1923 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1923.

Books

• 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

• Henry Lawson – "Elder Man's Lane : XV : The Passing of Elder Man's Lane"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Mary Grant Bruce
• The Cousin from Town
• The Twins of Emu Plains
• Jean Curlewis – Beach Beyond
• May Gibbs – Nuttybub and Nittersing

Poetry

• 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"
• Jack Moses – "Nine Miles From Gundagai"
• John Shaw Neilson – Ballad and Lyrical Poems
• Will H. Ogilvie – Scattered Scarlet
• Kenneth Slessor
• "Adventure Bay"
• "Thieves' Kitchen"

Drama

• Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Pioneers

Non-fiction

• Walter Murdoch – Alfred Deakin: A Sketch

Births

• 28 January – Percy Trezise, children's writer (died 2005)
• 25 April – Eric Rolls, writer (died 2007)
• 21 May – Dorothy Hewett, poet and novelist (died 2002)
• 4 June – Elizabeth Jolley, novelist (born in England) (died 2007)
• 1 August – Carter Brown, novelist (died 1985)
• 30 August – Charmian Clift, novelist (died 1969)
• 4 October – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (died 2005)
• 7 September – Nancy Keesing, poet (died 1993)
• 16 December – Gerald Glaskin, writer (died 2000)

Deaths

• 2 June – Edmund James Banfield, writer and naturalist (born 1852 in England)
• 5 November – Dowell O'Reilly, poet (born 1865)
• 15 December – Frank Morton, poet and journalist (born 1869)

See also

• 1923 in Australia
• 1923 in literature
• 1923 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References