frances McCrae". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — "June Morning" by Hugh McCrae". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — The Witch-Maid and Other Verses by Dorothea Mackellar". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Green Days and Cherries: the early verses of Shaw Neilson by John Shaw Neilson". Austlit. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Austlit — Donald Friend (1914–1989)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Flower, Patricia Mary (Pat) (1914–1977) by Susan Lever". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Margaret Bethesda Trist (1914–1986) by Vivienne Muller". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ "Austlit — Peter Cowan (1914–2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Austlit — David McNicoll (1914–2000)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Austlit — Clement Semmler (1914–2000)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
^ "Austlit — John Philip Bourke (1860–1914)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-07-08.