List of years in Australian literature
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This page gives a chronological list of years in Australian literature (descending order), with notable publications and events listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers the period of European settlement of the country.
See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages.
1770s
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1780s
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- 1788 in literature: Journal of a First Fleet Surgeon – George Bouchier Worgan
- 1789 in literature: "Visit of Hope to Sydney Cove Near Botany Bay" – Erasmus Darwin; The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay – Arthur Phillip
1790s
- 1790 in literature: Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales – John White
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- 1794 in literature: Letters from an Exile at Botany Bay – Thomas Watling
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19th century
1800s
- 1800 in literature: "Botany Bay Ecologues" – Robert Southey
- 1801 in literature: Adventures on a Journey to New Holland – Therese Huber
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- 1803 in literature: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, the first Australian newspaper begins publication
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1810s
- 1810 in literature: "Ode (for His Majesty's Birth Day)" – Michael Massey Robinson
- 1811 in literature:
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- 1814 in literature: A Voyage to Terra Australis – Matthew Flinders
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- 1819 in literature: First Fruits of Australian Poetry – Barron Field; Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux – James Hardy Vaux
1820s
- 1820 in literature: Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales: Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817–18 – John Oxley
- 1821 in literature: The Australian Magazine, the first Australian literary periodical begins publication
- 1822 in literature: The Life and Times of John Nicol, Mariner – John Nicol
- 1823 in literature: Australasia – William Wentworth; "D'Entrecasteaux' Channel, Van Dieman's Land" – John Dunmore Lang
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- 1826 in literature: Aurora Australis – John Dunmore Lang
- 1827 in literature: The Van Diemen's Land warriors, or, The heroes of Cornwall – Pindar Juvenal
- 1828 in literature:
- 1829 in literature: The Bushrangers – David Burn; The Hermit in Van Diemen's Land – Henry Savery
1830s
- 1830 in literature: Quintus Servinton – Henry Savery
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- 1832 in literature: "A Convict's Tour of Hell" – Francis McNamara
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- 1837 in literature: "Woman" – Charles Harpur
- 1838 in literature: The Guardian: a Tale (by an Australian) – Anna Maria Bunn; "The Aboriginal Mother" – Eliza Hamilton Dunlop; A Month in the Bush of Australia – Thomas Walker
- 1839 in literature:
1840s
- 1840 in literature: "The Convict's Grave" – Henry Parkes
- 1841 in literature: "My Native Land" – Henry Parkes
- 1842 in literature: "A War Song for the Nineteenth Century" – Charles Harpur; Stolen Moments – Henry Parkes; Tales of the Colonies – Charles Rowcroft
- 1843 in literature: "The Aboriginal Father" – Eliza Hamilton Dunlop; "The Dream by the Fountain" – Charles Harpur; "To Charles Harpur" – Henry Parkes
- 1844 in literature: "To Mary" – Charles Harpur
- 1845 in literature: "The Creek of the Four Graves" by Charles Harpur; "A Flight of Wild Ducks" by Charles Harpur; "Songs of the Squatters (No. 2)" – Robert Lowe
- 1846 in literature: The Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land – Charles Rowcroft
- 1847 in literature: "The Genius and the Ghost" – William Forster; Australian Sketches – Thomas McCombie
- 1848 in literature: Lucy Marline, or, The Bush-rangers: A Tale of New South Wales – Louis A. Baker
- 1849 in literature: "Our Coming Countrymen" – Henry Parkes
1850s
- 1850 in Australian literature: "Rhymes to a Lady with a Copy of Love Poems" – Charles Harpur
- 1851 in Australian literature: "A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest" – Charles Harpur; Moyarra - G. W. Rusden
- 1852 in Australian literature: Life and Adventures of William Buckley – John Morgan
- 1853 in Australian literature: The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems – Charles Harpur
- 1854 in Australian literature: "A Basket of Summer Fruit" – Charles Harpur; Lyra Australis, or, Attempts to Sing in a Strange Land – Caroline Leakey
- 1855 in Australian literature: The Eureka Stockade – Raffaello Carboni
- 1856 in Australian literature: "A Storm in the Mountains" – Charles Harpur; It Is Never Too Late to Mend — Charles Reade
- 1857 in Australian literature: Gertrude, the Emigrant: A Tale of Colonial Life – Louisa Atkinson; The Two Convicts – Friedrich Gerstaecker; "A Coast View" — Charles Harpur
- 1858 in Australian literature: The Kangaroo Hunters, or, Adventures in the Bush – Anne Bowman; "Aboriginal Death Song" – Charles Harpur; Peter 'Possum's Portfolio – Richard Rowe
- 1859 in Australian literature: The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn – Henry Kingsley; Botany Bay, or, True Stories of the Early Days of Australia – John Lang
