1916 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1916.

Books[]

Sumner Locke – Samaritan Mary
Rosa Praed – Sister Sorrow: A Story of Australian Life
Katharine Susannah Prichard – Windlestraws

Short stories[]

Mary Gaunt – The Ends of the Earth: Stories
Steele Rudd – Grandpa's Selection

Children's and Young Adult fiction[]

Mary Grant Bruce – Jim and Wally
Ethel Turner – John of Daunt

Poetry[]

Christopher Brennan – "Irish to English: April 26, 1916"
C. J. Dennis – The Moods of Ginger Mick
Joseph Furphy and Kate Baker – The Poems of Joseph Furphy
Leon Gellert – "The Last to Leave"
Henry Lawson – "Black Bonnets"
Will H. Ogilvie – The Australian and Other Verses

Biography[]

Douglas Sladen – From Boundary-Rider to Prime Minister: Hughes of Australia, The Man of the Hour

Births[]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

26 January – Justina Williams, poet (died 2008)
26 April – Morris West, novelist (died 1999)
9 May – Helen Haenke, poet, playwright and artist (died 1978)
1 August – Val Vallis, poet (died 2009)
25 September – Jessica Anderson, novelist (died 2010)
8 October – George Turner, novelist and critic (died 1997)
14 December – Harold Stewart, poet and oriental scholar (died 1995)

Deaths[]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1916 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

7 February – William Little, poet and politician (born 1839)

Unknown date:

April – Frank Hutchinson, poet (born ca 1836)