1903 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1903.

List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906

For an overview of world literature see 1903 in literature.

See also: 1902 in Australian literature, 1903 in Australia, 1904 in Australian literature.

Books
  • Louis Becke – Helen Adair
  • Randolph Bedford – True Eyes and the Whirlwind
  • Guy Boothby
    • Connie Burt
    • The Countess Londa
    • The League of the Twelve
    • A Two-Fold Inheritance
  • Joseph Furphy – Such Is Life
  • E.W. Hornung – Denis Dent
  • Rosa Praed
    • Fugitive Anne: A Romance of the Unexplored Bush
    • The Ghost

Short stories

Poetry
Main article: 1903 in poetry

Biography

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1903 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

  • 3 April – Paul McGuire, diplomat and novelist (died 1978)
  • 22 July – Betty Roland, journalist and writer for children (died 1996)
  • 24 September – Lennie Lower, writer (died 1947)
  • 15 October – Pixie O'Harris, poet and writer for children (died 1991)
  • 29 October – Olive Pell, librarian and dramatist (died 2002)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1903 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

  • 12 March – Leontine Cooper, essayist and short story writer (born 1837)
  • 16 March – Aeneas J. Gunn, pastoralist and writer (born 1862)[1]
  • 15 August – William Barak, writer (born ca. 1824)
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See also

References
  1. O'Neill, Sally, "Gunn, Jeannie (1870–1961)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2019-04-18
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