1927 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1927.

Books

Marie Bjelke-Petersen – The Moon Minstrel^[1]
Bernard Cronin
- Red Dawson^[2]
- White Gold^[3]
Zora Cross – Sons of the Seven Mile^[4]
James Devaney – The Currency Lass : A Tale of the Convict Days^[5]
Mabel Forrest – Hibiscus Heart^[6]
Mary Gaunt – Saul's Daughter^[7]
Ion Idriess – Madman's Island
Jack McLaren – The Chain^[8]
Helen Simpson – Cups, Wands and Swords^[9]
Steele Rudd – The Romance of Runnibede^[10]
E. V. Timms
- James! Don't Be a Fool
- Red Mask : A Story of the Early Victorian Goldfields

Short stories

Jean Devanny – Old Savage and Other Stories ^[11]
Vernon Knowles – Silver Nutmegs^[12]
Vance Palmer – "The Stump"^[13]
Katharine Susannah Prichard
- "The Cooboo"^[14]
- "Happiness"^[15]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

W. M. Fleming – The Hunted Piccaninnies^[16]
Lilian Turner – Nina Comes Home^[17]

Poetry

Mabel Forrest – Poems^[18]
Mary Gilmore
- "The Tenancy"^[19]
- "Turn to Grass"^[20]
Lesbia Harford
- "Lovers Parted"^[21]
- "This Way Only"^[22]
Vernon Knowles – The Ripening Years^[23]
John Shaw Neilson – New Poems^[24]
Percival Serle, R. H. Croll & Frank Wilmot – An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems^[25]
Kenneth Slessor – "Country Towns"^[26]
Douglas Stewart – "Rock Carving"^[27]
David McKee Wright – "From Dark Rosaleen"^[28]
Judith Wright – "Trapped Dingo"^[29]

Biography

E. V. Timms – Lawrence, Prince of Mecca

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

26 January – Grace Perry, poet, playwright and editor (died 1987)^[30]
25 April – Peter Yeldham, playwright and novelist (died 2022)^[31]
6 June – Alan Seymour, playwright (died 2015)^[32]
24 August – David Ireland, novelist (died 2022)^[33]
11 November – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (died 2019)^[34]
27 November – Lilith Norman, children's writer and editor (died 2017)^[35]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1927 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

31 March – John Bernard O'Hara, poet and schoolmaster (born 1862)^[36]
15 April – Maybanke Anderson, author (born 1845)^[37]
5 July – Lesbia Harford, poet (born 1891)^[38]
15 August – George Gordon McCrae, poet (born 1833)^[39]
31 August – Lillian Pyke, children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist (born 1881)^[40]
13 November — James Chisholm, essayist and short story writer (born 1857)^[41]

References

^ "The Moon Minstrel by [Marie Bjelke-Petersen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Red Dawson by Bernard Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "White Gold by Bernard Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Sons of the Seven Mile by Zora Cross". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "The Currency Lass by James Devaney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Hibiscus Heart by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Saul's Daughter by Mary Gaunt". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "The Chain by Jack McLaren". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Cups, Wands and Swords by Helen Simpson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "The Romance of Runnibede by". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "Old Savage and Other Stories by Jean Devanny". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ ""The Stump" by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ ""The Cooboo" by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ ""Happiness" by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "The Hunted Piccaninnies by W. M. Fleming". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Nina Comes Home by Lilian Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Poems by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""The Tenancy" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""Turn to Grass" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""Lovers Parted" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""This Way Only" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "The Ripening Years by Vernon Knowles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "New Poems by John Shaw Neilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems edited by Percival Serle, R. H. Croll and Frank Wilmot". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""Country Towns" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""Rock Carving" by Douglas Stewart". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""From Dark Rosaleen" by David McKee Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ""Trapped Dingo" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Perry, Grace Amelia (1927-1987)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ Yeldham, Peter (24 October 2022). "The scriptwriter whose life was like a movie". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Gilbert, W. Stephen (1 April 2015). "Alan Seymour obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "David Ireland (1927-2022)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Absalom, Jack (1983). Absalom's Outback Paintings. ISBN 9780867880052.
^ "Lilith Norman (1927-2017)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "J. B. O'Hara (1862-1927)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Harford, Lesbia Venner (1891–1927) by Lesley Lamb". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "McCrae, George Gordon (1833–1927) by Norman Cowper". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Austlit — James Chisholm (1857-1927)". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[1] "The Moon Minstrel by [Marie Bjelke-Petersen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[2] "Red Dawson by Bernard Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[3] "White Gold by Bernard Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[4] "Sons of the Seven Mile by Zora Cross". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[5] "The Currency Lass by James Devaney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[6] "Hibiscus Heart by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[7] "Saul's Daughter by Mary Gaunt". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[8] "The Chain by Jack McLaren". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[9] "Cups, Wands and Swords by Helen Simpson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[10] "The Romance of Runnibede by". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[11] "Old Savage and Other Stories by Jean Devanny". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[12] "Silver Nutmegs by Vernon Knowles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[13] ""The Stump" by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[14] ""The Cooboo" by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[15] ""Happiness" by Katharine Susannah Prichard". Austlit. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[16] "The Hunted Piccaninnies by W. M. Fleming". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[17] "Nina Comes Home by Lilian Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[18] "Poems by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[19] ""The Tenancy" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[20] ""Turn to Grass" by Mary Gilmore". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[21] ""Lovers Parted" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[22] ""This Way Only" by Lesbia Harford". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[23] "The Ripening Years by Vernon Knowles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[24] "New Poems by John Shaw Neilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[25] "An Australasian Anthology : Australian and New Zealand Poems edited by Percival Serle, R. H. Croll and Frank Wilmot". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[26] ""Country Towns" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[27] ""Rock Carving" by Douglas Stewart". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[28] ""From Dark Rosaleen" by David McKee Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[29] ""Trapped Dingo" by Judith Wright". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[30] "Perry, Grace Amelia (1927-1987)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[31] Yeldham, Peter (24 October 2022). "The scriptwriter whose life was like a movie". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[32] Gilbert, W. Stephen (1 April 2015). "Alan Seymour obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[33] "David Ireland (1927-2022)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[34] Absalom, Jack (1983). Absalom's Outback Paintings. ISBN 9780867880052.

[35] "Lilith Norman (1927-2017)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[36] "J. B. O'Hara (1862-1927)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[ADBD1-37] "Anderson, Maybanke Susannah (1845–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[ADBD2-38] "Harford, Lesbia Venner (1891–1927) by Lesley Lamb". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[ADBD3-39] "McCrae, George Gordon (1833–1927) by Norman Cowper". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[40] "Pyke, Lillian Maxwell (1881–1927) by Beverley Kingston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

[41] "Austlit — James Chisholm (1857-1927)". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

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