1860s
- 1860 in Australian literature: South Australian Lyrics – C. J. Carleton; Tasmanian Rhymings – John Anthony Moore; Margaret Falconer – Eliza Winstanley
- 1861 in Australian literature: "The Song of the Cattle Hunters" – Henry Kendall
- 1862 in Australian literature: Poems and Songs – Henry Kendall
- 1863 in Australian literature: "An Australian Girl's Farewell" – Emma Frances Anderson
- 1864 in Australian literature: The Australasian newspaper publishes its first issue; Raven Rockstrow or, The Pedlar's Dream: A Romance of Melbourne – Henry Newton Goodrich; "The Last of His Tribe" – Henry Kendall; Mr Hogarth's Will – Catherine Helen Spence
- 1865 in Australian literature: Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush – Ellen Davitt; "Cooee" – Mary Fortune; "Daniel Henry Deniehy" – Henry Kendall
- 1866 in Australian literature: Hymns on the Holy Communion – Ada Cambridge
- 1867 in Australian literature: Sea Spray and Smoke Drift – Adam Lindsay Gordon; "Bell-Birds" – Henry Kendall
- 1868 in Australian literature: Death of Charles Harpur; "A Death in the Bush" – Henry Kendall
- 1869 in Australian literature: Leaves from Australian Forests – Henry Kendall
1870s
- 1870 in Australian literature: Death of Adam Lindsay Gordon; For the Term of His Natural Life – Marcus Clarke until 1872; Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes – Adam Lindsay Gordon; "The Sick Stockrider" – Adam Lindsay Gordon
- 1871 in Australian literature: The Bushranger's Autobiography – Mary Fortune; Convict Once – J. Brunton Stephens
- 1872 in Australian literature: "Sydney Harbour" – Henry Kendall
- 1873 in Australian literature: "The Aurora Australis" – Mary Hannay Foott; By and By: an historical romance of the future – Edward Maitland; The Black Gin and Other Poems – J. Brunton Stephens; Lady Anna – Anthony Trollope
- 1874 in Australian literature: "Song of the Shingle Splitters" – Henry Kendall
- 1875 in Australian literature: The Manor House and Other Poems – Ada Cambridge; "Mooni" – Henry Kendall
- 1876 in Australian literature: "Bill the Bullock Driver" – Henry Kendall
- 1877 in Australian literature: Babes in the Bush – Rolf Boldrewood; "The Dominion" – J. Brunton Stephens
- 1878 in Australian literature: "Advance Australia Fair" – Peter Dodds McCormick; "The Dukite Snake" – John Boyle O'Reilly
- 1879 in Australian literature: Death of Ellen Davitt; "To My Sister" – Adam Lindsay Gordon; The Jerilderie Letter – Ned Kelly
1880s
- 1880 in Australian literature: The Bulletin magazine publishes its first issue; Songs from the Mountains – Henry Kendall
- 1881 in Australian literature: Death of Marcus Clarke; "Where the Pelican Builds" – Mary Hannay Foott; The Austral Months – Henry Kendall
- 1882 in Australian literature: Death of Henry Kendall; Robbery Under Arms – Rolf Boldrewood
- 1883 in Australian literature: Poems – Charles Harpur
- 1884 in Australian literature: Plain Living – Rolf Boldrewood; "Drought and Doctrine" – J. Brunton Stephens
- 1885 in Australian literature: Where the Pelican Builds and Other Poems – Mary Hannay Foott
- 1886 in Australian literature: The Mystery of the Hansom Cab – Fergus Hume; "The Buried Chief" – Henry Parkes; "Bannerman of Dandenong" – Alice Werner
- 1887 in Australian literature: How He Died and Other Poems – John Farrell;The Bond of Wedlock – Rosa Praed; The Sphinx of Eaglehawk: A Tale of Old Bendigo – Rolf Boldrewood
- 1888 in Australian literature: The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 – Ernest Favenc; "Andy's Gone with Cattle" – Henry Lawson; "Faces in the Street" – Henry Lawson; A Century of Australian Song – Douglas Sladen (edited)
- 1889 in Australian literature: "The Teams" – Henry Lawson; "Clancy of the Overflow" – Banjo Paterson
1890s
- 1890 in Australian literature: "The Song of Old Joe Swallow" – Henry Lawson; "The Man from Snowy River" – Banjo Paterson
- 1891 in Australian literature: "Where the Dead Men Lie" – Barcroft Boake; Coo-ee: Tales of Australian Life by Australian Ladies – Harriet Anne Patchett Martin
- 1892 in Australian literature: Death of Barcroft Boake; The Bulletin Debate, (to 1893); "The Old Bush Road" – Jennings Carmichael; "The Drover's Wife" – Henry Lawson; "The Man from Ironbark" – Banjo Paterson
- 1893 in Australian literature: "The Geebung Polo Club" – Banjo Paterson
- 1894 in Australian literature: In Strange Company – Guy Boothby; Seven Little Australians – Ethel Turner
- 1895 in Australian literature: A Bid for Fortune; Or, Doctor Nikola's Vendetta – Guy Boothby; The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses – Banjo Paterson; "Waltzing Matilda" – Banjo Paterson
- 1896 in Australian literature: Death of Henry Parkes; "The Chosen Vessel" – Barbara Baynton; Doctor Nikola – Guy Boothby; Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines – Edward Dyson; In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses – Henry Lawson; While the Billy Boils – Henry Lawson; "Mulga Bill's Bicycle" – Banjo Paterson
- 1897 in Australian literature: Kirkham's Find – Mary Gaunt; "The Great Australian Adjective" – W. T. Goodge
- 1898 in Australian literature: At Dawn and Dusk – Victor Daley; Girls Together – Louise Mack; Fair Girls and Gray Horses: With Other Verses – Will H. Ogilvie; "How M'Dougal Topped the Score" — Thos. E. Spencer
- 1899 in Australian literature: Hits! Skits! and Jingles! – W. T. Goodge; On Our Selection – Steele Rudd