1924 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1924.
Books[]
- Dale Collins – Ordeal : A Novel
- Dulcie Deamer – The Devil's Saint
- Mabel Forrest – The Wild Moth
- Arthur Gask – The Secret of the Garden
- D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner – The Boy in the Bush
- Vance Palmer – Cronulla: A Story of Station Life
- Steele Rudd – Me an' th' Son
- Ethel Turner – Nicola Silver
Short stories[]
- Katharine Susannah Prichard – "The Grey Horse"
Children's and Young Adult fiction[]
- Charles Barrett – Bushland Babies
- Mary Grant Bruce – Billabong's Daughter
- Jean Curlewis – The Dawn Man
- May Gibbs – Chucklebud and Wunkydoo
- Lilian Turner – Jill of the Fourth Form
Poetry[]
- Robert Crawford – "Shadow Song"
- Dulcie Deamer – "Messalina"
- C. J. Dennis – Rose of Spadgers
- Mary Gilmore – "The Brucedale Scandal"
- Henry Lawson – Humorous Verses
- Dorothea Mackellar
- "Australian Autumn"
- "Heritage"
- "An Old Song"
- Jack Moses – "Nine Miles From Gundagai"
- John Shaw Neilson
- "Love in Absence"
- "So Sweet a Mouth Has She"
- Will H. Ogilvie – "The Death of Ben Hall"
- Dowell O'Reilly – The Prose and Verse of Dowell O'Reilly
- Kenneth Slessor
- "Thief of the Moon"
- "Undine"
Drama[]
- Vance Palmer – The Black Horse and Other Plays
Births[]
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 31 May – Patsy Adam-Smith, author (died 2001)
- 27 August – David Rowbotham, poet (died 2010)
- 1 October – Leonie Kramer, academic and critic (died 2016)
Unknown date
- Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan), Australian novelist (died 1963)
Deaths[]
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1924 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 11 March – Archibald Meston, journalist and explorer (born 1851)
See also[]
- 1924 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
- 1924 in literature
- 1923 in Australian literature
- 1924 in Australia
- 1925 in Australian literature
References[]
Categories:
- 1924 in Australia
- Australian literature by year
- 20th-century Australian literature