1876 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1876.
Books
- Rolf Boldrewood â A Colonial Reformer[1]
- James Brunton Stephens â A Hundred Pounds[2]
Children's fiction
- Robert Richardson â Our Junior Mathematical Master; and, A Perilous Errand[3]
Poetry
- Robert Dudley Adams â "Trucanini's Dirge"
- Ernest Favenc â "Dead in the Queensland Bush"
- Henry Kendall
- James Brunton Stephens â "Mute Discourse : A Poem"[4]
Births
- 6 February â Alice Guerin Crist, poet, author and journalist (died 1941)[5]
- 20 March â Winifred Lewellin James, novelist (died 1941)[6]
- 13 April â Ambrose Dyson, poet and artist (died 1913)[7]
- 6 June â Amy Mack, writer, journalist and editor (died 1939)[8]
- 2 September â Will Lawson, poet and novelist (died 1957)[9]
- 7 September â C. J. Dennis, poet (died 1938)[10]
- 4 October â Hugh McCrae, poet (died 1958)[11]
- 5 October â John Bede Dalley, journalist and novelist (died 1935)[12]
- 30 December â Archibald Strong, poet (died 1930)[13]
Deaths
- 24 May â Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830) [14]